1 Corinthians 3:10-11

Divisions in the Church

10 r According to the grace of God given to me, like a skilled master builder I laid a s foundation, and t someone else is building upon it. Let each one take care how he builds upon it. 11 For no one can lay a u foundation other v than that which is laid, w which is Jesus Christ.

  1. Cross References
    2 Peter 3:15
    And count the patience of our Lord as salvation, just as our beloved brother Paul also wrote to you according to the wisdom given him.
    Romans 12:3
    For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned.
  2. Cross References
    1 Corinthians 3:11 - 12
    For no one can lay a foundation other than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
    Romans 15:20
    And thus I make it my ambition to preach the gospel, not where Christ has already been named, lest I build on someone else's foundation.
    Revelation 21:14
    And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them were the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
  3. Cross References
    1 Corinthians 4:15
    For though you have countless guides in Christ, you do not have many fathers. For I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel.
  4. Cross References
    Isaiah 28:16
    Therefore thus says the Lord God, "Behold, I am the one who has laid as a foundation in Zion, a stone, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, of a sure foundation: 'Whoever believes will not be in haste.
  5. Cross References
    2 Corinthians 11:4
    For if someone comes and proclaims another Jesus than the one we proclaimed, or if you receive a different spirit from the one you received, or if you accept a different gospel from the one you accepted, you put up with it readily enough.
    Galatians 1:6 - 7
    I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel -
  6. Cross References
    Ephesians 2:20
    Built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone.
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