Dear brothers and sisters, I have used Apollos and myself to illustrate what I’ve been saying. If you pay attention to what I have quoted from the Scriptures, you won’t be proud of one of your leaders at the expense of another.

弟兄们，我为你们的缘故，拿这些事转比自己和亚波罗，叫你们效法我们不可过于圣经所记，免得你们自高自大，贵重这个，轻看那个。

弟兄们，为你们的缘故，我拿这些事应用到我自己和亚波罗身上，让你们从我们学到“不可过于圣经所记”这话的意思，免得你们自高自大，看重这个，看轻那个。

弟兄们，为你们的缘故，我拿这些事应用到我自己和亚波罗身上，让你们从我们学到“不可过于圣经所记”这话的意思，免得你们自高自大，看重这个，看轻那个。

弟兄姊妹，为了你们的益处，我以亚波罗和自己作例子，好让你们效法我们不越过圣经的准则，免得有人自高自大、厚此薄彼。

弟兄们，我为你们的缘故，拿了这些事来比拟自己和亚波罗，让你们在我们身上学到的，不会超过圣经所记的，免得你们中间有人自高自大，看重这个轻视那个。

弟兄们，我把这些事应用到我和阿波罗身上，是为了你们的缘故，好让你们从我们学到“不要超越经上所记的”，免得你们自我膨胀，抬高这个人，贬低那个人。

弟兄們，我為你們的緣故，拿這些事轉比自己和亞波羅，叫你們效法我們不可過於聖經所記，免得你們自高自大，貴重這個，輕看那個。

弟兄們，為你們的緣故，我拿這些事應用到我自己和亞波羅身上，讓你們從我們學到「不可過於聖經所記」這話的意思，免得你們自高自大，看重這個，看輕那個。

弟兄們，為你們的緣故，我拿這些事應用到我自己和亞波羅身上，讓你們從我們學到「不可過於聖經所記」這話的意思，免得你們自高自大，看重這個，看輕那個。

弟兄姊妹，為了你們的益處，我以亞波羅和自己作例子，好讓你們效法我們不越過聖經的準則，免得有人自高自大、厚此薄彼。

弟兄們，我為你們的緣故，拿了這些事來比擬自己和亞波羅，讓你們在我們身上學到的，不會超過聖經所記的，免得你們中間有人自高自大，看重這個輕視那個。

弟兄們，我為了你們的緣故、拿這些事轉比到我自己和亞波羅身上來、是要讓你們在我們身上學習『不可越過經上所寫的』這一條道理，免得有人自吹自大，高抬這一個，而輕看另一個。

弟兄們，我把這些事應用到我和阿波羅身上，是為了你們的緣故，好讓你們從我們學到「不要超越經上所記的」，免得你們自我膨脹，抬高這個人，貶低那個人。

兄弟乎、我為爾故、以此比己與亞波羅、令爾學我儕、勿越經所載、勿彼此相衒、

兄弟乎、吾為爾益、藉此比己、及亞波羅令爾學我儕、勿度人過於所言、亦勿以此誇彼、

兄弟乎、我為爾故、以此比己與亞波羅、使爾學於我二人、忖度人勿過於經所載、勿因此人自高、而輕視彼人、

吾之所以不惜以自己及亞波羅為例、而為此諄諄告誡者、乃為兄弟之益也。務望爾等以吾儕為則、謹守經訓、不可驕矜自慢、而抱出奴入主之態度。

Now, brothers and sisters, I have applied these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, so that you may learn from us the meaning of the saying,“ Do not go beyond what is written.” Then you will not be puffed up in being a follower of one of us over against the other.

Brothers and sisters, I have used myself and Apollos as examples to help you. You can learn from us the meaning of the saying,“ Don’t go beyond what is written.” Then you won’t be proud that you follow one of us instead of the other.

I have applied all these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, brothers, that you may learn by us not to go beyond what is written, that none of you may be puffed up in favor of one against another.

Now, brothers and sisters, I have applied these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, so that you may learn from us the meaning of the saying:“ Nothing beyond what is written.” The purpose is that none of you will be arrogant, favoring one person over another.

Now these things, brothers and sisters, I have figuratively applied to myself and Apollos on your account, so that in us you may learn not to exceed what is written, so that no one of you will become arrogant in behalf of one against the other.

Now these things, brethren, I have figuratively transferred to myself and Apollos for your sakes, that you may learn in us not to think beyond what is written, that none of you may be puffed up on behalf of one against the other.

Now these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself and Apollos for your sakes; that in us ye might learn not to go beyond the things which are written; that no one of you be puffed up for the one against the other.

Now, brothers, I have applied these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, so that you may learn from us the saying:“ Nothing beyond what is written.” The purpose is that none of you will be inflated with pride in favor of one person over another.

And these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself and[ to] Apollos for your sakes; that ye might learn in us not to think[ of men] above that which is written, that no one of you be puffed up for one against another.

I have applied these things to myself and Apollos because of you, brothers and sisters, so that through us you may learn“ not to go beyond what is written,” so that none of you will be puffed up in favor of the one against the other.

Now these things, brothers, I have in a figure transferred to myself and Apollos for your sakes, that in us you might learn not to think beyond the things which are written, that none of you be puffed up against one another.

Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud

Some of you are saying,“ I am a follower of Paul.” Others are saying,“ I follow Apollos,” or“ I follow Peter,” or“ I follow only Christ.”

You happily put up with whatever anyone tells you, even if they preach a different Jesus than the one we preach, or a different kind of Spirit than the one you received, or a different kind of gospel than the one you believed.

All of this is for your benefit. And as God’s grace reaches more and more people, there will be great thanksgiving, and God will receive more and more glory.

Perhaps you think we’re saying these things just to defend ourselves. No, we tell you this as Christ’s servants, and with God as our witness. Everything we do, dear friends, is to strengthen you.

Don’t let anyone condemn you by insisting on pious self denial or the worship of angels, saying they have had visions about these things. Their sinful minds have made them proud,

So I am willing to endure anything if it will bring salvation and eternal glory in Christ Jesus to those God has chosen.

If I wanted to boast, I would be no fool in doing so, because I would be telling the truth. But I won’t do it, because I don’t want anyone to give me credit beyond what they can see in my life or hear in my message,

But I will continue doing what I have always done. This will undercut those who are looking for an opportunity to boast that their work is just like ours.These people are false apostles. They are deceitful workers who disguise themselves as apostles of Christ.But I am not surprised! Even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light.So it is no wonder that his servants also disguise themselves as servants of righteousness. In the end they will get the punishment their wicked deeds deserve.

For when we brought you the Good News, it was not only with words but also with power, for the Holy Spirit gave you full assurance that what we said was true. And you know of our concern for you from the way we lived when we were with you.

Look at the obvious facts. Those who say they belong to Christ must recognize that we belong to Christ as much as they do.

Now regarding your question about food that has been offered to idols. Yes, we know that“ we all have knowledge” about this issue. But while knowledge makes us feel important, it is love that strengthens the church.

Don’t put your confidence in powerful people; there is no help for you there.

As the Scriptures say,“ I will destroy the wisdom of the wise and discard the intelligence of the intelligent.”

When one of you says,“ I am a follower of Paul,” and another says,“ I follow Apollos,” aren’t you acting just like people of the world?After all, who is Apollos? Who is Paul? We are only God’s servants through whom you believed the Good News. Each of us did the work the Lord gave us.I planted the seed in your hearts, and Apollos watered it, but it was God who made it grow.It’s not important who does the planting, or who does the watering. What’s important is that God makes the seed grow.

what are mere mortals that you should think about them, human beings that you should care for them?

Nor do we boast and claim credit for the work someone else has done. Instead, we hope that your faith will grow so that the boundaries of our work among you will be extended.

I do everything to spread the Good News and share in its blessings.

Oh, don’t worry; we wouldn’t dare say that we are as wonderful as these other men who tell you how important they are! But they are only comparing themselves with each other, using themselves as the standard of measurement. How ignorant!

Some of you have become arrogant, thinking I will not visit you again.But I will come— and soon— if the Lord lets me, and then I’ll find out whether these arrogant people just give pretentious speeches or whether they really have God’s power.

For the wisdom of this world is foolishness to God. As the Scriptures say,“ He traps the wise in the snare of their own cleverness.”

For he knows those who are false, and he takes note of all their sins.An empty headed person won’t become wise any more than a wild donkey can bear a human child.

This is what the Lord says:“ Cursed are those who put their trust in mere humans, who rely on human strength and turn their hearts away from the Lord.They are like stunted shrubs in the desert, with no hope for the future. They will live in the barren wilderness, in an uninhabited salty land.

You are so proud of yourselves, but you should be mourning in sorrow and shame. And you should remove this man from your fellowship.

So John’s disciples came to him and said,“ Rabbi, the man you met on the other side of the Jordan River, the one you identified as the Messiah, is also baptizing people. And everybody is going to him instead of coming to us.”John replied,“ No one can receive anything unless God gives it from heaven.

So don’t boast about following a particular human leader. For everything belongs to you—

Don’t put your trust in mere humans. They are as frail as breath. What good are they?

Because of the privilege and authority God has given me, I give each of you this warning: Don’t think you are better than you really are. Be honest in your evaluation of yourselves, measuring yourselves by the faith God has given us.

Your boasting about this is terrible. Don’t you realize that this sin is like a little yeast that spreads through the whole batch of dough?

Therefore, as the Scriptures say,“ If you want to boast, boast only about the Lord.”

“ Don’t let anyone call you‘ Rabbi,’ for you have only one teacher, and all of you are equal as brothers and sisters.And don’t address anyone here on earth as‘ Father,’ for only God in heaven is your Father.And don’t let anyone call you‘ Teacher,’ for you have only one teacher, the Messiah.

Joshua son of Nun, who had been Moses’ assistant since his youth, protested,“ Moses, my master, make them stop!”But Moses replied,“ Are you jealous for my sake? I wish that all the Lord’s people were prophets and that the Lord would put his Spirit upon them all!”