# 1 Corinthians 3

## Verse Summary

NIV2011 verse same as 1984 | 7 | 30.43%
NIV2011 verse same as tNIV | 13 | 56.52%
NIV2011 rejected tNIV, reverted to NIV1984 |  | %
NIV2011 verse verse is new | 3 | 13.04%

## Word Summary

NIV2011 words same as 1984 | 364 | 87.5%
NIV2011 changed words | 52 | 12.5%
NIV2011 removed words | 42 |
NIV2011 added words | 62 |

## Changes

| Result | NIV1984 | tNIV(2005) | NIV2011
3:1 | NIV2011 | Brothers, I could not address you as spiritual but as worldly—mere infants in Christ. | Brothers and sisters, I could not address you as spiritual but as worldly—mere infants in Christ. | Brothers and sisters, I could not address you as spiritual people who live by the Spirit but as people who are still worldly—mere infants in Christ.
3:3 | NIV2011 | You are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and quarreling among you, are you not worldly? Are you not acting like mere men? | You are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and quarreling among you, are you not worldly? Are you not acting like mere men human beings? | You are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and quarreling among you, are you not worldly? Are you not acting like mere men humans?
3:4 | tNIV | For when one says, “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,” are you not mere men? | For when one says, “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,” are you not mere men human beings? | For when one says, “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,” are you not mere men human beings?
3:6 | tNIV | I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God made it grow. | I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God made has been making it grow. | I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God made has been making it grow.
3:7 | tNIV | So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow. | So neither he the one who plants nor he the one who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow. | So neither he the one who plants nor he the one who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow.
3:8 | tNIV | The man who plants and the man who waters have one purpose, and each will be rewarded according to his own labor. | The man one who plants and the man one who waters have one purpose, and they will each will be rewarded according to his their own labor. | The man one who plants and the man one who waters have one purpose, and they will each will be rewarded according to his their own labor.
3:9 | NIV2011 | For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building. | For we are God’s fellow workers co-workers; you are God’s field, God’s building. | For we are co-workers in God’s fellow workers service; you are God’s field, God’s building.
3:10 | tNIV | By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as an expert builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one should be careful how he builds. | By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as an expert a wise builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one should be careful how he builds build with care. | By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as an expert a wise builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one should be careful how he builds build with care.
3:12 | tNIV | If any man builds on this foundation using gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay or straw, | If any man anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay or straw, | If any man anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay or straw,
3:13 | tNIV | his work will be shown for what it is, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each man’s work. | his their work will be shown for what it is, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each man person’s work. | his their work will be shown for what it is, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each man person’s work.
3:14 | tNIV | If what he has built survives, he will receive his reward. | If what he has been built survives, he the builder will receive his a reward. | If what he has been built survives, he the builder will receive his a reward.
3:15 | tNIV | If it is burned up, he will suffer loss; he himself will be saved, but only as one escaping through the flames. | If it is burned up, he the builder will suffer loss; he himself but yet will be saved, but —even though only as one escaping through the flames. | If it is burned up, he the builder will suffer loss; he himself but yet will be saved, but —even though only as one escaping through the flames.
3:16 | tNIV | Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit lives in you? | Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit lives dwells in you your midst? | Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit lives dwells in you your midst?
3:17 | tNIV | If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him; for God’s temple is sacred, and you are that temple. | If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him that person; for God’s temple is sacred, and you together are that temple. | If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him that person; for God’s temple is sacred, and you together are that temple.
3:18 | tNIV | Do not deceive yourselves. If any one of you thinks he is wise by the standards of this age, he should become a “fool” so that he may become wise. | Do not deceive yourselves. If any one of you thinks he is think you are wise by the standards of this age, he you should become a “fool fools” so that he you may become wise. | Do not deceive yourselves. If any one of you thinks he is think you are wise by the standards of this age, he you should become a “fool fools” so that he you may become wise.
3:21 | tNIV | So then, no more boasting about men! All things are yours, | So then, no more boasting about men human leaders ! All things are yours, | So then, no more boasting about men human leaders ! All things are yours,