1 Brothers, in the past I could not talk to you as I talk to spiritual people. I had to talk to you as I would to people of the world—babies in Christ.
2 The teaching I gave you was like milk, not solid food. I did this because you were not ready for solid food. And even now you are not ready.
3 You are still not spiritual. You have jealousy and arguing among you. This shows that you are not spiritual. You are acting like people of the world.
4 One of you says, “I follow Paul,” and another says, “I follow Apollos.” When you say things like this, you are acting like worldly people.
5 Is Apollos important? No! Is Paul important? No! We are only servants of God who helped you believe. Each one of us did the work God gave us to do.
6 I planted the seed of the teaching in you, and Apollos watered it. But God is the One who made the seed grow.
7 So the one who plants is not important, and the one who waters is not important. Only God is important, because he is the One who makes things grow.