12-13. Whatever we build on that foundation will be tested by fire on the day of judgment. Then everyone will find out if we have used gold, silver, and precious stones, or wood, hay, and straw.
14. We will be rewarded if our building is left standing.
15. But if it is destroyed by the fire, we will lose everything. Yet we ourselves will be saved, like someone escaping from flames.
16. All of you know that you are God's temple and that his Spirit lives in you.
17. Together you are God's holy temple, and God will destroy anyone who destroys his temple.
18. Don't fool yourselves! If any of you think you are wise in the things of this world, you will have to become foolish before you can be truly wise.
19. This is because God considers the wisdom of this world to be foolish. It is just as the Scriptures say, “God catches the wise when they try to outsmart him.”