It seems to me that YOU are reading into what is written.Is have read that chapter every which way from Sunday...I cannot make it say what you say that it is saying!!
1 Cor. 3
5 ( Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man? )
All of us have ministers who ministered to us..AND we all have ( or should have,) preached to others.
6 ( I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.
7 So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth;( anything) but God that giveth the increase.
8 Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour." )
We "receive " what we have done with the talents/ truth/ wisdom ..that God has given us. Talking about US , not about some other ministry...we ARE the ministry...or darn well should be.
((9 For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building. ) Was Paul part and parcel of that building? Of course he was! So are each one of us.
10 According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, ( of those church groups) and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon.) Wherever in the world he himself is labouring for the Lord. There is no exemption here...we cannot ever say .."They" are the ministers ..we are not , we are just their building. No where does Paul say that..." Every joint supplieth" One body.
I agree that "to whom much is given , much will be required"...but we have all been "given much" We are rich with knowledge and teaching..
I feel you want to read something into 1 Cor 3 which is not there.
Everyman's works will be tried and tested by fire...
Just look at number 9:
This is what you wrote:
****((9 For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building. ) Was Paul part and parcel of that building? Of course he was! So are each one of us.****
Paul is clearly saying that he and Apollos are laborers together with God, and WE are God's husbandry or building.
YOU have ADDED that Paul is part of the building..
Where does it say this??