The apostle Paul exemplifies from a correct perspective the religious leaders that the Corinthians boasted with three examples
1.- you are God's husbandry; This first example taken from agriculture, rejects the supposed superiority of any of them, and stresses that none has boasting reasons since God is the one who gives the growth ..

1. You are temples of God: the second metaphor also shows the relative insignificance of religious leaders, but stresses their responsibility, since ministers are like builders with restricted permits to build only on a certain foundation.
   3.-The reward is not salvation, but a reward for fidelity in service, the scripture teaches that salvation is free.
   The loss refers to the reward that this builder may have received, not to his salvation......