1 Corinthians 3:5
3 for you are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and dissension among you, are you not worldly? Are you not walking in the way of man?
4 For when one of you says, “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,” are you not mere men?
What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? They are servants through whom you believed, as the Lord has assigned to each his role.
6 I planted the seed and Apollos watered it, but God made it grow.
7 So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? They are servants through whom you believed, as the Lord has assigned to each his role.
- KJV
- Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man?
- WEB
- Who then is Apollos, and who is Paul, but servants through whom you believed, and each as the Lord gave to him?
- ASV
- What then is Apollos? and what is Paul? Ministers through whom ye believed; and each as the Lord gave to him.
- DARBY
- Who then is Apollos, and who Paul? Ministering servants, through whom ye have believed, and as the Lord has given to each.
- BLB
- Who then is Apollos? And who is Paul? Servants through whom you⁺ believed, even as the Lord gave to each.
- ÅB
- Hva er da Apollos? eller hva er Paulus? Tjenere ved hvem dere kom til troen, og det etter som Herren gav enhver.
- OTB
- Hva er Apollos? Hva er Paulus? De er tjenere gjennom hvem dere kom til tro, slik Herren tildelte hver enkelt.
- B1930
- Hvad er da Apollos? eller hvad er Paulus? Tjenere ved hvem I kom til troen, og det efter som Herren gav enhver.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Corinthians 6:4
Rather, as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: in great endurance; in troubles, hardships, and calamities;
Read in context2 Corinthians 6:1
As God’s fellow workers, then, we urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain.
Read in context1 Peter 4:10
As good stewards of the manifold grace of God, each of you should use whatever gift he has received to serve one another.
Read in context2 Corinthians 3:6
And He has qualified us as ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
Read in context2 Corinthians 11:23
Are they servants of Christ? I am speaking like I am out of my mind, but I am so much more: in harder labor, in more imprisonments, in worse beatings, in frequent danger of death.
Read in context1 Corinthians 3:10
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 must be careful how he builds.
Read in context2 Corinthians 3:3
It is clear that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.
Read in context2 Corinthians 4:5
For we do not proclaim ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake.
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