1 Corinthians 3:5 “What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? They are servants through whom…”

1 Corinthians 3:5

What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? They are servants through whom you believed, as the Lord has assigned to each his role.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man?

World English Bible

Who then is Apollos, and who is Paul, but servants through whom you believed, and each as the Lord gave to him?

American Standard Version

What then is Apollos? and what is Paul? Ministers through whom ye believed; and each as the Lord gave to him.

Geneva Bible 1599

Who is Paul then? and who is Apollos, but the ministers by whome yee beleeued, and as the Lord gaue to euery man?

Darby Translation

Who then is Apollos, and who Paul? Ministering servants, through whom ye have believed, and as the Lord has given to each.

Young's Literal Translation

Who, then, is Paul, and who Apollos, but ministrants through whom ye did believe, and to each as the Lord gave?

Bible in Basic English

What then is Apollos? and what is Paul? They are but servants who gave you the good news as God gave it to them.

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Cross references

“ministers”

2 Corinthians 6:4 2 Corinthians 6:1 2 Corinthians 3:6 2 Corinthians 4:5 2 Corinthians 4:7 2 Corinthians 11:23

2 Corinthians 6:4 · BSB

Rather, as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: in great endurance; in troubles, hardships, and calamities;

2 Corinthians 6:1 · BSB

As God’s fellow workers, then, we urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain.

2 Corinthians 3:6 · BSB

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.

2 Corinthians 4:5 · BSB

For we do not proclaim ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake.

2 Corinthians 4:7 · BSB

Now we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this surpassingly great power is from God and not from us.

2 Corinthians 11:23 · BSB

Are they servants of Christ? (I am speaking as if I were out of my mind.) I am so much more: in harder labor, in more imprisonments, in worse beatings, in frequent danger of death.

“even”

1 Peter 4:10 1 Corinthians 3:10 1 Corinthians 9:17 1 Corinthians 12:4–11 1 Corinthians 12:28 Matthew 25:15

1 Peter 4:10 · BSB

As good stewards of the manifold grace of God, each of you should use whatever gift he has received to serve one another.

1 Corinthians 3:10 · BSB

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.

1 Corinthians 9:17 · BSB

If my preaching is voluntary, I have a reward. But if it is not voluntary, I am still entrusted with a responsibility.

1 Corinthians 12:4–11 · BSB

There are different gifts, but the same Spirit.

1 Corinthians 12:28 · BSB

And in the church God has appointed first of all apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then workers of miracles, and those with gifts of healing, helping, administration, and various tongues.

Matthew 25:15 · BSB

To one he gave five talents, to another two talents, and to another one talent—each according to his own ability. And he went on his journey.

Also

2 Corinthians 3:3 Ephesians 3:7 Colossians 1:25

2 Corinthians 3:3 · BSB

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.

Ephesians 3:7 · BSB

I became a servant of this gospel by the gift of God’s grace, given me through the working of His power.

Colossians 1:25 · BSB

I became its servant by the commission God gave me to fully proclaim to you the word of God,

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

4For when one of you says, “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,” are you not mere men?

6I planted the seed and Apollos watered it, but God made it grow.

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