1 Corinthians 3:5 KJV — MannaFest

1 Corinthians 3:5

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

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ASV

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

WEB

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

YLT

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

DBT

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

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1 Corinthians — A pastoral letter answering a long list of questions and problems — unity, ethics, worship, and the resurrection — written to a gifted but divided church.

Author: Paul, with Sosthenes (1:1)
Date: c. AD 55, from Ephesus

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49 verses on the floor

Ecclesiastes 11:6
In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.
John 3:30
He must increase, but I must decrease.
2 Corinthians 6:4
But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,
2 Corinthians 6:1
We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain.
1 Peter 4:10
As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.

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They are but ministers, mere instruments used by the God of all grace. Some of the factious people in Corinth seem to have made more of them, as if they were lords of their faith, authors of their religion.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Paul." He puts Apollos before himself in humility. but ministers, &c.--The oldest manuscripts have no "but." "Who is Apollos . . . Paul? (mere) ministers (a lowly word appropriate here, servants), by whom (not "in whom"; by whose ministrations) ye believed." as . . . Lord gave to every man--that is, to the several hearers, for it was GOD that "gave the increase" (1Co 3:6).

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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