1 Corinthians 3:4

For when one says, “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,” aren’t you fleshly?

World English Bible

In The King James Version

For while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are ye not carnal?

In Context

3for you are still fleshly. For insofar as there is jealousy, strife, and factions among you, aren’t you fleshly, and don’t you walk in the ways of men?

5Who then is Apollos, and who is Paul, but servants through whom you believed, and each as the Lord gave to him?

Read all of 1 Corinthians 3

Cross References

1 Corinthians 1:12Now I mean this, that each one of you says, “I follow Paul,” “I follow Apollos,” “I follow Cephas,” and, “I follow Christ.”

1 Corinthians 4:6Now these things, brothers, I have in a figure transferred to myself and Apollos for your sakes, that in us you might learn not to think beyond the things which are written, that none of you be puffed up against one another.

Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 3:2-5

The Spirit of Party Reproved. ( a. d. 57.) 1 And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ. 2 I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able. 3 For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men? 4 For while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are ye not carnal? Here, I. Paul blames the… Read the whole commentary →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study 1 Corinthians 3:4