1 Corinthians 3:5
Who is Paul then? and who is Apollos, but the ministers by whome yee beleeued, and as the Lord gaue to euery man?
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
4For when one sayeth, I am Pauls, and another, I am Apollos, are yee not carnall?
6I haue planted, Apollos watred, but God gaue the increase.
Cross References
Luke 1:2As they haue deliuered them vnto vs, which from the beginning saw them their selues, and were ministers of ye word,
Romans 10:14But how shall they call on him, in whome they haue not beleeued? and how shall they beleeue in him, of whom they haue not heard? and howe shall they heare without a preacher?
1 Corinthians 3:7So then, neither is hee that planteth any thing, neither hee that watreth, but God that giueth the increase.
1 Corinthians 4:1Let a man so thinke of vs, as of the ministers of Christ, and disposers of the secrets of God:
1 Corinthians 12:4Now there are diuersities of gifts, but the same Spirit.
2 Corinthians 3:3In that yee are manifest, to be the Epistle of Christ, ministred by vs, and written, not with yncke, but with the Spirite of the liuing God, not in tables of stone, but in fleshly tables of the heart.
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 →