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1 Corinthians 3:4-6
New English Translation
1 Corinthians 3:4-6
New English Translation
4 For whenever someone says, “I am with Paul,” or “I am with Apollos,” are you not merely human?[a]
5 What is Apollos, really? Or what is Paul? Servants through whom you came to believe, and each of us in the ministry the Lord gave us.[b] 6 I planted,[c] Apollos watered, but God caused it to grow.
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- 1 Corinthians 3:4 tn Grk “are you not men,” i.e., (fallen) humanity without the Spirit’s influence. Here Paul does not say “walking in accordance with” as in the previous verse; he actually states the Corinthians are this. However, this is almost certainly rhetorical hyperbole.
- 1 Corinthians 3:5 tn Grk “and to each as the Lord gave.”
- 1 Corinthians 3:6 sn The expression I planted is generally taken to mean that Paul founded the church at Corinth. Later Apollos had a significant ministry there (watered). See also v. 10.
1 Corinthians 3:4-6
New International Version
1 Corinthians 3:4-6
New International Version
4 For when one says, “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,”(A) are you not mere human beings?
5 What, after all, is Apollos?(B) And what is Paul? Only servants,(C) through whom you came to believe—as the Lord has assigned to each his task. 6 I planted the seed,(D) Apollos watered it, but God has been making it grow.
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