Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? They are servants through whom you believed, and each has the role the Lord has given.
New American Standard Bible
What then is Apollos? And what is Paul?
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?
International Standard Version
Who is Apollos, anyhow? Or who is Paul? They're merely servants through whom you came to believe, as the Lord gave to each of us his task.
A Conservative Version
Who therefore is Paul and who is Apollos? But rather helpers through whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to each man.
American Standard Version
What then is Apollos? and what is Paul? Ministers through whom ye believed; and each as the Lord gave to him.
Amplified
What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? Just servants through whom you believed [in Christ], even as the Lord appointed to each his task.
An Understandable Version
After all, who is Apollos? And who is Paul? They are [only] servants through whom you believed [in Christ], with each one doing what the Lord gave him to do.
Anderson New Testament
Who, then, is Paul? and who is Apollos? Ministers by whom you have believed, even as the Lord gave to each one.
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.
Common New Testament
What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? Servants through whom you believed, even as the Lord assigned to each one.
Daniel Mace New Testament
who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye have received faith according to the divine gifts imparted to each of them?
Darby Translation
Who then is Apollos, and who Paul? Ministering servants, through whom ye have believed, and as the Lord has given to each.
Godbey New Testament
Then what is Apollos? and what is Paul? But ministers through whom ye believed; even as the Lord gave to each one.
Goodspeed New Testament
What is Apollos? Or what is Paul? Just servants through whom you came to have faith, as the Lord gave each of us opportunity.
John Wesley New Testament
and another, I am of Apollos, are ye not carnal? Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man?
Julia Smith Translation
Who then is Paul, and who Apollos, but servants by whom ye believed, and to each as the Lord gave?
King James 2000
Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom you believed, even as the Lord gave to every man?
Lexham Expanded Bible
Therefore, what is Apollos and what is Paul? Servants through whom you believed, and to each as the Lord gave.
Modern King James verseion
Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom you believed, even as the Lord gave to each?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
What is Paul? What thing is Apollos? Only ministers are they, by whom ye believed: even as the Lord gave every man grace.
Moffatt New Testament
Who is Apollos? Who is Paul? They are simply used by God to give you faith, each as the Lord assigns his task.
Montgomery New Testament
What then is Apollos? What is Paul? Just ministers through whom you have believed, and each doing the work that the Lord gave him.
NET Bible
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.
New Heart English Bible
Who then is Apollos, and who is Paul, but servants through whom you believed; and each as the Lord gave to him?
Noyes New Testament
Who then is Apollos, and who is Paul, but ministers through whom ye believed, and that as the Lord gave to each?
Sawyer New Testament
Who then is Apollos? and who is Paul? but ministers by whom you believed, and to each as the Lord gave.
The Emphasized Bible
What then is Apollos? and, what is Paul? ministers through whom ye believed, and, each, as the Lord, gave to him.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but the ministers through whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to each [of us]?
Twentieth Century New Testament
What, I ask, is Apollos? or what is Paul? Servants through whom you were led to accept the Faith; and that only as the Lord helped each of you.
Webster
Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man?
Weymouth New Testament
What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? They are just God's servants, through whose efforts, and as the Lord granted power to each, you accepted the faith.
Williams New Testament
Then what is Apollos? Or what is Paul? Mere servants through whom you came to believe, as the Lord gave each of us his task.
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?
Worrell New Testament
What, then, is Apollos? and what is Paul? Ministers through whom ye believed; and as the Lord gave to each.
Worsley New Testament
Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whose means ye embraced the faith, even as the Lord gave success to each of them?
Youngs Literal Translation
Who, then, is Paul, and who Apollos, but ministrants through whom ye did believe, and to each as the Lord gave?
Themes
Apollos » An eloquent, Christian convert at corinth
Bearing fruit » God giving the increase
Deacon » Also translated "minister,"
Interlinear
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Word Count of 37 Translations in 1 Corinthians 3:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
Divisiveness And Immaturity
4
For whenever someone says, “I’m with Paul,” and another, “I’m with Apollos,”
Cross References
2 Corinthians 6:4
But as God’s ministers, we commend ourselves in everything:
by hardship, by difficulties,
1 Corinthians 3:10
According to God’s grace that was given to me, I have laid a foundation as a skilled master builder, and another builds on it. But each one must be careful how he builds on it.
2 Corinthians 3:6
He has made us competent to be ministers of a new covenant,
Matthew 25:15
Luke 1:2
just as the original eyewitnesses
John 3:27
John responded, “No one can receive a single thing unless it’s given to him from heaven.
Romans 10:14-15
But how can they call on Him they have not believed in? And how can they believe without hearing about Him?
Romans 12:3-6
For by the grace
1 Corinthians 3:7
So then neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth.
1 Corinthians 4:1-2
A person should consider us in this way: as servants
1 Corinthians 9:17
For if I do this willingly, I have a reward, but if unwillingly, I am entrusted
1 Corinthians 12:4-11
Now there are different gifts,
1 Corinthians 12:28
And God has placed these in the church:
third teachers,
then gifts of healing,
managing, various kinds of languages.
2 Corinthians 3:3
It is clear that you are Christ’s letter,
2 Corinthians 4:5
For we are not proclaiming ourselves but Jesus Christ as Lord,
2 Corinthians 4:7
Now we have this treasure in clay jars, so that this extraordinary power
2 Corinthians 6:1
Working together
2 Corinthians 11:23
I’m talking like a madman—I’m a better one:
with far more labors,
many more imprisonments,
far worse beatings, near death
Ephesians 3:7
I was made a servant of this gospel by the gift of God’s grace that was given to me by the working of His power.
Colossians 1:25
I have become its servant, according to God’s administration that was given to me for you, to make God’s message fully known,
1 Peter 4:10
Based on the gift each one has received, use it to serve others,