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1 Corinthians 3:5-7 KJV
1 Corinthians · chapter 3 · verses 5–7
5Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man? 6I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. 7So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.1 Corinthians 3:5-7 · King James Version
1 Corinthians 3:5-7 in context
3For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?
4For while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are ye not carnal?
5Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man?
6I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.
7So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.
8Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour.
9For we are labourers together with God: ye are God’s husbandry, ye are God’s building.
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Key words (Strong's)
- ministersdiakonosone who executes the commands of another, esp. of a master, a servant, attendant…G1249 →
- believedpisteuōto think to be true, to be persuaded of, to credit, place confidence in, of the thing…G4100 →
- increaseauxanōto cause to grow, augment, to increase, become greater, to grow, increase, of plants, of…G837 →
- ApollosapollōsApollos = " given by Apollo" , a learned Jew from Alexandria and mighty in the…G625 →
- plantedphyteuōto plantG5452 →
- wateredpotizōto give to drink, to furnish drink, to water, irrigate , metaph. to imbue, saturate one's…G4222 →
- PaulpaulosPaul or Paulus = " small or little" , Paul was the most famous of the apostles…G3972 →
- Lordkyrioshe to whom a person or thing belongs, about which he has power of deciding master, lord…G2962 →
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Here the apostle instructs them how to cure this humour, and rectify what was amiss among them upon this head, I. By reminding them that the ministers about whom they contended were but ministers: Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom you believed? Even as the Lord gave to every man, Co1 3:5.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 5-10