1 Corinthians 3:5

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Summary

1 Corinthians 3:5

Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man?

Ministers

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1 Peter 4:10

Bible References

Ministers

So that neither the planter nor the waterer is of any importance. God who gives the increase is all in all.

As for us Apostles, let any one take this view of us--we are Christ's officers, and stewards of God's secret truths.

on the authority of those who were from the beginning eye-witnesses and were devoted to the service of the divine Message,

But how are they to call on One in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in One whose voice they have never heard? And how are they to hear without a preacher?

It is He also who has made us competent to serve Him in connexion with a new Covenant, which is not a written code but a Spirit; for the written code inflicts death, but the Spirit gives Life.

(For we do not proclaim ourselves, but we proclaim Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your bondservants for the sake of Jesus.)

And you also we, as God's fellow workers, entreat not to be found to have received His grace to no purpose.

Are they servants of Christ? (I speak as if I were out of my mind.)

Even

In discharge of the task which God graciously entrusted to me, I--like a competent master-builder--have laid a foundation, and others are building upon it. But let every one be careful how and what he builds.

And if I preach willingly, I receive my wages; but if against my will, a stewardship has nevertheless been entrusted to me.

Now there are various kinds of gifts, but there is one and the same Spirit;

To one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one--to each according to his individual capacity; and then started from home.

"A man cannot obtain anything," replied John, "unless it has been granted to him from Heaven.

For through the authority graciously given to me I warn every individual among you not to value himself unduly, but to cultivate sobriety of judgement in accordance with the amount of faith which God has allotted to each one.

Whatever be the gifts which each has received, you must use them for one another's benefit, as good stewards of God's many-sided kindness.