Parallel Verses

Youngs Literal Translation

Who, then, is Paul, and who Apollos, but ministrants through whom ye did believe, and to each as the Lord gave?

New American Standard Bible

What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? Servants through whom you believed, even as the Lord gave opportunity to each one.

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?

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.

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?

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Who
τίς 
Tis 
Usage: 344

οὖν 
Oun 
therefore, then, so, and, now, wherefore, but, not tr,
Usage: 417

is
ἐστί 
Esti 
is, are, was, be, have, not tr, , vr is
Usage: 585

Παῦλος 
Paulos 
Usage: 162

and
δέ 
De 
but, and, now, then, also, yet, yea, so, moreover, nevertheless, for, even, , not tr
Usage: 2184

who
τίς 
Tis 
Usage: 344

is Apollos
Ἀπολλώς 
Apollos 
Usage: 10

but
ἀλλά 
Alla 
but, yea, yet, nevertheless, howbeit, nay, therefore, save, not tr,
Usage: 461

διάκονος 
Diakonos 
Usage: 24

by
διά 
Dia 
by, through, with, for, for ... sake, therefore , for this cause , because,
Usage: 527

ὅς ἥ ὅ 
Hos 
Usage: 980

πιστεύω 
Pisteuo 
Usage: 163


and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0

as
ὡς 
Hos 
as, when, how, as it were, about,
Usage: 417

the Lord
κύριος 
Kurios 
Usage: 643

gave to
δίδωμι 
Didomi 
Usage: 254

References

American

Easton

Fausets

Images 1 Corinthians 3:5

Context Readings

Divisiveness And Immaturity

4 for when one may say, 'I, indeed, am of Paul;' and another, 'I -- of Apollos;' are ye not fleshly? 5 Who, then, is Paul, and who Apollos, but ministrants through whom ye did believe, and to each as the Lord gave? 6 I planted, Apollos watered, but God was giving growth;



Cross References

2 Corinthians 6:4

but in everything recommending ourselves as God's ministrants; in much patience, in tribulations, in necessities, in distresses,

1 Corinthians 3:10

According to the grace of God that was given to me, as a wise master-builder, a foundation I have laid, and another doth build on it,

2 Corinthians 3:6

who also made us sufficient to be ministrants of a new covenant, not of letter, but of spirit; for the letter doth kill, and the spirit doth make alive.

Matthew 25:15

and to one he gave five talents, and to another two, and to another one, to each according to his several ability, went abroad immediately.

Luke 1:2

as they did deliver to us, who from the beginning became eye-witnesses, and officers of the Word, --

John 3:27

John answered and said, 'A man is not able to receive anything, if it may not have been given him from the heaven;

Romans 10:14-15

How then shall they call upon him in whom they did not believe? and how shall they believe on him of whom they did not hear? and how shall they hear apart from one preaching?

Romans 12:3-6

For I say, through the grace that was given to me, to every one who is among you, not to think above what it behoveth to think; but to think so as to think wisely, as to each God did deal a measure of faith,

1 Corinthians 3:7

so that neither is he who is planting anything, nor he who is watering, but He who is giving growth -- God;

1 Corinthians 4:1-2

Let a man so reckon us as officers of Christ, and stewards of the secrets of God,

1 Corinthians 9:17

for if willing I do this, I have a reward; and if unwillingly -- with a stewardship I have been entrusted!

1 Corinthians 12:4-11

And there are diversities of gifts, and the same Spirit;

1 Corinthians 12:28

And some, indeed, did God set in the assembly, first apostles, secondly prophets, thirdly teachers, afterwards powers, afterwards gifts of healings, helpings, governings, divers kinds of tongues;

2 Corinthians 3:3

manifested that ye are a letter of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God, not in the tablets of stone, but in fleshy tablets of the heart,

2 Corinthians 4:5

for not ourselves do we preach, but Christ Jesus -- Lord, and ourselves your servants because of Jesus;

2 Corinthians 4:7

And we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us;

2 Corinthians 6:1

And working together also we call upon you that ye receive not in vain the grace of God --

2 Corinthians 11:23

ministrants of Christ are they? -- as beside myself I speak -- I more; in labours more abundantly, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequently, in deaths many times;

Ephesians 3:7

of which I became a ministrant, according to the gift of the grace of God that was given to me, according to the working of His power;

Colossians 1:25

of which I -- I did become a ministrant according to the dispensation of God, that was given to me for you, to fulfil the word of God,

1 Peter 4:10

each, according as he received a gift, to one another ministering it, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God;

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