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 neither the one who plants counts for anything, nor the one who waters, but God who causes the growth.

One should think about us this way -- as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.

like the accounts passed on to us by those who were eyewitnesses and servants of the word from the beginning.

How are they to call on one they have not believed in? And how are they to believe in one they have not heard of? And how are they to hear without someone preaching to them?

who made us adequate to be servants of a new covenant not based on the letter but on the Spirit, for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

For we do not proclaim ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your slaves for Jesus' sake.

Now because we are fellow workers, we also urge you not to receive the grace of God in vain.

Are they servants of Christ? (I am talking like I am out of my mind!) I am even more so: with much greater labors, with far more imprisonments, with more severe beatings, facing death many times.

Even

According to the grace of God given to me, like a skilled master-builder I laid a foundation, but someone else builds on it. And each one must be careful how he builds.

For if I do this voluntarily, I have a reward. But if I do it unwillingly, I am entrusted with a responsibility.

Now there are different gifts, but the same Spirit.

To one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one, each according to his ability. Then he went on his journey.

John replied, "No one can receive anything unless it has been given to him from heaven.

For by the grace given to me I say to every one of you not to think more highly of yourself than you ought to think, but to think with sober discernment, as God has distributed to each of you a measure of faith.

Just as each one has received a gift, use it to serve one another as good stewards of the varied grace of God.