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? 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?

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?

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 whenever someone says, “I’m with Paul,” and another, “I’m with Apollos,” are you not unspiritual people? 5 What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? They are servants through whom you believed, and each has the role the Lord has given. 6 I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth.



Cross References

2 Corinthians 6:4

But as God’s ministers, we commend ourselves in everything:

by great endurance, by afflictions,
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, not of the letter, but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit produces life.

Matthew 25:15

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

Luke 1:2

just as the original eyewitnesses and servants of the word handed them down to us.

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? And how can they hear without a preacher?

Romans 12:3-6

For by the grace given to me, I tell everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he should think. Instead, think sensibly, as God has distributed a measure of faith to each one.

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 of Christ and managers of God’s mysteries.

1 Corinthians 9:17

For if I do this willingly, I have a reward, but if unwillingly, I am entrusted with a stewardship.

1 Corinthians 12:4-11

Now there are different gifts, but the same Spirit.

1 Corinthians 12:28

And God has placed these in the church:

first apostles, second prophets,
third teachers, next miracles,
then gifts of healing, helping,
managing, various kinds of languages.

2 Corinthians 3:3

It is clear that you are Christ’s letter, produced by us, not written with ink but with the Spirit of the living God—not on stone tablets but on tablets that are hearts of flesh.

2 Corinthians 4:5

For we are not proclaiming ourselves but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your slaves because of Jesus.

2 Corinthians 4:7

Now we have this treasure in clay jars, so that this extraordinary power may be from God and not from us.

2 Corinthians 6:1

Working together with Him, we also appeal to you, “Don’t receive God’s grace in vain.”

2 Corinthians 11:23

Are they servants of Christ?
I’m talking like a madman—I’m a better one:
with far more labors,
many more imprisonments,
far worse beatings, near death many times.

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, as good managers of the varied grace of God.

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