Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
Who then is Paul, and who Apollos, but servants by whom ye believed, and to each as the Lord gave?
New American Standard Bible
What then is Apollos? And what is Paul?
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?
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?
Themes
Apollos » An eloquent, Christian convert at corinth
Bearing fruit » God giving the increase
Deacon » Also translated "minister,"
Interlinear
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Word Count of 37 Translations in 1 Corinthians 3:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
Divisiveness And Immaturity
4 For when a certain one should say, I truly am of Paul; and another, I of Apollos; are ye not carnal? 5 Who then is Paul, and who Apollos, but servants by whom ye believed, and to each as the Lord gave? 6 I have planted, Apollos watered; but God increased.
Cross References
2 Corinthians 6:4
But in every thing recommending ourselves as servants of God, in much patience, in pressures, in necessities, in extremities,
1 Corinthians 3:10
According to the grace of God given to me, as a wise chief-architect, I have laid the foundation, and another builds upon. And let each see how he builds upon.
2 Corinthians 3:6
Who rendered as fitting servants of the new covenant; not of the letter, but of the Spirit: for the letter kills, and the Spirit makes alive.
Matthew 25:15
And to one he truly gave five talents, and to one, two, and to one, one; to each according to his own power; and he quickly went abroad.
Luke 1:2
As they delivered to us, who from the beginning being eyewitnesses, and servants of the word;
John 3:27
John answered and said, No man can receive anything except it be given him from heaven.
Romans 10:14-15
How then shall they call upon whom they believed not? and how shall they believe whom they heard not? and how shall they hear without him proclaiming?
Romans 12:3-6
For I say, by the race given me, to every one being with you, not to entertain a high opinion of one's self above what is fitting to think: but to think to be discreet, as God has divided the measure of faith to each.
1 Corinthians 3:7
So that neither he planting is anything, neither he watering; but God increasing.
1 Corinthians 4:1-2
So let a man reckon us, as servants of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.
1 Corinthians 9:17
For if of free will I do this, I have reward: and if unwillingly, I have been entrusted with a stewardship.
1 Corinthians 12:4-11
And there are distinctions of favors, and the same Spirit.
1 Corinthians 12:28
And whom truly God set in the church, first the sent, second the prophets, third teachers, then powers, then graces of healings, helps, directions, kinds of tongues.
2 Corinthians 3:3
Made manifest that ye are the epistle of Christ served by us, not written with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables made of stone, but in fleshly tables of the heart.
2 Corinthians 4:5
For we proclaim not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus.
2 Corinthians 4:7
And we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the eminence of power be of God, and not of us.
2 Corinthians 6:1
And working together, we also beseech, lest also ye receive the grace of God in vain.
2 Corinthians 11:23
Are they Christ's servants? (I speak being light-headed) I above; in toils more abundant, in blows more excessively, in watchings more abundantly, in deaths often.
Ephesians 3:7
Of which I Became a servant, according to the gift of the grace of God given to me according to the energy of his power
Colossians 1:25
Of which I was a servant, according to the stewardship of God, given to me for you, to complete the word of God;
1 Peter 4:10
As each received favor, serving the same among yourselves, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.