Parallel Verses
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.
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?
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]?
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 When one says 'I follow Paul,' and another 'I follow Apollos,' are not you like other men? 5 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. 6 I planted, and Apollos watered, but it was God who caused the growth.
Cross References
2 Corinthians 6:4
No, we are trying to commend ourselves under all circumstances, as God's ministers should--in many an hour of endurance, in troubles, in hardships, in difficulties,
1 Corinthians 3:10
In fulfillment of the charge which God had entrusted to me, I laid the foundation like a skillful master-builder; but another man is now building upon it. Let every one take care how he builds;
2 Corinthians 3:6
Our fitness comes from God, who himself made us fit to be ministers of a New Covenant, of which the substance is, not a written Law, but a Spirit. For the written Law means Death, but the Spirit gives Life.
Matthew 25:15
He gave three thousand pounds to one, twelve hundred to another, and six hundred to a third, in proportion to the ability of each. Then he set out on his travels.
Luke 1:2
Just as they were reported to us by those who from the beginning were eye-witnesses, and afterwards became bearers of the Message.
John 3:27
John's answer was--"A man can gain nothing but what is given him from Heaven.
Romans 10:14-15
But how, it may be asked, are they to invoke one in whom they have not learned to believe? And how are they to believe in one whose words they have not heard? And how are they to hear his words unless some one proclaims him?
Romans 12:3-6
In fulfillment of the charge with which I have been entrusted, I bid every one of you not to think more highly of himself than he ought to think, but to think till he learns to think soberly--in accordance with the measure of faith that God has allotted to each.
1 Corinthians 3:7
Therefore neither the man who plants, nor the man who waters, is of any account, but only God who causes the growth.
1 Corinthians 4:1-2
Let men look upon us as Christ's servants, and as stewards of the hidden truths of God.
1 Corinthians 9:17
If I do this work willingly, I have a reward; but, if unwillingly, I have been charged to perform a duty.
1 Corinthians 12:4-11
Gifts differ, but the Spirit is the same;
1 Corinthians 12:28
In the Church God has appointed, first, Apostles, secondly Preachers, thirdly Teachers; then he has given supernatural powers, then power to cure diseases, aptness for helping others, capacity to govern, varieties of the gift of 'tongues.'
2 Corinthians 3:3
All can see that you are a letter from Christ delivered by us, a letter written, not with ink, but with the Spirit of the Living God, not on 'tablets of stone,' but on 'tablets of human hearts.'
2 Corinthians 4:5
(For it is not ourselves that we proclaim, but Christ Jesus, as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake.)
2 Corinthians 4:7
This treasure we have in these earthen vessels, that its all- prevailing power may be seen to come from God, and not to be our own.
2 Corinthians 6:1
Therefore, as God's fellow-workers, we also appeal to you not to receive his loving-kindness in vain.
2 Corinthians 11:23
Are they 'Servants of Christ'? Though it is madness to talk like this, I am more so than they! I have had more of toil, more of imprisonment! I have been flogged times without number. I have been often at death's door.
Ephesians 3:7
Of this Good News I became a minister, in virtue of the charge with which God entrusted me in the exercise of his power--
Colossians 1:25
Of which I myself became a minister in virtue of the office with which God entrusted me for your benefit, to declare the Message of God in all its fulness--
1 Peter 4:10
Whatever the gift that each has received, use it in the service of others, as good stewards of the varied bounty of God.