What does 1 Corinthians 3:5 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man?"
1 CORINTHIANS 3:5 ti, … ti, Instead of ti, (“What?”) the Textus Receptus, following î46 C D F G and most minuscules, reads ti,j (“Who?”) in both instances. The masculine, however, appears to be a sec...
Verse 1 Corinthians 3:5. _MINISTERS BY WHOM YE BELIEVED_] The different apostles who have preached unto you the word of life are the _means_ which God has used to bring you to the knowledge of Christ....
WHO THEN IS PAUL ... - See the notes at 1 Corinthians 1:13. Why should a party be formed which should be named after Paul? What has he done or taught that should lead to this? What eminence has he tha...
CHAPTER 3 _ 1. The Carnal state of the Corinthians. (1 Corinthians 3:1)._ 2. The Workmen and their Work. (1 Corinthians 3:10). 3. The Church the Temple of God. (1 Corinthians 3:16). 4. Warning aga...
RENEWED CONDEMNATION OF PARTY SPIRIT. Paul has now reached a point where he can effect an easy return to the divisions at Corinth. He has been speaking of the spiritual man who is capable of receiving...
And I, brothers, could not talk to you as I would to spiritual men, but I had to talk to you as to those who had not yet got beyond merely human things, as to infants in Christ. I gave you milk to dri...
MINISTERS. servants. App-190. BY. through. App-104. 1 Corinthians 3:1. BELIEVED. App-150. THE LORD. App-98. GAVE. See Ephesians 4:11. EVERY MAN. each (one)....
ΤΊ. So אAB Vetus Lat. Vulg. τίς CDEFG Peshito. [ἀλλ' ἤ]. The uncials, almost without exception, Vetus Lat. and Vulg. omit these words before διάκονοι. The Peshito retains them. It is clearly an addit...
_THE PREACHERS ARE SERVANTS 1 CORINTHIANS 3:5-10:_ Apollos and Paul were merely servants or ministers that had helped these brethren have faith. Paul had no desire for preachers to receive special hon...
ΔΙΆΚΟΝΟΣ (G1249) раб, слуга, помощник, посланник (LN, 1:460-61; TDNT; EDNT; NIDNTT, 3:544-49; CCFJ, 1:456; MM; Schrage). Это слово исключает власть и личную заинтересованность, а также подчеркивает за...
DISCOURSE: 1944 UNDUE PARTIALITY TO MINISTERS REPROVED 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? I have planted,...
WHO THEN IS PAUL, &C.— Some would read this and the following verse thus: _Who is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed?—And as the Lord gave to every man, I planted, Apollos wat...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS 1 Corinthians 3:5-9 Builders: All Christians are workers in God's fieldbuilders on God's building. What are apostles? Workers, like every other Christian. They may have gifts from Go...
Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man? PAUL ... APOLLOS. 'Aleph (') A B C Delta G f g, Vulgate, read in the reverse order, Apo...
5 Apollos was a Jew of Alexandria, a scholarly man, and able in the Scriptures. He came to Ephesus, full of zeal, but versed only in the baptism of John. Priscilla and Aquila heard him speak boldly in...
3:5 servants, (k-9) _ Diakonos_ . see Note, ch. 4.1; Romans 16:1 ....
PARAPHRASE. 'Te yourselves, brethren, are an illustration of what I say. (2) I have treated you as beginners and given you elementary Christian teaching, for hitherto you have been unfit for any other...
SERVANTS OF CHRIST 1 CORINTHIANS _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 3 GOD’S WORKERS 3:1-9 V1 *Brothers and *sisters, I could not speak to you as if the *Holy Spirit was guiding you. I had to speak to you as...
The Apostle now proceeds to explain (1 Corinthians 3:5) what is the true position and work of Christian ministers. He asserts that all alike — both those who teach the simpler truths, and those who bu...
CHAPTER 6 GOD'S HUSBANDRY AND BUILDING PAUL having abundantly justified his method of preaching to the Corinthians, and having shown why he contented himself with the simple presentation of the Cross...
§ 12. CHRIST'S SERVANTS ANSWERABLE TO HIMSELF. The Ap. has shown his readers their own true position so high and yet so lowly (§ 11); Paul, Apollos, Cephas are but part of a universe of ministry that...
PROSPERITY COMES FROM GOD 1 Corinthians 3:1 In all our relations with our fellow-men, Christ's followers must realize their obligations as members of one great family, with one God. A man may be _in...
The reason for the schisms was that these people were carnal. "Jealousy and strife" are evidences of carnality. Proceeding, Paul declared the true value of the Christian ministry. "For we are God's fe...
Increase Comes From God Paul wanted to know what it was about Apollos and himself that could cause division. They were both "ministers," which is the same word translated "deacons" in Acts 6:2 and me...
(2) Who then is Paul, and who [is] Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man? (2) After he has sufficiently reprehended ambitious teachers, and those who foolishl...
“What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? Ministers by whom ye believed, and that, as the Lord gave to each.” There is no difficulty, whatever Hofmann may object, in connecting the _then_ with the prev...
(3) For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men? (4) For while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; a...
As usual, the introductory words (1 Corinthians 1:1-3) of the epistle give us no little intimation of that which is to follow. The apostle speaks of himself as such "called [to be] an apostle of Jesus...
5._Who then is Paul _? Here he begins to treat of the estimation in which ministers ought to be held, and the purpose for which they have been set apart by the Lord. He names himself and Apollos rathe...
They were not natural men; but they were carnal (not spiritual) men, so that the apostle had to feed them with milk and not with meat which was only fit for those that were of full age. That with whic...
WHO THEN IS PAUL? AND WHO IS APOLLOS?.... The apostle's name being used, and he a party concerned, could speak the more freely upon this head, and ask what they thought of himself, and other preachers...
Who then is Paul, and who _is_ Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man? Ver. 5. _But ministers_] Not masters, as _Magistri nostri Parisienses._ (Praefat. in 1 S...
_For while one saith, I am of Paul_ I am one of Paul's disciples, admiring his sublime sentiments, and being greatly edified by his instructive discourses: _and another, I am of Apollos_ I give the pr...
MINISTERS; servants of Christ engaged in one common work, and not designed to be heads of different parties. Their object then was to convert men, not to themselves, but to Christ....
All ministers of Christ of equal rank:...
But in practical experience the Corinthians were not properly regarding, nor depending on, the wisdom of the Spirit of God, who had been given to them. Paul could not write to them as spiritual, but a...
WHAT THEN IS APOLLOS? AND WHAT IS PAUL? MINISTERS THROUGH WHOM YE BELIEVED; AND EACH AS THE LORD GAVE TO HIM. 'What then is Apollos? and what is Paul?' -'In these verses Paul begins his discussion a...
5-9 The ministers about whom the Corinthians contended, were only instruments used by God. We should not put ministers into the place of God. He that planteth and he that watereth are one, employed by...
Neither Paul, nor yet Apollos, are authors of faith to you, but only instruments; it is the Lord that giveth to every man a power to believe; or else that latter phrase, AS THE LORD GAVE TO EVERY MAN,...
What [the neuter of disparagement]_ then is Apollos? and what is Paul? Ministers_ [literally, deacons, i. e., servitors-- Acts 6:2; Colossians 1:7; not leaders-- Luke 22:25-26] _through whom_ ["not in...
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‘What then is Apollos? What is Paul? Ministers through whom you believed, and each one as the Lord gave to him. I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the increase.' Elsewhere Paul will tell Christi...
1 Corinthians 3:5. WHAT THEN IS APOLLOS, AND WHAT IS PAUL? MINISTERS mere _‘_ servants.' THROUGH WHOM (as instruments) YE BELIEVED, AND EACH AS THE LORD GAVE TO HIM....
WHAT THEN? (τ ουν;). He does not say τις (who), but τ (what), neuter singular interrogative pronoun.MINISTERS (διακονο). Not leaders of parties or sects, but merely servants through whom ye believ...
1. _And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ._ The church at Corinth consisted of persons of large education and great abilities....
CONTENTS: Hindrance of a carnal state to spiritual growth. Christian service and its reward. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Paul, Apollos, Cephas. CONCLUSION: Our salvation rests solely upon...
1 Corinthians 3:1. _Babes in Christ,_ like children at the breast, requiring to be _fed with milk, and not with meat._ Our great tutor here addresses the Corinthians in a superior style of eloquence,...
AFTER ALL? Neither Paul nor Apollos were "the Lord" in matters of religion. They were simply God's servants, working together to proclaim the Good News. The "party spirit" of the Corinthians contrasts...
CHAPTER III. SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTER He endeavours to put an end to the divisions among the Corinthians, by reminding them of their mutual subjection and union in Christ and God. I. He points out t...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ 1 Corinthians 3:5.—Better reading “_what?_” not “_who?_” Also “_through_.” Not, “As the Lord gave _to every man of you_ the type of teacher he needed”; but, “As the Lord allotted _to...
EXPOSITION 1 CORINTHIANS 3:1 _The carnal conceit of the spiritually immature._ 1 CORINTHIANS 3:1 I… COULD NOT SPEAK UNTO YOU AS UNTO SPIRITUAL. Though softened by the word brethren, there was a cr...
Let's turn now to I Corinthians, chapter 3. Beginning with the fourteenth verse of chapter 2, Paul here separates men into three classifications. Starting in chapter 2 with the natural man, the unrege...
1 Corinthians 12:28; 1 Corinthians 12:4; 1 Corinthians 3:10; 1 Corinthians 3:7; 1 Corinthians 4:1; 1 Corinthians 4:2; 1 Corinthians 9:17; 1 Peter 4:10;...
THE CARNAL AND SPIRITUAL CHRISTIAN 1 Corinthians 3:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS In our last study, we were discussing two kinds of people. One, the unregenerate who had not the Spirit, and the other, the r...
Ministers — Or servants. By whom ye believed, as the Lord, the Master of those servants, gave to every man....
As if the apostle had said, "Neither Paul nor Apollos were the authors of your faith, but only ministerial helpers of it, as God is pleased to furnish them with gifts, and to give. blessing to their m...