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1 Corinthians 3:5

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Apollos and I are merely servants who helped you to have faith. It was the Lord who made it all happen.

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The man knew what each servant could do. So he handed five thousand coins to the first servant, two thousand to the second, and one thousand to the third. Then he left the country.

They wrote what we had been told by the ones who were there in the beginning and saw what happened.

John replied: No one can do anything unless God in heaven allows it.

A Jewish man named Apollos came to Ephesus. Apollos had been born in the city of Alexandria. He was a very good speaker and knew a lot about the Scriptures.

While Apollos was in Corinth, Paul traveled across the hill country to Ephesus, where he met some of the Lord's followers.

He chose me to be a servant of Christ Jesus for the Gentiles and to do the work of a priest in the service of his good news. God did this so that the Holy Spirit could make the Gentiles into a holy offering, pleasing to him.

First, God chose some people to be apostles and prophets and teachers for the church. But he also chose some to work miracles or heal the sick or help others or be leaders or speak different kinds of languages.

I have tried hard to get our friend Apollos to visit you with the other followers. He doesn't want to come just now, but he will come when he can.

God was kind and let me become an expert builder. I laid a foundation on which others have built. But we must each be careful how we build,

What matters isn't those who planted or watered, but God who made the plants grow.

If I preach because I want to, I will be paid. But even if I don't want to, it is still something God has sent me to do.

Are they servants of Christ? I am a fool to talk this way, but I serve him better than they do. I have worked harder and have been put in jail more times. I have been beaten with whips more and have been in danger of death more often.

You are like a letter written by Christ and delivered by us. But you are not written with pen and ink or on tablets made of stone. You are written in our hearts by the Spirit of the living God.

He makes us worthy to be the servants of his new agreement that comes from the Holy Spirit and not from a written Law. After all, the Law brings death, but the Spirit brings life.

God has been kind enough to trust us with this work. That's why we never give up.

We are not preaching about ourselves. Our message is that Jesus Christ is Lord. He also sent us to be your servants.

We are like clay jars in which this treasure is stored. The real power comes from God and not from us.

God has done it all! He sent Christ to make peace between himself and us, and he has given us the work of making peace between himself and others.

We work together with God, and we beg you to make good use of God's kindness to you.

But in everything and in every way we show that we truly are God's servants. We have always been patient, though we have had a lot of trouble, suffering, and hard times.

God treated me with kindness. His power worked in me, and it became my job to spread the good news.

But you must stay deeply rooted and firm in your faith. You must not give up the hope you received when you heard the good news. It was preached to everyone on earth, and I myself have become a servant of this message.

God's plan was to make me a servant of his church and to send me to preach his complete message to you.

I thank Christ Jesus our Lord. He has given me the strength for my work because he knew that he could trust me.

Each of you has been blessed with one of God's many wonderful gifts to be used in the service of others. So use your gift well.




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