1 Corinthians 3:5

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Is Apollos so important? Is Paul so important? We are only servants of God who helped you believe. Each one of us did the work God gave us to do.

Cross References

2 Corinthians 6:4

But in every way we show that we are servants of God. We never give up, even though we face troubles, difficulties, and problems of every kind.

2 Corinthians 6:1

We are workers together with God. So we beg you: Don’t let the grace that you received from God be for nothing.

1 Peter 4:10

God has shown you his grace in many different ways. So be good servants and use whatever gift he has given you in a way that will best serve each other.

2 Corinthians 3:6

He made us able to be servants of a new agreement from himself to his people. It is not an agreement of written laws, but it is of the Spirit. The written law brings death, but the Spirit gives life.

2 Corinthians 11:23

Are they serving Christ? I am serving him more. (I am crazy to talk like this.) I have worked much harder than they have. I have been in prison more often. I have been hurt more in beatings. I have been near death many times.

2 Corinthians 4:7

We have this treasure from God, but we are only like clay jars that hold the treasure. This is to show that the amazing power we have is from God, not from us.

2 Corinthians 4:5

We don’t tell people about ourselves. But we tell people that Jesus Christ is Lord, and we tell them that we are your servants for Jesus.

2 Corinthians 3:3

You show that you are a letter from Christ that he sent through us. This letter is not written with ink but with the Spirit of the living God. It is not written on stone tablets but on human hearts.

1 Corinthians 3:10

Like an expert builder I built the foundation of that house. I used the gift that God gave me to do this. Other people are building on that foundation. But everyone should be careful how they build.

1 Corinthians 12:28

And in the church God has given a place first to apostles, second to prophets, and third to teachers. Then God has given a place to those who do miracles, those who have gifts of healing, those who can help others, those who are able to lead, and those who can speak in different kinds of languages.

1 Corinthians 9:17

If I did it because it was my own choice, I would deserve to be paid. But I have no choice. I must tell the Good News. So I am only doing the duty that was given to me.

1 Corinthians 3:7

So the one who plants is not important, and the one who waters is not important. Only God is important, because he is the one who makes things grow.

John 3:27

John answered, “A person can receive only what God gives.

Luke 1:2

What they have written agrees with what we learned from the people who saw those events from the beginning. They also served God by telling people his message.

Matthew 25:15

He decided how much each servant would be able to care for. The man gave one servant five bags of money. He gave another servant two bags. And he gave a third servant one bag. Then he left.

Colossians 1:25

I became a servant of the church because God gave me a special work to do. This work helps you. My work is to tell the complete message of God.

Ephesians 3:7

By God’s special gift of grace, I became a servant to tell that Good News. He gave me that grace by using his power.

Acts 18:24

A Jew named Apollos came to Ephesus. Born in the city of Alexandria, he was an educated man who knew the Scriptures well.

Acts 19:1

While Apollos was in the city of Corinth, Paul was visiting some places on his way to Ephesus. In Ephesus he found some other followers of the Lord.

Romans 15:16

to be a servant of Christ Jesus for those who are not Jews. I serve like a priest whose duty it is to tell God’s Good News. He gave me this work so that you non-Jewish people could be an offering that he will accept—an offering made holy by the Holy Spirit.

1 Corinthians 3:22

Paul, Apollos, Peter, the world, life, death, the present, and the future—all these are yours.

1 Corinthians 16:12

Now about our brother Apollos: I strongly encouraged him to visit you with the other brothers. He prefers not to come now, but he will come when he has the opportunity.

2 Corinthians 4:1

God, with his mercy, gave us this work to do, so we don’t give up.

2 Corinthians 5:18

All this is from God. Through Christ, God made peace between himself and us. And God gave us the work of bringing people into peace with him.

Colossians 1:23

And that is what will happen if you continue to believe in the Good News you heard. You must remain strong and sure in your faith. You must not let anything cause you to give up the hope that became yours when you heard the Good News. That same Good News has been told to everyone on earth, and that’s the work that I, Paul, was given to do.

1 Timothy 1:12

I thank Christ Jesus our Lord because he trusted me and gave me this work of serving him. He gives me strength.