1 Corinthians 3:5

New International Reader's Version

After all, what is Apollos? And what is Paul? We are only people who serve. We helped you to believe. The Lord has given each of us our own work to do.

Cross References

Matthew 25:15

He gave five bags of gold to one. He gave two bags to another. And he gave one bag to the third. The man gave each slave the amount of money he knew the slave could take care of. Then he went on his journey.

Luke 1:2

Reports of these things were handed down to us. There were people who saw these things for themselves from the beginning. They saw them and then passed the word on.

John 3:27

John replied, “A person can receive only what God gives them from heaven.

Acts 18:24

At that time a Jew named Apollos came to Ephesus. He was an educated man from Alexandria. He knew the Scriptures very well.

Acts 19:1

While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul took the road to Ephesus. When he arrived, he found some believers there.

Romans 15:16

to serve Christ Jesus among the Gentiles. I have the duty of a priest to preach God’s good news. Then the Gentiles will become an offering that pleases God. The Holy Spirit will make the offering holy.

1 Corinthians 12:28

First, God has placed apostles in the church. Second, he has placed prophets in the church. Third, he has placed teachers in the church. Then he has given to the church miracles and gifts of healing. He also has given the gift of helping others and the gift of guiding the church. God also has given the gift of speaking in different kinds of languages.

1 Corinthians 16:12

I want to say something about our brother Apollos. I tried my best to get him to go to you with the others. But he didn’t want to go right now. He will go when he can.

1 Corinthians 3:10

God has given me the grace to lay a foundation as a wise builder. Now someone else is building on it. But each one should build carefully.

1 Corinthians 3:22

That means Paul or Apollos or Peter or the world or life or death or the present or the future. All are yours.

1 Corinthians 3:7

So the one who plants is not important. The one who waters is not important. It is God who makes things grow. He is the important one.

1 Corinthians 9:17

If I preach because I want to, I get a reward. If I preach because I have to, I’m only doing my duty.

2 Corinthians 11:23

Are they serving Christ? I am serving him even more. I’m out of my mind to talk like this! I have worked much harder. I have been in prison more often. I have suffered terrible beatings. Again and again I almost died.

2 Corinthians 3:3

You make it clear that you are a letter from Christ. You are the result of our work for God. You are a letter written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God. You are a letter written not on tablets made out of stone but on human hearts.

2 Corinthians 3:6

He has given us the power to serve under a new covenant. The covenant is not based on the written Law of Moses. It comes from the Holy Spirit. The written Law kills, but the Spirit gives life.

2 Corinthians 4:1

So because of God’s mercy, we have work to do. He has given it to us. And we don’t give up.

2 Corinthians 4:5

The message we preach is not about ourselves. Our message is about Jesus Christ. We say that he is Lord. And we say that we serve you because of Jesus.

2 Corinthians 4:7

Treasure is kept in clay jars. In the same way, we have the treasure of the good news in these earthly bodies of ours. That shows that the mighty power of the good news comes from God. It doesn’t come from us.

2 Corinthians 5:18

All this is from God. He brought us back to himself through Christ’s death on the cross. And he has given us the task of bringing others back to him through Christ.

2 Corinthians 6:1

We work together with God. So we are asking you not to receive God’s grace and then do nothing with it.

2 Corinthians 6:4

Instead, we make it clear that we serve God in every way. We serve him by standing firm in troubles, hard times and suffering.

Ephesians 3:7

I now serve the good news because God gave me his grace. His power is at work in me.

Colossians 1:23

But you must keep your faith steady and firm. You must not move away from the hope the good news holds out to you. This is the good news that you heard. It has been preached to every creature under heaven. I, Paul, now serve the good news.

Colossians 1:25

I serve the church. God appointed me to bring the complete word of God to you.

1 Timothy 1:12

I am thankful to Christ Jesus our Lord. He has given me strength. I thank him that he considered me faithful. I thank him for appointing me to serve him.

1 Peter 4:10

God’s gifts of grace come in many forms. Each of you has received a gift in order to serve others. You should use it faithfully.