1 Corinthians 3:5

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Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos? They are servants through whom you believed, as the Lord has assigned to each.

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  • 2 Cor 6:4 : 4 Instead, in everything we commend ourselves as God’s servants: in great endurance, in sufferings, in hardships, in distresses,
  • 2 Cor 3:6 : 6 He has made us competent as ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
  • 1 Cor 3:10 : 10 According to the grace God has given me, like a wise master builder, I laid a foundation, and another is building on it. But each one should be careful how they build.
  • 1 Cor 4:1-2 : 1 This is how you should regard us: as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God. 2 Now it is required that those who are entrusted as stewards must prove faithful.
  • 1 Cor 9:17 : 17 If I do this willingly, I have a reward. But if unwillingly, I am simply entrusted with a responsibility.
  • 1 Cor 12:4-9 : 4 There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit. 5 There are different kinds of ministries, but the same Lord. 6 There are different kinds of workings, but the same God works all of them in all people. 7 To each one, the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good. 8 To one, a message of wisdom is given through the Spirit; to another, a message of knowledge by the same Spirit; 9 to another, faith by the same Spirit; to another, gifts of healing by that one Spirit; 10 to another, miraculous powers; to another, prophecy; to another, distinguishing between spirits; to another, different kinds of tongues; to another, the interpretation of tongues. 11 All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, and He distributes them to each one just as He wills.
  • 1 Cor 12:28 : 28 And God has placed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, helping, guidance, and different kinds of tongues.
  • 2 Cor 3:3 : 3 It is clear that you are a letter of Christ, served by us, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.
  • Matt 25:15 : 15 To one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one, each according to his ability. Then he went on his journey immediately.
  • Luke 1:2 : 2 just as they were handed down to us by those who were eyewitnesses and servants of the word from the beginning,
  • John 3:27 : 27 John replied, 'No one can receive anything unless it has been given to him from heaven.'
  • Rom 10:14-15 : 14 How then can they call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how can they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching? 15 And how can they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news of peace, who bring the good news of good things!”
  • Rom 12:3-6 : 3 For by the grace given to me, I say to everyone among you not to think of yourselves more highly than you ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, according to the measure of faith that God has assigned to each of you. 4 For just as each of us has one body with many members, and not all members serve the same function, 5 so in Christ we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others. 6 We have different gifts according to the grace given to each of us. If your gift is prophecy, then prophesy in accordance with your faith;
  • 1 Cor 3:7 : 7 So then, neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth.
  • 2 Cor 4:5 : 5 For we do not preach ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake.
  • 2 Cor 4:7 : 7 But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us.
  • 2 Cor 6:1 : 1 As workers together with Him, we also urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain.
  • 2 Cor 11:23 : 23 Are they servants of Christ? (I am out of my mind to talk like this.) I am more so: in labors more abundant, in stripes beyond measure, in prisons more frequently, in deaths often.
  • Eph 3:7 : 7 Of this gospel I became a servant, according to the gift of God’s grace that was given to me through the working of His power.
  • Col 1:25 : 25 I have become its servant according to the commission God gave me for you, to fully proclaim the word of God,
  • 1 Pet 4:10 : 10 Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms.

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  • 1 Cor 3:6-10
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    6I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth.

    7So then, neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth.

    8The one who plants and the one who waters are one, and each will receive their reward according to their own labor.

    9For we are God’s coworkers; you are God’s field, God’s building.

    10According to the grace God has given me, like a wise master builder, I laid a foundation, and another is building on it. But each one should be careful how they build.

  • 1 Cor 3:3-4
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    3For you are still worldly. Since there is jealousy, strife, and divisions among you, are you not worldly and living like mere humans?

    4For when someone says, 'I follow Paul,' and another, 'I follow Apollos,' are you not acting like mere humans?

  • 1 Cor 1:12-13
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    12What I mean is this: One of you says, 'I follow Paul,' another, 'I follow Apollos,' another, 'I follow Cephas,' and still another, 'I follow Christ.'

    13Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul?

  • 1 Cor 15:10-11
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    10But by the grace of God, I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.

    11Whether then it is I or they, this is what we preach, and this is what you believed.

  • 1 Cor 3:21-23
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    21So then, let no one boast in human leaders, for all things are yours—

    22whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future—all are yours,

    23and you are Christ’s, and Christ is God’s.

  • 1 Cor 4:6-7
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    6Brothers and sisters, I have applied these things to myself and Apollos for your sake, so that you may learn from us not to go beyond what is written. Then you will not be puffed up in being a follower of one of us over and against another.

    7For who makes you different from anyone else? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as though you did not?

  • Gal 3:5
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    5Does God supply the Spirit to you and work miracles among you by works of the law or by hearing with faith?

  • Acts 11:17
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    17If then God gave them the same gift that He gave to us after we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to stand in God's way?

  • 1 Cor 12:5
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    5There are different kinds of ministries, but the same Lord.

  • 2 Cor 4:5
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    5For we do not preach ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake.

  • Rom 12:3-5
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    3For by the grace given to me, I say to everyone among you not to think of yourselves more highly than you ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, according to the measure of faith that God has assigned to each of you.

    4For just as each of us has one body with many members, and not all members serve the same function,

    5so in Christ we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others.

  • Col 1:25
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    25I have become its servant according to the commission God gave me for you, to fully proclaim the word of God,

  • 1 Pet 4:10-11
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    10Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms.

    11If anyone speaks, they should do so as one who speaks the very words of God. If anyone serves, they should do so with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. To him belong the glory and power forever and ever. Amen.

  • Eph 4:11
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    11And he himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, some pastors, and teachers,

  • 1 Cor 9:2
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    2If I am not an apostle to others, surely I am to you. For you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.

  • Eph 3:7
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    7Of this gospel I became a servant, according to the gift of God’s grace that was given to me through the working of His power.

  • 1 Cor 4:1
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    1This is how you should regard us: as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.

  • Eph 3:2
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    2surely you have heard about the stewardship of God’s grace that was given to me for you,

  • Rom 1:5
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    5Through Him, we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith for the sake of His name among all the nations,

  • Gal 2:6
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    6Now from those who seemed to be important—whatever they were makes no difference to me; God does not show partiality—those of reputation contributed nothing to me.

  • 1 Thess 1:5
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    5Because our gospel came to you not only in words, but also with power, with the Holy Spirit, and with deep conviction. As you know, we lived among you for your sake.

  • 2 Cor 11:5
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    5I do not consider myself in any way inferior to these 'super-apostles.'

  • Acts 19:3
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    3Paul then asked, "Into what, then, were you baptized?" They answered, "Into John's baptism."

  • 2 Cor 3:5-6
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    5Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but our sufficiency is from God.

    6He has made us competent as ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

  • 1 Cor 7:17
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    17Nevertheless, each person should live as the Lord has assigned them, just as God has called them. This is the rule I lay down in all the churches.

  • Col 1:7
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    7You learned it from Epaphras, our dear fellow servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ on our behalf,

  • 1 Cor 7:7
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    7I wish that all people were as I am. But each has his own gift from God, one of one kind and one of another.

  • 1 Cor 1:15
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    15So that no one can say that you were baptized in my name.

  • 1 Cor 2:5
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    5So that your faith would not rest on human wisdom but on God's power.

  • 1 Cor 12:27
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    27Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it.

  • 1 Cor 16:16
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    16so that you too may be subject to such people, and to everyone who works hard and labors among you.

  • 2 Cor 1:24
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    24Not that we lord it over your faith, but we are fellow workers for your joy, because it is by faith that you stand firm.

  • 1 Cor 8:5
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    5For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth—just as there are many 'gods' and many 'lords'—

  • 2 Cor 3:2
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    2You are our letter, written on our hearts, known and read by everyone.

  • 1 Cor 1:5
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    5That in every way you were enriched in him, in all speech and all knowledge,

  • Gal 1:11
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    11Now I want you to know, brothers, that the gospel preached by me is not of human origin.