1 Corinthians 1:12

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Λέγω δὲ τοῦτο, ὅτι ἕκαστος ὑμῶν λέγει, Ἐγὼ μέν εἰμι Παύλου· Ἐγὼ δὲ Ἀπολλῶ· Ἐγὼ δὲ Κηφᾶ· Ἐγὼ δὲ Χριστοῦ.

Transliteration

I legō de this, that each of you legei, I men eimi of Paulou; I de of Apollō; I de of Kēpha; I de of Christou.

Grammar Details

• *legō*: verb, present, active, indicative, 1st person, singular - I say/mean
• *de*: conjunction - but/and/on the other hand
• *legei*: verb, present, active, indicative, 3rd person, singular - he says
• *men*: particle - on the one hand (correlative with *de*)
• *eimi*: verb, present, active, indicative, 1st person, singular - I am
• *Paulou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of Paul
• *Apollō*: genitive, masculine, singular - of Apollos
• *Kēpha*: genitive, masculine, singular - of Cephas
• *Christou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of Christ

Word Meanings

• *legō*: say/speak/tell
• *legei*: says/speaks/tells
• *eimi*: am/exist/belong to

Referenced Verses

• John 1:42 : 42 And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus beheld him, he said, Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas, which is by interpretation, A stone.
• 1 Cor 3:21-23 : 21 Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are yours; 22 Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours; 23 And ye are Christ's; and Christ is God's.
• 1 Cor 4:6 : 6 And these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself and to Apollos for your sakes; that ye might learn in us not to think of men above that which is written, that no one of you be puffed up for one against another.
• 1 Cor 7:29 : 29 But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;
• 1 Cor 9:5 : 5 Have we not power to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as other apostles, and as the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?
• 1 Cor 15:5 : 5 And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve:
• 1 Cor 15:50 : 50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.
• 1 Cor 16:12 : 12 As touching our brother Apollos, I greatly desired him to come unto you with the brethren: but his will was not at all to come at this time; but he will come when he shall have convenient time.
• 2 Cor 9:6 : 6 But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.
• Gal 2:9 : 9 And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given unto me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship; that we should go unto the heathen, and they unto the circumcision.
• Gal 3:17 : 17 And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect.
• Acts 18:24-19:1 : 24 And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an eloquent man, and mighty in the scriptures, came to Ephesus. 25 This man was instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in the spirit, he spake and taught diligently the things of the Lord, knowing only the baptism of John. 26 And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue: whom when Aquila and Priscilla had heard, they took him unto them, and expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly. 27 And when he was disposed to pass into Achaia, the brethren wrote, exhorting the disciples to receive him: who, when he was come, helped them much which had believed through grace: 28 For he mightily convinced the Jews, and that publickly, shewing by the scriptures that Jesus was Christ. 1 And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples,
• 1 Cor 3:4-6 : 4 For while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are ye{(G5748)} not carnal? 5 Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man? 6 I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.
• Matt 23:9-9 : 9 And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven. 10 Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master, even Christ.