1 Corinthians 3:5 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man? ”

1 Corinthians 3:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Who then is Paul ... - See the notes at 1 Corinthians 1:13 . Why should a party be formed which should be named after Paul? What has he done or taught that should lead to this? What eminence has...
1 Corinthians 3:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(2) Who then is Paul, and who [is] Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man? (2) After he has sufficiently reprehended ambitious teachers, and those who foolish...
1 Corinthians 3:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Renewed Condemnation of Party Spirit. Paul has now reached a point where he can effect an easy return to the divisions at Corinth. He has been speaking of the spiritual man who is capable of receiv...
1 Corinthians 3:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

ministers . servants. App-190. by . through. App-104. 1 Corinthians 3:1 . believed . App-150. the Lord . App-98. gave . See Ephesians 4:11 . every man . each (one).
1 Corinthians 3:5 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

5. Who then is Paul ? Here he begins to treat of the estimation in which ministers ought to be held, and the purpose for which they have been set apart by the Lord. He names himself and Apol...
1 Corinthians 3:5 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1944 UNDUE PARTIALITY TO MINISTERS REPROVED 1 Corinthians 3:5-7 . Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man? I have p...
1 Corinthians 3:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man? Ministers by whom ye believed - The different apostles who have preached unto you the wo...
1 Corinthians 3:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Who then is Paul, &c.— Some would read this and the following verse thus: Who is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed?—And as the Lord gave to every man, I planted, Apol...
1 Corinthians 3:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man? Paul ... Apollos. 'Aleph (') A B C Delta G f g, Vulgate, read in the reverse order...
1 Corinthians 3:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Paraphrase. 'Te yourselves, brethren, are an illustration of what I say. (2) I have treated you as beginners and given you elementary Christian teaching, for hitherto you have been unfit for any ot...
1 Corinthians 3:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The Apostle now proceeds to explain ( 1 Corinthians 3:5-9 ) what is the true position and work of Christian ministers. He asserts that all alike — both those who teach the simpler truths, and those w...
1 Corinthians 3:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 6 GOD'S HUSBANDRY AND BUILDING PAUL having abundantly justified his method of preaching to the Corinthians, and having shown why he contented himself with the simple presentation of the C...
1 Corinthians 3:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Prosperity Comes from God 1 Corinthians 3:1-9 In all our relations with our fellow-men, Christ's followers must realize their obligations as members of one great family, with one God. A man may...
1 Corinthians 3:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The reason for the schisms was that these people were carnal. "Jealousy and strife" are evidences of carnality. Proceeding, Paul declared the true value of the Christian ministry. "For we are God's f...
1 Corinthians 3:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(3) For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men? (4) For while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos;...
1 Corinthians 3:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Who then is Paul? and who is Apollos? .... The apostle's name being used, and he a party concerned, could speak the more freely upon this head, and ask what they thought of himself, and other preach...
1 Corinthians 3:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man? Ver. 5. But ministers ] Not masters, as Magistri nostri Parisienses. (Praefat. in...
1 Corinthians 3:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

For while one saith, I am of Paul I am one of Paul's disciples, admiring his sublime sentiments, and being greatly edified by his instructive discourses: and another, I am of Apollos I give the p...
1 Corinthians 3:5 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

But in practical experience the Corinthians were not properly regarding, nor depending on, the wisdom of the Spirit of God, who had been given to them. Paul could not write to them as spiritual, but...
1 Corinthians 3:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Mutual Agreement of Ministers. A. D. 57. 5 Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but minis...
1 Corinthians 3:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Neither Paul, nor yet Apollos, are authors of faith to you, but only instruments; it is the Lord that giveth to every man a power to believe; or else that latter phrase, as the Lord gave to every ma...
1 Corinthians 3:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘What then is Apollos? What is Paul? Ministers through whom you believed, and each one as the Lord gave to him. I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the increase.' Elsewhere Paul will tell Chris...
1 Corinthians 3:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES 1 Corinthians 3:5 .—Better reading “ what? ” not “ who? ” Also “ through .” Not, “As the Lord gave to every man of you the type of teacher he needed”; but, “As the Lord allotted...
1 Corinthians 3:5 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

1. And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ. The church at Corinth consisted of persons of large education and great abilitie...
1 Corinthians 3:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Corinthians 3:1 . Babes in Christ, like children at the breast, requiring to be fed with milk, and not with meat. Our great tutor here addresses the Corinthians in a superior style of eloquenc...
1 Corinthians 3:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION 1 Corinthians 3:1-46 The carnal conceit of the spiritually immature. 1 Corinthians 3:1 I… could not speak unto you as unto spiritual. Though softened by the word breth...
1 Corinthians 3:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

All ministers of Christ of equal rank:
1 Corinthians 3:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 12:28 ; 1 Corinthians 12:4-11 ; 1 Corinthians 3:10 ; 1 Corinthians 3:7 ; 1 Corinthians 4:1 ; 1 Corinthians 4:2 ; 1 Corinthians 9:17 ; 1 Peter 4:10 ; 2 Corinthians 11:23 ; 2 Co...
1 Corinthians 3:5 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Carnal and Spiritual Christian 1 Corinthians 3:1-23 INTRODUCTORY WORDS In our last study, we were discussing two kinds of people. One, the unregenerate who had not the Spirit, and the othe...
1 Corinthians 3:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Ministers — Or servants. By whom ye believed, as the Lord, the Master of those servants, gave to every man.

1 Corinthians 3:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Corinthians 3:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

1 Corinthians 3:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 3:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Corinthians 3:5 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 3:5 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

1 Corinthians 3:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Corinthians 3:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

1 Corinthians 3:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Corinthians 3:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 3:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Corinthians 3:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Corinthians 3:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Corinthians 3:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Corinthians 3:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Corinthians 3:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Corinthians 3:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Corinthians 3:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Corinthians 3:5 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 3:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Corinthians 3:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Corinthians 3:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 3:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Corinthians 3:5 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

1 Corinthians 3:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Corinthians 3:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Corinthians 3:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Corinthians 3:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 3:5 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

1 Corinthians 3:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes