1 Corinthians 3:5 — Compare Translations

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What then is Apollos? What is Paul? Ministering servants [not heads of parties] through whom you believed, even as the Lord appointed to each his task:

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

What then is Apollos? What is Paul? Ministering servants [not heads of parties] through whom you believed, even as the Lord appointed to each his task:

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? They are servants through whom you believed, as the Lord has assigned to each his role.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

What then is Apollos? What is Paul? They are servants through whom you believed, and each has the role the Lord has given.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

Who then is Apollos, and who Paul? Ministering servants, through whom ye have believed, and as the Lord has given to each.

English EASY 2024

Is Apollos important? Is Paul important? No! We are God's servants. We told you God's good news and you believed it. Each of us is doing the job which the Lord has given to us.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

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.

What then is Apollos? What is Paul? Servants through whom you believed, as the Lord assigned to each.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

After all, who is Apollos? And who is Paul? We are simply God's servants, by whom you were led to believe. Each one of us does the work which the Lord gave him to do:

English God's Word - GW 1995

Who is Apollos? Who is Paul? They are servants who helped you come to faith. Each did what the Lord gave him to do.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

So, what is Apollos? And what is Paul? They are servants through whom you believed, and each has the role the Lord has given.

English KJV 1611

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

English LSB

What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? Servants through whom you believed, even as the Lord gave to each one.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom you believed, even as the Lord gave to each one?

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? Servants through whom you believed, even as the Lord gave opportunity to each one.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

What is Apollos, after all, and what is Paul? Ministers through whom you became believers, just as the Lord assigned each one.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

What is Apollos, really? Or what is Paul? Servants through whom you came to believe, and each of us in the ministry the Lord gave us.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

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.

English NIV

What, after all, is Apollos? And what is Paul? Only servants, through whom you came to believe--as the Lord has assigned to each his task.

English NKJ 1982

Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers through whom you believed, as the Lord gave to each one?

English NLT

Who is Apollos, and who is Paul, that we should be the cause of such quarrels? Why, we're only servants. Through us God caused you to believe. Each of us did the work the Lord gave us.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

What then is Apollos? What is Paul? Servants through whom you came to believe, as the Lord assigned to each.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

Who is Apollos, really? Or who is Paul? Aren’t we both just servants through whom you believed our message? Aren’t each of us doing the ministry the Lord has assigned to us?

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

What then is Apollos? What is Paul? Servants through whom you believed, as the Lord assigned to each.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

Who am I, and who is Apollos, that we should be the cause of a quarrel? Why, we're just God's servants, each of us with certain special abilities, and with our help you believed.

English Tyndale 1537

What is Paul? what thing is Apollo? but(Only) ministers (are they) by whom ye believed even as the Lord gave every man grace.