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1 Corinthians 3:1-8
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1 Corinthians 3:1-8
English Standard Version
Divisions in the Church
3 But I, brothers,[a] could not address you as (A)spiritual people, but as (B)people of the flesh, as (C)infants in Christ. 2 (D)I fed you with milk, not solid food, for (E)you were not ready for it. And even now you are not yet ready, 3 for you are still of the flesh. For while there is (F)jealousy and strife among you, are you not of the flesh and behaving only in a human way? 4 For (G)when one says, “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,” (H)are you not being merely human?
5 What then is Apollos? What is Paul? (I)Servants through whom you believed, (J)as the Lord assigned to each. 6 (K)I planted, (L)Apollos watered, (M)but God gave the growth. 7 So (N)neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth. 8 He who plants and he who waters are one, and each (O)will receive his wages according to his labor.
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- 1 Corinthians 3:1 Or brothers and sisters
ΠΡΟΣ ΚΟΡΙΝΘΙΟΥΣ Α΄ 3:1-8
SBL Greek New Testament
ΠΡΟΣ ΚΟΡΙΝΘΙΟΥΣ Α΄ 3:1-8
SBL Greek New Testament
3 Κἀγώ, ἀδελφοί, οὐκ ἠδυνήθην [a]λαλῆσαι ὑμῖν ὡς πνευματικοῖς ἀλλ’ ὡς [b]σαρκίνοις, ὡς νηπίοις ἐν Χριστῷ. 2 γάλα ὑμᾶς ἐπότισα, [c]οὐ βρῶμα, οὔπω γὰρ ἐδύνασθε. ἀλλ’ [d]οὐδὲ ἔτι νῦν δύνασθε, 3 ἔτι γὰρ σαρκικοί ἐστε. ὅπου γὰρ ἐν ὑμῖν ζῆλος καὶ [e]ἔρις, οὐχὶ σαρκικοί ἐστε καὶ κατὰ ἄνθρωπον περιπατεῖτε; 4 ὅταν γὰρ λέγῃ τις· Ἐγὼ μέν εἰμι Παύλου, ἕτερος δέ· Ἐγὼ Ἀπολλῶ, [f]οὐκ ἄνθρωποί ἐστε;
5 [g]Τί οὖν ἐστιν [h]Ἀπολλῶς; τί δέ ἐστιν Παῦλος; [i]διάκονοι δι’ ὧν ἐπιστεύσατε, καὶ ἑκάστῳ ὡς ὁ κύριος ἔδωκεν. 6 ἐγὼ ἐφύτευσα, Ἀπολλῶς ἐπότισεν, ἀλλὰ ὁ θεὸς ηὔξανεν· 7 ὥστε οὔτε ὁ φυτεύων ἐστίν τι οὔτε ὁ ποτίζων, ἀλλ’ ὁ αὐξάνων θεός. 8 ὁ φυτεύων δὲ καὶ ὁ ποτίζων ἕν εἰσιν, ἕκαστος δὲ τὸν ἴδιον μισθὸν λήμψεται κατὰ τὸν ἴδιον κόπον,
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- ΠΡΟΣ ΚΟΡΙΝΘΙΟΥΣ Α΄ 3:1 λαλῆσαι ὑμῖν WH Treg NIV ] ὑμῖν λαλῆσαι RP
- ΠΡΟΣ ΚΟΡΙΝΘΙΟΥΣ Α΄ 3:1 σαρκίνοις WH Treg NIV ] σαρκικοῖς RP
- ΠΡΟΣ ΚΟΡΙΝΘΙΟΥΣ Α΄ 3:2 οὐ WH Treg NIV ] καὶ οὐ RP
- ΠΡΟΣ ΚΟΡΙΝΘΙΟΥΣ Α΄ 3:2 οὐδὲ WH Treg NIV ] οὖτε RP
- ΠΡΟΣ ΚΟΡΙΝΘΙΟΥΣ Α΄ 3:3 ἔρις WH Treg NIV ] + καὶ διχοστασίαι RP
- ΠΡΟΣ ΚΟΡΙΝΘΙΟΥΣ Α΄ 3:4 οὐκ ἄνθρωποί WH Treg NIV ] οὐχὶ σαρκικοί RP
- ΠΡΟΣ ΚΟΡΙΝΘΙΟΥΣ Α΄ 3:5 Τί WH Treg NIV ] Τίς RP
- ΠΡΟΣ ΚΟΡΙΝΘΙΟΥΣ Α΄ 3:5 Ἀπολλῶς τί δέ ἐστιν Παῦλος WH Treg NIV] Παῦλος τίς δὲ Ἀπολλώς RP
- ΠΡΟΣ ΚΟΡΙΝΘΙΟΥΣ Α΄ 3:5 διάκονοι WH Treg NIV ] ἀλλ᾽ ἢ διάκονοι RP
1 Corinthians 3:1-8
New International Version
1 Corinthians 3:1-8
New International Version
The Church and Its Leaders
3 Brothers and sisters, I could not address you as people who live by the Spirit(A) but as people who are still worldly(B)—mere infants(C) in Christ. 2 I gave you milk, not solid food,(D) for you were not yet ready for it.(E) Indeed, you are still not ready. 3 You are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and quarreling(F) among you, are you not worldly? Are you not acting like mere humans? 4 For when one says, “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,”(G) are you not mere human beings?
5 What, after all, is Apollos?(H) And what is Paul? Only servants,(I) through whom you came to believe—as the Lord has assigned to each his task. 6 I planted the seed,(J) Apollos watered it, but God has been making it grow. 7 So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow. 8 The one who plants and the one who waters have one purpose, and they will each be rewarded according to their own labor.(K)
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