For (A)when one says, “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,” (B)are you not being merely human?

What then is Apollos? What is Paul? (C)Servants through whom you believed, (D)as the Lord assigned to each. (E)I planted, (F)Apollos watered, (G)but God gave the growth. So (H)neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth.

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For when one says, “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,”(A) are you not mere human beings?

What, after all, is Apollos?(B) And what is Paul? Only servants,(C) through whom you came to believe—as the Lord has assigned to each his task. I planted the seed,(D) Apollos watered it, but God has been making it grow. So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow.

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Book Three

God Is My Strength and Portion Forever

A Psalm of (A)Asaph.

73 Truly God is good to (B)Israel,
    to those who are (C)pure in heart.
But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled,
    my steps had nearly slipped.
(D)For I was (E)envious of the arrogant
    when I saw the (F)prosperity of the wicked.

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BOOK III

Psalms 73–89

Psalm 73

A psalm of Asaph.

Surely God is good to Israel,
    to those who are pure in heart.(A)

But as for me, my feet had almost slipped;(B)
    I had nearly lost my foothold.(C)
For I envied(D) the arrogant
    when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.(E)

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21 When my soul was embittered,
    when I was pricked in heart,
22 I was (A)brutish and ignorant;
    I was like (B)a beast toward you.

23 Nevertheless, I am continually with you;
    you (C)hold my right hand.
24 You (D)guide me with your counsel,
    and afterward you will (E)receive me to glory.
25 (F)Whom have I in heaven but you?
    And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides you.
26 (G)My flesh and my heart may fail,
    but God is (H)the strength[a] of my heart and my (I)portion (J)forever.

27 For behold, those who are (K)far from you shall perish;
    you put an end to everyone who is (L)unfaithful to you.
28 But for me it is good to (M)be near God;
    I have made the Lord God my (N)refuge,
    that I may (O)tell of all your works.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 73:26 Hebrew rock

21 When my heart was grieved
    and my spirit embittered,
22 I was senseless(A) and ignorant;
    I was a brute beast(B) before you.

23 Yet I am always with you;
    you hold me by my right hand.(C)
24 You guide(D) me with your counsel,(E)
    and afterward you will take me into glory.
25 Whom have I in heaven but you?(F)
    And earth has nothing I desire besides you.(G)
26 My flesh and my heart(H) may fail,(I)
    but God is the strength(J) of my heart
    and my portion(K) forever.

27 Those who are far from you will perish;(L)
    you destroy all who are unfaithful(M) to you.
28 But as for me, it is good to be near God.(N)
    I have made the Sovereign Lord my refuge;(O)
    I will tell of all your deeds.(P)

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