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1 Corinthians 3:3-5
New Catholic Bible
1 Corinthians 3:3-5
New Catholic Bible
3 for you are still of the flesh.
As long as jealousy and rivalry continue among you, are you not of the flesh and acting as mere mortals? 4 Whenever someone says, “I belong to Paul,” and another asserts, “I belong to Apollos,” are you not acting in a merely human fashion?
Missionaries and Servants of Christ[a]
God’s Coworkers. 5 What then is Apollos? What is Paul? We are only servants through whom you have come to believe, as the Lord assigned each to accomplish.
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- 1 Corinthians 3:5 The apostles are not inventors of foreign mysteries and strange secrets. They are sent to build up the community of God, and are therefore subject to the Lord’s judgment. This is one of the main texts in which Paul gives a glimpse of how he understood his personal mission.
1 Corinthians 3:3-5
New International Version
1 Corinthians 3:3-5
New International Version
3 You are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and quarreling(A) 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,”(B) are you not mere human beings?
5 What, after all, is Apollos?(C) And what is Paul? Only servants,(D) through whom you came to believe—as the Lord has assigned to each his task.
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