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Douay-Rheims Bible

1 Corinthians 3:4

For while one saith: I indeed am of Paul: and another: I am of Apollo: are you not men? What then is Apollo and what is Paul?

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Apollos;   Church;   Corinth;   Dissension;   Doctrines;   Minister, Christian;   Strife;   Scofield Reference Index - Flesh;   Thompson Chain Reference - Apollos;   The Topic Concordance - Bearing Fruit;   Carnality;   Division;   Labor;   Rendering;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Apollos;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Holy spirit;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Baptism of the Holy Spirit;   Corinthians, First and Second, Theology of;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Schism;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Apollos;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Carnal;   Gnosticism;   1 Corinthians;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Paul the Apostle;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Metaphor;   Unity (2);   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Apollos ;   Fleshly;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Anthropology;   Apollos;   Man, Natural;   Man, New;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Apollos;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for September 1;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
For whenever someone says, “I belong to Paul,” and another, “I belong to Apollos,” are you not acting like mere humans?
King James Version (1611)
For while one saieth, I am of Paul, and another, I am of Apollo, are ye not carnall?
King James Version
For while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are ye not carnal?
English Standard Version
For when one says, "I follow Paul," and another, "I follow Apollos," are you not being merely human?
New American Standard Bible
For when one person says, "I am with Paul," and another, "I am with Apollos," are you not ordinary people?
New Century Version
One of you says, "I belong to Paul," and another says, "I belong to Apollos." When you say things like this, you are acting like people of the world.
Amplified Bible
For when one of you says, "I am [a disciple] of Paul," and another, "I am [a disciple] of Apollos," are you not [proving yourselves unchanged, just] ordinary people?
New American Standard Bible (1995)
For when one says, "I am of Paul," and another, "I am of Apollos," are you not mere men?
Legacy Standard Bible
For when one says, "I am of Paul," and another, "I am of Apollos," are you not mere men?
Berean Standard Bible
For when one of you says, "I follow Paul," and another, "I follow Apollos," are you not mere men?
Contemporary English Version
Some of you say that you follow me, and others claim to follow Apollos. Isn't that how ordinary people behave?
Complete Jewish Bible
For when one says, "I follow Sha'ul" and another, "I follow Apollos," aren't you being merely human?
Darby Translation
For when one says, *I* am of Paul, and another, *I* of Apollos, are ye not men?
Easy-to-Read Version
One of you says, "I follow Paul," and someone else says, "I follow Apollos." When you say things like that, you are acting like people of the world.
Geneva Bible (1587)
For when one sayeth, I am Pauls, and another, I am Apollos, are yee not carnall?
George Lamsa Translation
For while one says, I am a follower of Paul; and another, I am a follower of Apollos; are you not worldly?
Good News Translation
When one of you says, "I follow Paul," and another, "I follow Apollos"—aren't you acting like worldly people?
Lexham English Bible
For whenever anyone says, "I am with Paul," and another, "I am with Apollos," are you not merely human?
Literal Translation
For when one may say, Truly I am of Paul, and another, I of Apollos; are you not fleshly?
American Standard Version
For when one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are ye not men?
Bible in Basic English
For when one says, I am of Paul; and another says, I am of Apollos; are you not talking like natural men?
Hebrew Names Version
For when one says, "I follow Sha'ul," and another, "I follow Apollos," aren't you fleshly?
International Standard Version
For when one says, "I belong to Paul," and another, "I belong to Apollos," you are merely human, aren't you?1 Corinthians 1:12;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
For while some of you say, I am of Paulos, and another, I am of Apollo, are you not carnal ?
Murdock Translation
For, while one of you saith, I am of Paul; and another saith, I am of Apollos; are ye not carnal?
Bishop's Bible (1568)
For whyle one sayth, I am of Paul, and another, I am of Apollo, are ye not carnall?
English Revised Version
For when one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are ye not men?
World English Bible
For when one says, "I follow Paul," and another, "I follow Apollos," aren't you fleshly?
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
For while one saith, I am of Paul,
Weymouth's New Testament
For when some one says, "I belong to Paul," and another says, "I belong to Apollos," is not this the way men of the world speak?
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
For whanne summe seith, Y am of Poul, another, But Y am of Apollo, whethir ye ben not men? What therfor is Apollo, and what Poul?
Update Bible Version
For when one says, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are you not men?
Webster's Bible Translation
For while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I [am] of Apollos; are ye not carnal?
New English Translation
For whenever someone says, "I am with Paul," or "I am with Apollos," are you not merely human?
New King James Version
For when one says, "I am of Paul," and another, "I am of Apollos," are you not carnal?
New Living Translation
When one of you says, "I am a follower of Paul," and another says, "I follow Apollos," aren't you acting just like people of the world?
New Life Bible
When one says, "I am a follower of Paul," and another says, "I am a follower of Apollos," does not this sound like the talk of baby Christians?
New Revised Standard
For when one says, "I belong to Paul," and another, "I belong to Apollos," are you not merely human?
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
For, as soon as one beginneth to say - I, indeed, am of Paul! and another - I, of Apollos! are ye not, men?
Revised Standard Version
For when one says, "I belong to Paul," and another, "I belong to Apol'los," are you not merely men?
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
As loge as one sayth I holde of Paul and another I am of Apollo are ye not carnall?
Young's Literal Translation
for when one may say, `I, indeed, am of Paul;' and another, `I -- of Apollos;' are ye not fleshly?
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
For whan one sayeth: I holde of Paul: another, I holde of Apollo, are ye not the fleshlye?
Mace New Testament (1729)
while one cries I am Paul's disciple, and another, I am Apollo's, are ye not vicious?
Simplified Cowboy Version
When y'all say things like, "I ride with Paul," and someone else shoots back, "Well, I ride with Apollos," can't you see y'all sound like gunsels?

Contextual Overview

1 And I, brethren, could not speak to you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal. As unto little ones in Christ. 2 I gave you milk to drink, not meat: for you were not able as yet. But neither indeed are you now able: for you are yet carnal. 3 For, whereas there is among you envying and contention, are you not carnal and walk you not according to man? 4 For while one saith: I indeed am of Paul: and another: I am of Apollo: are you not men? What then is Apollo and what is Paul?

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

1 Corinthians 1:12, 1 Corinthians 4:6

Reciprocal: Acts 19:1 - that 1 Corinthians 3:1 - as unto carnal 1 Corinthians 3:21 - glory 2 Corinthians 12:11 - for in 2 Corinthians 12:20 - debates Philippians 1:15 - even

Cross-References

Genesis 3:13
And the Lord God said to the woman: Why hast thou done this? And she answered: The serpent deceived me, and I did eat.
Deuteronomy 29:19
And when he shall hear the words of this oath, he should bless himself in his heart saying: I shall have peace, and will walk on in the naughtiness of my heart: and the drunken may consume the thirsty,
2 Kings 1:4
Wherefore, thus saith the Lord: From the bed, on which thou art gone up, thou shalt not come down, but thou shalt surely die. And Elias went away.
2 Kings 1:6
But they answered him: A man met us, and said to us: Go, and return to the king, that sent you, and you shall say to him: Thus saith the Lord: Is it because there was no God in Israel, that thou sendest to Beelzebub, the god of Accaron? Therefore thou shalt not come down from the bed, on which thou art gone up, but thou shalt surely die.
2 Kings 1:16
And said to him: Thus saith the Lord: Because thou hast sent messengers to consult Beelzebub, the god of Accaron, as though there were not a God in Israel, of whom thou mightest inquire the word; therefore, from the bed on which thou art gone up, thou shalt not come down, but thou shalt surely die.
2 Kings 8:10
And Eliseus said to him: Go tell him: Thou shalt recover: but the Lord hath shewed me that he shall surely die.
Psalms 10:11
(9-32) For he hath said in his heart: God hath forgotten, he hath turned away his face, not to see to the end.
2 Corinthians 2:11
That we be not overreached by Satan. For we are not ignorant of his devices.
2 Corinthians 11:3
But I fear lest, as the serpent seduced Eve by his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted and fall from the simplicity that is in Christ.
1 Timothy 2:14
And Adam was not seduced; but the woman, being seduced, was in the transgression.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For while one saith, I am of Paul,.... This shows what their envying and strife, and divisions were about, and from whence they sprung; and which serve, to strengthen the proof, and support the charge of carnality brought against them; for when one sort made a party for Paul, and set up him as their minister above all others; and said

another, I am of Apollos, preferring him for his eloquence above Paul, or any other preacher, as appears from 1 Corinthians 1:12 there was a third sort for Cephas, whom they cried up as superior to the other two, or any other man; and a fourth were for Christ, and despised all ministers whatever:

are ye not carnal? all this was a demonstration of it: they could never clear themselves from it, they must be convicted in their own consciences of it; to which the apostle appeals: the Alexandrian copy and the Vulgate Latin and Ethiopic versions read, "are ye not men?"

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For while one saith ...; - See the note at 1 Corinthians 1:12.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Corinthians 3:4. For while one saith, I am of Paul, c.] It was notorious that both Paul and Apollos held the same creed between them there was not the slightest difference: when, therefore, the dissentients began to prefer the one to the other, it was the fullest proof of their carnality; because in the doctrines of these apostles there was no difference: so that what the people were captivated by must be something in their outward manner, Apollos being probably more eloquent than Paul. Their preferring one to another on such an account proved that they were carnal-led by their senses and mere outward appearances, without being under the guidance either of reason or grace. There are thousands of such people in the Christian Church to the present day. See the notes on 1 Corinthians 1:10, &c.


 
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