(NIV)
Meanwhile a Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, came to Ephesus. He was a learned man, with a thorough knowledge of the Scriptures.
Now a Jew named Apollos, a
native of
Alexandria,
came to Ephesus. He was an
eloquent man,
competent in the
Scriptures.
(NIV)
While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul took the road through the interior and arrived at Ephesus. There he found some disciples
And it
happened that
while Apollos was at Corinth,
Paul passed
through the
inland country and
came to Ephesus.
There he
found some disciples.
(NIV)
What I mean is this: one of you says, ‘I follow Paul’; another, ‘I follow Apollos’; another, ‘I follow Cephas ’; still another, ‘I follow Christ.’
What I
mean is that each one of
you says, “
I follow Paul,”
or “
I follow
Apollos,”
or “
I follow
Cephas,”
or “
I follow
Christ.”
(NIV)
For when one says, ‘I follow Paul,’ and another, ‘I follow Apollos,’ are you not mere human beings?
For when one says, “
I follow Paul,”
and another, “
I follow
Apollos,”
are you
not being merely
human?
(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.
What then is Apollos?
What is Paul?
Servants through whom you
believed,
as the
Lord assigned to
each.
(NIV)
I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God has been making it grow.
I planted,
Apollos watered,
but God gave the
growth.
(NIV)
whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future – all are yours,
whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the
world or life or death or the
present or the
future—
all are yours,
(NIV)
Now, brothers and sisters, I have applied these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, so that you may learn from us the meaning of the saying, ‘Do not go beyond what is written.’ Then you will not be puffed up in being a follower of one of us over against the other.
I have
applied all these
things to myself and Apollos for your benefit,
brothers,
that you may
learn by us not to go beyond
what is
written,
that none of you may be
puffed up in favor of
one against another.
(NIV)
Now about our brother Apollos: I strongly urged him to go to you with the brothers. He was quite unwilling to go now, but he will go when he has the opportunity.
Now concerning our
brother Apollos, I
strongly urged him to visit you with the other
brothers,
but it
was not at
all his
will to come now.
He will
come when he has
opportunity.
(NIV)
Do everything you can to help Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their way and see that they have everything they need.
Do your best to
speed Zenas the
lawyer and Apollos on their way; see
that they lack nothing.
Copyright information for
NIV,
ESV
