1 Corinthians 3:4

1 Corinthians 3:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are ye not carnal?
• New International Version (NIV)For when one says, “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,” are you not mere human beings?
• English Standard Version (ESV)For when one says, "I follow Paul," and another, "I follow Apollos," are you not being merely human?
• New King James Version (NKJV)For when one says, “I am of Paul,” and another, “I am of Apollos,” are you not carnal?

Context of 1 Corinthians 3:4

2I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able. 3For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men? For while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are ye not carnal? 5Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man? 6I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.

1 Corinthians 3:4 word by word

ὅταν γὰρ λέγῃ τις· ἐγὼ μέν εἰμι Παύλου, ἕτερος δὲ ἐγὼ Ἀπολλῶ, οὐκ ἄνθρωποί ἐστε;¶Read the interlinear

• Forγάρgar · forG1063
• whileὅτανhotan · when(-ever)G3752
• oneτιςtis · oneG5100
• saithλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• Iἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• ·μένmen · on the other handG3303
• amεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• of PaulΠαῦλοςPaulos · PaulG3972
• andδέde · thenG1161
• anotherἕτεροςheteros · otherG2087
• of ApollosἈπολλῶςApollōs · ApollosG625
• notοὐχίouchi · not!G3780
• carnalσαρκικόςsarkikos · fleshlyG4559

Cross-references for 1 Corinthians 3:4

• 1 Corinthians 1:12Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ.
• 1 Corinthians 4:6And these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself and to Apollos for your sakes; that ye might learn in us not to think of men above that which is written, that no one of you be puffed up for one against another.

Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 3:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4For while one saith, I am of Paul, etc. - 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…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4For while one saith … ; - See the note at 1 Corinthians 1:12.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4In Greek culture, people often identified with a favorite teacher (see 1 Corinthians 1:12). However, this does not align with the teachings of Christ (3:5–9; compare Matthew 23:8–10).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. (1Co 1:12). are ye not carnal--The oldest manuscripts read, "Are ye not men?" that is, "walking as men" unregenerate (1Co 3:3).Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Corinthians 3:4

• Apollos
• Church
• Corinth
• Dissension
• Doctrines
• Minister, Christian
• Strife

In the dictionaries

• Apollos
• Paul
• Paul, Saul
• Corinthians, First Epistle to the
• Foundation
• Plant
• Anthropology
• Corinthians, First Epistle to the
• Man, Natural
• Man; New

Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings