What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? They are servants through whom you believed, as the Lord has assigned to each his role.Who then is Apollos, and who is Paul, but servants through whom you believed, and each as the Lord gave to him?Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man?What then is Apollos? and what is Paul? Ministers through whom ye believed; and each as the Lord gave to him.
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… Don't you sound like you're just a bunch of lost people following the popular one? What then is Apollos and who is Paul? They are servants through whom you believed even as the Lord gave opportunity to each one. I planted, after planting Apollos watered, after watering God was causing the growth. So then neither the one who plants nor the one who
… you not fleshly, and are you not walking like mere men? For when one says, I am of Paul, and another, I am of Apollos, are you not mere men? What then is Apollos, and what is Paul? Servants through whom you believed, even as the Lord gave opportunity to each one. I planted, Paul sowed the seed originally. Apollos watered, following Paul. But God was causing the growth. So then neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but God who causes the growth. Now he who plants and he who waters are one, but each will receive his own reward according to his own labor." We are God's fellow workers. You are God's field and God's building. So we are fellow workers. We are not to be compared to each other, and some kind of a hierarchy that sets one above the other. In the end of chapter 3, Paul says in verse 21, all things belong to you, whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or things present or things to come, all things belong to you, and you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God. …
It is wonderful to be back at Duke Chapel. I was beginning to think that I was not going to be able to get back. Over the last few years, I've been scheduled several times to preach here on Sunday, but it was always one of those February weekends when the snowflakes flew, but the airlines didn't, and I wasn't able to get here. I began to fret a little bit that they were inviting me in February, confident that the weather would wipe me off the schedule. But the weather has held this weekend, and the greetings and hospitality have been very warm indeed, and it's always a joy to be in worship with you here. Will you join me in prayer? O God, may the words of my mouth and the meditations of all of our hearts be acceptable to you, O God, our strength and our redeemer. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. On a warm April night in Memphis, Tennessee, nearly 52 years ago now, Dr. Martin Luther King, even though he did not know it at the time, gave what was his last speech. …