ACC ~ 1 Corinthians 3 v5

APOLLOS AND PAUL AS SERVANTS. PELAGIUS: If Paul and Apollos counted for nothing, what can we say about those who glory in the flesh? COMMENTARY ON THE FIRST EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 3.

PREACHING AND SERVING. CHRYSOSTOM: Paul denigrates himself in order to show the Corinthians that he is not mistreating them. It is a great thing to be a servant, used by God to bring others to faith, but compared with the source and the root of all good, it is nothing. Note also that Paul called Apollos and himself servants, not evangelists. This is because they had not merely preached the gospel, but they had also ministered to the people at Corinth. The first was a matter of word only, whereas the second includes deeds as well. HOMILIES ON THE EPISTLES OF PAUL TO THE CORINTHIANS 8.5.

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