1 Corinthians 3:5 - Exposition

Who then is Paul? The better reading is what? ( א , A, B). The neuter would imply a still greater depreciation of the importance of human ministers. Ministers. The same word as that rendered "deacons" ( diakonoi ) ; "ministers of Christ on your behalf" ( Colossians 1:7 ). Through whom ye believed. Through whom," not " in whom" (Bengel). They were merely the instruments of your conversion. In the second Epistle ( 2 Corinthians 3:3 ) he calls them "the epistle of Christ ministered by us written… with the Spirit of the living God." As the Lord gave to him. The gifts differ according to the grace given ( Romans 12:6 ).