What Does 1 Corinthians 3:5 Mean?

“Who”

an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what (in direct or indirect questions)

“then”

(adverbially) certainly, or (conjunctionally) accordingly

“is”

he (she or it) is; also (with neuter plural) they are

“Paul”

(little; but remotely from a derivative of g3973, meaning the same); paulus, the name of a roman and of an apostle

“Who”

an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what (in direct or indirect questions)

“and”

but, and, etc

“is Apollos”

apollos, an israelite

“but”

properly, other things, i.e., (adverbially) contrariwise (in many relations)

disjunctive, or; comparative, than

“ministers”

an attendant, i.e., (genitive case) a waiter (at table or in other menial duties); specially, a christian teacher and pastor (technically, a deacon)

“by”

through (in very wide applications, local, causal, or occasional)

“whom”

the relatively (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun, who, which, what, that

“ye believed”

to have faith (in, upon, or with respect to, a person or thing), i.e., credit; by implication, to entrust (especially one's spiritual well-being to ch

“even”

and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words

“to every man”

each or every

“as”

which how, i.e., in that manner (very variously used, as follows)

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“the Lord”

supreme in authority, i.e., (as noun) controller; by implication, master (as a respectful title)

“gave”

to give (used in a very wide application, properly, or by implication, literally or figuratively; greatly modified by the connection)