The Corrective: God’s Perspective
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God’s view of servants (3:5) was that they were channels “through” whom God worked. Their work was limited to Christ’s gifts through the Holy Spirit within them. Any success they had was a gift from God. While Paul planted the church at Corinth, Apollos came to Corinth after Paul’s visit and helped the ministry to grow (3:6; cf. Acts 18:27–19:1). But God, not the workers, caused the growth.
The unity of the workers was a result of their “same purpose” (3:8) and the fact that they all belonged to God. God was mentioned three times (3:9). The phrase “partners who belong to God” may mean either “fellow workers with God” or “fellow workers who belong to God.” The context favors the latter.More
Hughes, Robert B., and J. Carl Laney. Tyndale Concise Bible Commentary. Wheaton, IL: Tyndale House Publishers, 2001. Print. The Tyndale Reference Library.
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