I Corinthians 3:1-8
Misconceptions about Evangelists and Preachers of the Word of God

Today, 04/24/2023, let us, together in the grace of God, rejoice and reflect on the Word of God in I Corinthians 3:1-8.

1 And, brothers, I was not able to speak to you as to spiritual ones, but as to fleshly ones, as to babes in Christ.

2 I gave you milk to drink, and not food, for you were not then able, for neither are you yet able now.

3 For you are yet fleshly. For where among you is jealousy, and strife, and divisions, are you not fleshly and walk according to man?

4 For when one may say, Truly I am of Paul, and another, I of Apollos; are you not fleshly?

5 What then is Paul? And what Apollos, but ministers through whom you believed, and to each as the Lord gave?

6 I planted, Apollos watered, but God made to grow.

7 So as neither he planting is anything, nor he watering, but God making to grow.

8 So he planting and he watering are one, and each one will receive his own reward according to his own labor.

[Literal Translation of the Holy Bible]

Suggested Questions:

1. What do “drinking milk” and “eating food” mean?

2. Why do believers in God still have a fleshly nature?

3. What does “ministering as the Lord gave” mean?

4. What do “planting” and “watering” mean?

5. What does “the one who plants and the one who waters are one” mean?

Suggested Applications:

1. Have you ever seen yourself still behaving according to the fleshly nature?

2. Are you drinking milk or eating food?

3. In the Church, do you participate in planting or watering?