12As touching our brother Apollos, I greatly desired him to come unto you with the brethren: but his will was not at all to come at this time; but he will come when he shall have convenient time.
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Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ.
Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man?
And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an eloquent man, and mighty in the scriptures, came to Ephesus.
But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared,
Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours;
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 10-12)In this passage, I. He recommends Timothy to them, in several particulars. As, 1. He bids them take care that he should be among them without feat , 1 Cor. 16:10. Timothy was sent by the apostle to correct the abuses which had crept in among them; and not only to direct, but to blame, and censure, and reprove, those who were culpable. They were all in factions, and no doubt the mutual strife and h…
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