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1 Corinthians 3:5 (WEB)
Who then is Apollos, and who is Paul, but servants through whom you believed, and each as the Lord gave to him?

Fathers and councils · 6

Ambrose of Milan, Exposition of the Christian Faith V.1Book V
““But,” it says, “even as the Lord gave to every man, I have planted; Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 5, 6.
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John Chrysostom, Homilies on Matthew Homily 69
“Wherefore Paul also saith, “For who is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers?”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 5.
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Augustine of Hippo, Of the Work of Monks Chapter 2
“Wherefore in that he saith, “If any will not work, neither let him eat;” works spiritual, say they, are what we must understand: of which he saith in another place, “To each one according as the Lord hath given: I have planted, Apollos hath watered; but God gave the increase.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 5–10
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Augustine of Hippo, On Continence Chapter 11
“For a man said, who yet lived not after man, “Not that we are sufficient to think any thing from ourselves, as though of ourselves: but our sufficiency is of God.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 5
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Augustine of Hippo, Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 21
“Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed?”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 4, 5.
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Augustine of Hippo, Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 80
“In that, however, which follows, “but God gave the increase,” He works not by them, but by Himself; for work like that exceeds the lowly capacity of man, transcends the lofty powers of angels, and rests solely and entirely in the hands of the Triune Husbandman.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 5–7.
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