¹ And it came about that while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul, having gone through the higher country, came to Ephesus, where there were certain disciples:

¹ After these things, he went away from Athens, and came to Corinth.

¹² That is, that some of you say, I am of Paul; some say, I am of Apollos; some say, I am of Cephas; and some say, I am Christ's.

¹² But as for Apollos, the brother, I had a great desire for him to come to you with the brothers, but it was not his pleasure to come now; but he will come when he has a chance.

¹⁹ And they came down to Ephesus and he left them there: and he himself went into the Synagogue and had a discussion with the Jews.

²⁰ And being requested by them to be there for a longer time, he said, No;

²¹ And went from them, saying, I will come back to you if God lets me; and he took ship from Ephesus.

²³ And having been there for some time, he went through the country of Galatia and Phrygia in order, making the disciples strong in the faith.

²⁴ Now a certain Jew named Apollos, an Alexandrian by birth, and a man of learning, came to Ephesus; and he had great knowledge of the holy Writings.

²⁵ This man had been trained in the way of the Lord; and burning in spirit, he gave himself up to teaching the facts about Jesus, though he had knowledge only of John's baptism:

²⁶ And he was preaching in the Synagogue without fear. But Priscilla and Aquila, hearing his words, took him in, and gave him fuller teaching about the way of God.

²⁷ And when he had a desire to go over into Achaia, the brothers gave him help, and sent letters to the disciples requesting them to take him in among them: and when he had come, he gave much help to those who had faith through grace:

²⁸ For he overcame the Jews in public discussion, making clear from the holy Writings that the Christ was Jesus.

⁴ For when one says, I am of Paul; and another says, I am of Apollos; are you not talking like natural men?

⁵ What then is Apollos? and what is Paul? They are but servants who gave you the good news as God gave it to them.

⁶ I did the planting, Apollos did the watering, but God gave the increase.

⁷ So then the planter is nothing, and the waterer is nothing; but God who gives the increase.