1 Corinthians 3:5

3:5 What is Apollos, really? Or what is Paul? Servants through whom you came to believe, and each of us in the ministry the Lord gave us. ¹ 

1 Corinthians 3:8

3:8 The one who plants and the one who waters work as one, ²  but each will receive his reward according to his work.

[3:5]  ¹ tn Grk “and to each as the Lord gave.”

[3:8]  ² tn Grk “are one.” The purpose of this phrase is to portray unified action on the part of ministers underneath God’s sovereign control. Although they are in fact individuals, they are used by God with a single purpose to accomplish his will in facilitating growth. This emphasis is brought out in the translation “work as one.”