1Cor 3:4 | RWP | e4.org | For when one saith ( οταν γαρ λεγη τις ). Indefinite temporal clause with the present subjunctive of repetition (Robertson, Grammar , p. 972). Each instance is a case in point and proof abundant of the strife. Of Paul ( Παυλου ). Predicate genitive, belong to Paul, on Paul's side. Of Apollos ( Απολλω ). Same genitive, but the form is the so-called Attic second declension. See the nominative Απολλως in verse . Men ( ανθρωπο ). Just mere human creatures ( ανθρωπο , generic term for mankind), in the flesh ( σαρκινο ), acting like the flesh ( σαρκικο ), not πνευματικο , as if still ψυχικο . It was a home-thrust. Paul would not even defend his own partisans.

‏ 1 Corinthians 3:4

For when one saith ( οταν γαρ λεγη τις ). Indefinite temporal clause with the present subjunctive of repetition (Robertson, Grammar, p. 972). Each instance is a case in point and proof abundant of the strife.

Of Paul ( Παυλου ). Predicate genitive, belong to Paul, on Paul's side.

Of Apollos ( Απολλω ). Same genitive, but the form is the so-called Attic second declension. See the nominative Απολλως in verse 5.

Men ( ανθρωπο ). Just mere human creatures ( ανθρωπο, generic term for mankind), in the flesh ( σαρκινο ), acting like the flesh ( σαρκικο ), not πνευματικο, as if still ψυχικο. It was a home-thrust. Paul would not even defend his own partisans.