아볼로(Apollos) 는
Alexandria 출신의 유대인이다. 학문이 뛰어나고 성경에 능하다고 되어있다.
단, 그는 구약 성경에는 능통했지만 예수님에 대해서는 알지 못했다.
24 Now a certain Jew named Apollos , an Alexandrian by race, an eloquent man, came to Ephesus . He was mighty in the Scriptures.
25 This man had been instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, he spoke and taught accurately the things concerning Jesus, although he knew only the baptism of John.
그래서 그는
세례 요한 의 세례만을 가르치고 있을 때에
Aquila 와
Priscilla 로부터 예수님에 대해 배우게 되고, 이를 바탕으로 매우 뛰어난 성경 교사가 되었다.
26 He began to speak boldly in the synagogue. But when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside, and explained to him the way of God more accurately.
27 When he had determined to pass over into Achaia , the brothers encouraged him, and wrote to the disciples to receive him. When he had come, he greatly helped those who had believed through grace;
28 for he powerfully refuted the Jews, publicly showing by the Scriptures that Jesus was the Christ.
다만, 그의 가르침이 워낙 탁월하여,
Corinth 교회에서는 그를 추종하는 자들이 많아졌던 것으로 보인다.
Now I mean this, that each one of you says, “I follow Paul ,” “I follow Apollos ,” “I follow Cephas,” and, “I follow Christ.”
4 For when one says, “I follow Paul ,” and another, “I follow Apollos ,” aren’t you fleshly?
5 Who then is Apollos , and who is Paul , but servants through whom you believed, and each as the Lord gave to him?
6 I planted. Apollos watered. But God gave the increase.
7 So then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase.
8 Now he who plants and he who waters are the same, but each will receive his own reward according to his own labor.
9 For we are God’s fellow workers. You are God’s farming, God’s building.