Isimo sengqondo esifanayo sokungaqhoshi sika-Apholo sibonakala nasekuzimiseleni kwakhe ukwamukela incwadi yokutusa evela kubazalwane base-Efesu eya ebandleni laseKorinte. Ukulandisa kuyaqhubeka: “Ngaphezu kwalokho, ngenxa yokuthi wayefisa ukuwelela e-Akhaya, abafowethu balobela abafundi, bebanxusa ukuba bamamukele ngomusa.” (IzEnzo 18:27; 19:1) U-Apholo akazange afune ngenkani ukwamukelwa ngenxa yezimfanelo zakhe kodwa ngokuthobeka walandela ilungiselelo lebandla lobuKristu.

Imiphumela yokuqala yenkonzo ka-Apholo eKorinte yayimihle kakhulu. Incwadi yezEnzo iyabika: “Lapho efika khona, wabasiza kakhulu labo ababekholiwe ngenxa yomusa ongafanelwe kaNkulunkulu; ngoba ngamandla wabonisa ngokuphelele obala ukuthi amaJuda ayenephutha, kuyilapho ebonisa ngemiBhalo ukuthi uJesu unguKristu.”—IzEnzo 18:27, 28.

U-Apholo wazenza watholakala ukuze akhonze ibandla, ekhuthaza abazalwane ngokulungiselela kwakhe nentshiseko. Sasiyini isihluthulelo sempumelelo yakhe? Ngokuqinisekile u-Apholo wayenekhono elingokwemvelo futhi wayenesibindi ekusekeleni inkulumo-mpikiswano yasobala namaJuda. Kodwa okubaluleke nakakhulu, wayebonisana nabo esebenzisa imiBhalo.