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.

Isigijimi esasishunyayelwa uPawulu no-Apholo sasifana, kodwa babenobuntu obungafani. UPawulu ngokwakhe wavuma ukuthi ‘wayengenalo ikhono ekukhulumeni’; ngakolunye uhlangothi, u-Apholo ‘wayeqephuza.’ (2 Korinte 10:10; 11:6) Wayenamakhono ayemenza alalelwe amanye amalungu omphakathi wamaJuda eKorinte. Waphumelela ‘ekuboniseni ngokuphelele ukuthi amaJuda ayenephutha,’ nakuba uPawulu, ngaphambidlana nje, alishiya isinagoge.—IzEnzo 18:1, 4-6.