What then? (τ ουν;). He does not say τις (who), but τ (what), neuter singular interrogative pronoun.
Ministers (διακονο). Not leaders of parties or sects, but merely
servants through whom ye believed. The etymology of the word Thayer
gives as δια and κονις "raising dust by hastening." In the Gospels it is
the servant (Matthew 20:26) or waiter (John 2:5). Paul so describes himself as a minister (Colossians 1:23; Colossians 1:25). The technical sense of deacon comes later (Philippians 1:1;
As the Lord gave to him (ως ο Κυριος εδωκεν). Hence no minister of
the Lord like Apollos and Paul has any basis for pride or conceit nor
should be made the occasion for faction and strife. This idea Paul
enlarges upon through chapters