1 Corinthians 3:6
4 For when one of you says, “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,” are you not mere men?
5 What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? They are servants through whom you believed, as the Lord has assigned to each his role.
I planted the seed and Apollos watered it, but God made it grow.
7 So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow.
8 He who plants and he who waters are one in purpose, and each will be rewarded according to his own labor.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- I planted the seed and Apollos watered it, but God made it grow.
- KJV
- I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.
- WEB
- I planted. Apollos watered. But God gave the increase.
- ASV
- I planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.
- DARBY
- *I* have planted; Apollos watered; but God has given the increase.
- BLB
- I planted, Apollos watered, but God was giving growth.
- ÅB
- Jeg plantet, Apollos vannet, men Gud gav vekst;
- OTB
- Jeg plantet, Apollos vannet, men det var Gud som forårsaket veksten.
- B1930
- Jeg plantet, Apollos vannet, men Gud gav vekst;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Corinthians 3:9–10
For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.
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A generous soul will prosper, and he who refreshes others will himself be refreshed.
Read in context2 Corinthians 10:14–15
We are not overstepping our bounds, as if we had not come to you. Indeed, we were the first to reach you with the gospel of Christ.
Read in contextActs 18:4–11
Every Sabbath he reasoned in the synagogue, trying to persuade Jews and Greeks alike.
Read in context1 Corinthians 9:1
Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you yourselves not my workmanship in the Lord?
Read in context1 Corinthians 1:30
It is because of Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God: our righteousness, holiness, and redemption.
Read in contextIsaiah 55:10–11
For just as rain and snow fall from heaven and do not return without watering the earth, making it bud and sprout, and providing seed to sow and food to eat,
Read in contextActs 19:1
While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul passed through the interior and came to Ephesus. There he found some disciples
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