1 Corinthians 3:6
4 For while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are ye not carnal?
5 Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man?
I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.
7 So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.
8 Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour.
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 labourers together with God: ye are God’s husbandry, ye are God’s building.
Read in contextProverbs 11:25
The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.
Read in context2 Corinthians 10:14–15
For we stretch not ourselves beyond our measure, as though we reached not unto you: for we are come as far as to you also in preaching the gospel of Christ:
Read in contextActs 18:4–11
And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks.
Read in context1 Corinthians 9:1
Am I not an apostle? am I not free? have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? are not ye my work in the Lord?
Read in context1 Corinthians 1:30
But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:
Read in contextIsaiah 55:10–11
For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:
Read in contextActs 19:1
And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples,
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