1 Corinthians 3:7
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.
6 I planted the seed and Apollos watered it, but God made it grow.
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.
9 For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow.
- KJV
- So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.
- WEB
- So then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase.
- ASV
- So then neither is he that planteth anything, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.
- DARBY
- So that neither the planter is anything, nor the waterer; but God the giver of the increase.
- BLB
- So neither the one planting nor the one watering is anything, but [only] God, the One giving growth.
- ÅB
- derfor er hverken den noe som planter, eller den som vanner, men Gud som gir vekst.
- OTB
- Så verken den som planter eller den som vanner er av betydning, men bare Gud, som gir vekst.
- B1930
- derfor er hverken den noget som planter, eller den som vanner, men Gud som gir vekst.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
John 15:5
I am the vine and you are the branches. The one who remains in Me, and I in him, will bear much fruit. For apart from Me you can do nothing.
Read in contextGalatians 6:3
If anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
Read in context2 Corinthians 12:9
But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me.
Read in contextPsalms 115:1
Not to us, O LORD, not to us, but to Your name be the glory, because of Your loving devotion, because of Your faithfulness.
Read in context1 Corinthians 13:2
If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have absolute faith so as to move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.
Read in contextIsaiah 40:17
All the nations are as nothing before Him; He regards them as nothingness and emptiness.
Read in contextDaniel 4:35
All the peoples of the earth are counted as nothing, and He does as He pleases with the army of heaven and the peoples of the earth. There is no one who can restrain His hand or say to Him, ‘What have You done?’”
Read in contextIsaiah 41:29
See, they are all a delusion; their works amount to nothing; their images are as empty as the wind.
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