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1 Corinthians 3:9

Serving othersFellowship and the churchIdentity and self-worth

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.

For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.

10 By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as an expert builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one must be careful how he builds.

11 For no one can lay a foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ.

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BSB
For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.
KJV
For we are labourers together with God: ye are God’s husbandry, ye are God’s building.
WEB
For we are God’s fellow workers. You are God’s farming, God’s building.
ASV
For we are God`s fellow-workers: ye are God`s husbandry, God`s building.
DARBY
For we are God's fellow-workmen; ye are God's husbandry, God's building.
BLB
For we are God’s fellow workers; you⁺ are God’s field, God’s building.
ÅB
For vi er Guds medarbeidere; dere er Guds åkerland, Guds bygning.
OTB
For vi er medarbeidere i Guds tjeneste; dere er Guds åker, dere er Guds bygning.
B1930
For vi er Guds medarbeidere; I er Guds akerland, Guds bygning.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • 1 Peter 2:5

    you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

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  • Ephesians 2:20–22

    built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the cornerstone.

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  • 2 Corinthians 6:1

    As God’s fellow workers, then, we urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain.

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  • 1 Corinthians 3:16

    Do you not know that you yourselves are God’s temple, and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?

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  • Mark 16:20

    And they went out and preached everywhere, and the Lord worked through them, confirming His word by the signs that accompanied it.

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  • Ephesians 2:10

    For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life.

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  • Matthew 9:37

    Then He said to His disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few.

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  • Isaiah 61:11

    For as the earth brings forth its growth, and as a garden enables seed to spring up, so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring up before all the nations.

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