1 Corinthians 3:8
Now he who plants and he who waters are one, but each man will receive his own payment according to his own labor.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
7So then neither is he who plants anything, nor he who waters, but God who causes growth.
9For we are co-workmen of God. Ye are a tillage of God, an edifice of God.
Cross References
Daniel 12:3And those who are wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament, and those who turn many to righteousness as the stars forever and ever.
Matthew 10:41He who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet's reward, and he who receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man will receive a righteous man's reward.
Luke 19:19And he also said to him, And thou become over five cities.
Romans 2:6who will render to each man according to his works,
1 Corinthians 3:14If any man's work that he built on will remain, he will receive benefit.
1 Corinthians 9:17For if I do this voluntarily, I have a reward, but if involuntarily, I have been entrusted with a commission.
Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 3:6-11
Mutual Agreement of Ministers. ( a. d. 57.) 5 Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man? 6 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. 9 For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, ye… Read the whole commentary →