1 Corinthians 3:6
I did the planting, Apollos did the watering, but God gave the increase.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.
In Context
7So then the planter is nothing, and the waterer is nothing; but God who gives the increase.
Cross References
Psalms 62:9\62:8\Have faith in him at all times, you people; let your hearts go flowing out before him: God is our safe place. (Selah.)
Psalms 92:13\92:12\The good man will be like a tall tree in his strength; his growth will be as the wide-stretching trees of Lebanon.
Proverbs 11:25He who gives blessing will be made fat, but the curser will himself be cursed.
Isaiah 61:11For as the earth puts out buds, and as the garden gives growth to the seeds which are planted in it, so the Lord will make righteousness and praise to be flowering before all the nations.
Acts 14:27And when they came there, and had got the church together, they gave them an account of all the things which God had done through them, and how he had made open a door of faith to the Gentiles.
Acts 18:4And every Sabbath he had discussions in the Synagogue, turning Jews and Greeks to the faith.
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 →