1 Corinthians 3:8
Now the planter and the waterer are working for the same end: but they will have their separate rewards in the measure of their work.
Bible in Basic English
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In Context
7So then the planter is nothing, and the waterer is nothing; but God who gives the increase.
9For we are workers with God: you are God's planting, God's building.
Cross References
Daniel 12:3And those who are wise will be shining like the light of the outstretched sky; and those by whom numbers have been turned to righteousness will be like the stars for ever and ever.
Matthew 10:41He who gives honour to a prophet, in the name of a prophet, will be given a prophet's reward; and he who gives honour to an upright man, in the name of an upright man, will be given an upright man's reward.
Luke 19:19And he said, You will be ruler over five towns.
Romans 2:6Who will give to every man his right reward:
1 Corinthians 3:14If any man's work comes through the test, he will have a reward.
1 Corinthians 9:17But if I do it gladly, I have a reward; and if not, I am under orders to do it.
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 →