1 Corinthians 3:6

I planted, Apollo watered, but God provided the growth.

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In The King James Version

I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.

In Context

5We are only the ministers of him in whom you have believed, just as the Lord has granted to each of you.

7And so, neither he who plants, nor he who waters, is anything, but only God, who provides the growth.

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Cross References

Psalms 62:9My soul has clung close to you. Your right hand has supported me.

Proverbs 11:25The soul that blesses shall be made fat. And whoever inebriates will likewise be inebriated himself.

Isaiah 61:11For as the earth brings forth its seedlings and the garden produces its seeds, so will the Lord God bring forth justice and praise in the sight of all the nations.

Acts 14:27And they remained for no small amount of time with the disciples.

Acts 18:4And he was arguing in the synagogue on every Sabbath, introducing the name of the Lord Jesus. And he was persuading Jews and Greeks.

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 →

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