1 Corinthians 3:8
He who plants and he who waters are one in purpose, and each will be rewarded according to his own labor.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
7So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow.
9For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.
Cross References
Daniel 12:3Then the wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness will shine like the stars forever and ever.
Matthew 10:41Whoever receives a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward, and whoever receives a righteous man because he is a righteous man will receive a righteous man’s reward.
Luke 19:19And to this one he said, ‘You shall have authority over five cities.’
Romans 2:6God “will repay each one according to his deeds.”
1 Corinthians 3:14If what he has built survives, he will receive a reward.
1 Corinthians 9:17If my preaching is voluntary, I have a reward. But if it is not voluntary, I am still entrusted with a responsibility.
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 →