1 Corinthians 3:6

I planted, and Apollos watered, but it was God who caused the growth.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

5What, I ask, is Apollos? Or what is Paul? Servants through whom you were led to accept the faith; and that only as the Lord helped each of you.

7Therefore neither the one who plants, nor the one who waters, counts for anything, but only God who causes the growth.

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Cross References

Psalms 62:9The lowly are nought but a breath, the lofty are but an illusion: in the balances up they go, they are lighter than breath altogether.

Psalms 92:13In the house of the Lord are they planted, in the courts of our God they will sprout.

Acts 14:27After their arrival, they gathered the church together, and gave an account of all that God had helped them to do, and especially how he had opened to the Gentiles the door of faith;

Acts 18:4Every Sabbath Paul gave addresses in the synagogue, trying to convince both 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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