1 Corinthians 3:8

In this the person who plants and the person who waters are one; yet each will receive their own reward in proportion to their own labor.

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In The King James Version

Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour.

In Context

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

9For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s harvest field, God’s building.

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Cross References

Matthew 10:41The person who welcomes a prophet, because they are a prophet, will receive a prophet’s reward; and anyone who welcomes a good person, because they are a good person, will receive a good person’s reward.

Luke 19:19So the master said to him ‘And you I appoint over five towns.’

Romans 2:6for he will give to everyone what their actions deserve.

1 Corinthians 3:14If anyone’s work, which they have built on that foundation, still remains, they will gain a reward.

1 Corinthians 9:17If I do this work willingly, I have a reward; but, if unwillingly, I have been charged to perform a duty.

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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