1 Corinthians 3:8
But he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and each one shall receive his own reward according to his own labor.
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
In The King James Version
In Context
7So neither is the one planting, nor the one watering anything, but God the one giving the increase.
9For we are God's fellow-laborers; ye are God's farm; ye are God's building.
Cross References
Matthew 10:41The one receiving a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive the reward of a prophet; and the one receiving a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive the reward of a righteous man.
Luke 19:19And he also said to him, Be thou over five cities.
Romans 2:6who will give to each one according to his works:
1 Corinthians 3:14And if the work of any one which he builds, abides, he will receive a reward:
1 Corinthians 9:17For if I do this willingly, I have a reward: but if unwillingly, I have been intrusted with a dispensation.
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 →