1 Corinthians 3:6

I planted, Apollos watered, but God made the seed grow.

Montgomery New Testament

In The King James Version

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

In Context

5What then is Apollos? What is Paul? Just ministers through whom you have believed, and each doing the work that the Lord gave him.

7So neither is he who planted anything, nor he who watered, but God alone, who is making the seed grow.

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Cross References

Acts 14:27On their arrival they assembled the church and reported all things that God had done through them, and how he had opened a door of faith to the Gentiles.

Acts 18:4Every Sabbath he used to preach in the synagogue, and tried to persuade 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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