1 Corinthians 3:9

For we labor with God: and ye are God's husbandry, and God's edifice.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

For we are labourers together with God: ye are God’s husbandry, ye are God’s building.

In Context

8And he that planted, and he that watered are on a par; each receiveth his reward, according to his labor.

10According to the grace of God which was given me, I laid the foundation like a wise architect; and another buildeth on it. But let each one see, how he buildeth on it.

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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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