1 Corinthians 3:8
Now he who plants and he who waters are equal: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour.
Revised King James New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
7So then, neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything; but only God who gives the growth.
9For we are labourers together with God: you are God's field, God's building.
Cross References
Matthew 10:41He who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward; and he who receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's reward.
Luke 19:19And he said likewise to him, You shall be in authority over five cities.
Romans 2:6Who will render to every man according to his deeds:
1 Corinthians 3:14If any man's work remains, which he has built upon it, he shall receive a reward.
1 Corinthians 9:17If I do this willingly, I have a reward: but if against my will, a commission has been entrusted to me.
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 →