1 Corinthians 3:8

In this the man who plants and the man who waters are one; yet each will receive his own reward in proportion to his own labour.

Twentieth Century New Testament

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 man who plants, nor the man who waters, is of any account, 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 10:41He who welcomes a Prophet, because he is a Prophet, shall receive a Prophet’s reward; and he who welcomes a good man, because he is a good man, shall receive a good man’s reward.

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

Romans 2:6for ‘he will give to every man what his actions deserve.’

1 Corinthians 3:14If any man’s work, which he has built upon that foundation, still remains, he 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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