1 Corinthians 3:6

I planted and Apollos watered; but it was God who was, all the time, giving the increase.

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

5What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? They are just God's servants, through whose efforts, and as the Lord granted power to each, you accepted the faith.

7So that neither the planter nor the waterer is of any importance. God who gives the increase is all in all.

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Cross References

Acts 14:27Upon their arrival they called the Church together and proceeded to report in detail all that God, working with them, had done, and how He had opened for the Gentiles the door of faith.

Acts 18:4But, Sabbath after Sabbath, he preached in the synagogue and tried to win over 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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