1 Corinthians 3:7

so that neither is he who is planting anything, nor he who is watering, but He who is giving growth — God;

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.

In Context

6I planted, Apollos watered, but God was giving growth;

8and he who is planting and he who is watering are one, and each his own reward shall receive, according to his own labour,

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Cross References

Isaiah 40:17All the nations [are] as nothing before Him, Less than nothing and emptiness, They have been reckoned to Him.

Daniel 4:35and all who are dwelling on the earth as nothing are reckoned, and according to his will He is doing among the forces of the heavens and those dwelling on the earth, and there is none that doth clap with his hand, and saith to Him, What hast Thou done?

1 Corinthians 13:2and if I have prophecy, and know all the secrets, and all the knowledge, and if I have all the faith, so as to remove mountains, and have not love, I am nothing;

Galatians 6:3for if any one doth think [himself] to be something — being nothing — himself he doth deceive;

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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