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I planted, Apollos watered, but God [all the while] was making it grow and [He] gave the increase.

So neither he who plants is anything nor he who waters, but [only] God Who makes it grow and become greater.

He who plants and he who waters are equal (one in aim, of the same importance and esteem), yet each shall receive his own reward (wages), according to his own labor.

For we are fellow workmen (joint promoters, laborers together) with and for God; you are God’s [a]garden and vineyard and field under cultivation, [you are] God’s building.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 3:9 Johann Bengel, Gnomon Novi Testamenti.

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