1 Corinthians 3:6 BSB

Original language & word study

8 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἐγὼ	egō	I myself	G1473 →
ἐφύτευσα,	ephuteusa	planted,	G5452 →
Ἀπολλῶς	Apollōs	Apollos	G625 →
ἐπότισεν,	epotisen	watered,	G4222 →
ἀλλ᾽	all᾽	but	G235 →
ὁ	ho	<the>	G3588 →
θεὸς	theos	God	G2316 →
ηὔξανεν·	ēuxanen	was [it] growing;	G837 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Proverbs 11:25
A generous soul will prosper, and he who refreshes others will himself be refreshed.
leads to
- Matthew 5:7
  Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.
- 2 Corinthians 9:6–9
  Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.
- Isaiah 58:7–11
  Isn’t it to share your bread with the hungry, to bring the poor and homeless into your home, to clothe the naked when you see him, and not to turn away from your own…
- Matthew 25:34–35
  Then the King will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
- Isaiah 32:8
  But a noble man makes honorable plans; he stands up for worthy causes.
Through
1 Corinthians 9:1
Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you yourselves not my workmanship in the Lord?
leads to
- Acts 9:17
  So Ananias went to the house, and when he arrived, he placed his hands on Saul. “Brother Saul,” he said, “the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road as you were coming…
- 1 Corinthians 9:19
  Though I am free of obligation to anyone, I make myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible.
- Acts 9:3
  As Saul drew near to Damascus on his journey, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him.

The gold bar shows how strongly the cross-reference sources tie the two verses together: a long bar means many compiled references make the connection, a short one means few.

1 Corinthians 3:9–10For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.Proverbs 11:25A generous soul will prosper, and he who refreshes others will himself be refreshed.John 1:13children born not of blood, nor of the desire or will of man, but born of God.Genesis 26:12Now Isaac sowed seed in the land, and that very year he reaped a hundredfold. And the LORD blessed him,2 Corinthians 10:14–15We are not overstepping our bounds, as if we had not come to you. Indeed, we were the first to reach you with the gospel of Christ.1 Corinthians 3:9For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.2 Corinthians 3:5Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim that anything comes from us, but our competence comes from God.Acts 18:4–11Every Sabbath he reasoned in the synagogue, trying to persuade Jews and Greeks alike.1 Corinthians 9:1Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you yourselves not my workmanship in the Lord?Isaiah 55:10–11For just as rain and snow fall from heaven and do not return without watering the earth, making it bud and sprout, and providing seed to sow and food to eat,Acts 19:1While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul passed through the interior and came to Ephesus. There he found some disciples 1 Corinthians 1:30It is because of Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God: our righteousness, holiness, and redemption.1 Corinthians 2:5so that your faith would not rest on men’s wisdom, but on God’s power.Psalms 92:13–15Planted in the house of the LORD, they will flourish in the courts of our God.1 Corinthians 9:7–11Who serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat of its fruit? Who tends a flock and does not drink of its milk?Acts 18:26–27And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue. When Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him in and explained to him the way of God more accurately.2 Corinthians 3:2–5You yourselves are our letter, inscribed on our hearts, known and read by everyone.Acts 16:14Among those listening was a woman named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth from the city of Thyatira, who was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to respond to Paul’s message.

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