1 Corinthians 3:7 KJV — MannaFest

1 Corinthians 3:7

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

KJV

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ASV

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

WEB

So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow.

YLT

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

DBT

So that neither the planter is anything, nor the waterer; butGod the giver of the increase.

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1 Corinthians — A pastoral letter answering a long list of questions and problems — unity, ethics, worship, and the resurrection — written to a gifted but divided church.

Author: Paul, with Sosthenes (1:1)
Date: c. AD 55, from Ephesus

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20 verses on the floor

Psalms 127:1
Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.
Psalms 90:17
And let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.
John 15:5
I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.
Galatians 6:3
For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.
Psalms 115:1
Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, and for thy truth’s sake.

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Note, The best qualified and most faithful ministers have a just sense of their own insufficiency, and are very desirous that God should have all the glory of their success. Paul and Apollos are nothing at all in their own account, but God is all in all. By representing to them the unanimity of Christ's ministers: He that planteth and he that watereth are one (

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

neither is he that . . . anything . . . but God--namely, is all in all. "God" is emphatically last in the Greek, "He that giveth the increase (namely), GOD." Here follows a parenthesis, 1Co 3:8-21, where "Let no man glory in men" stands in antithetic contrast to "God" here.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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1CO 3:72CO 12:9 PHP 4:13
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
1CO 3:72CO 12:9 2CO 12:10
1CO 3:72CO 12:9 ISA 40:29-31
1CO 3:7JHN 15:5 COL 1:10
1CO 3:72CO 12:9 EPH 3:16
1CO 3:72CO 12:9 JOS 1:9
1CO 3:7JHN 15:5 JHN 15:16
1CO 3:7JHN 15:5 GAL 5:22

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