1 Corinthians 3:9 KJV — MannaFest

1 Corinthians 3:9

For we are labourers together with God: ye are God’s husbandry, ye are God’s building.

KJV

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ASV

For we are God’s fellow-workers: ye are God’s husbandry, God’s building.

WEB

For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.

YLT

for of God we are fellow-workmen; God's tillage, God's building ye are.

DBT

For we areGod's fellow-workmen; ye areGod's husbandry,God's building.

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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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66 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.
Matthew 16:18
And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
John 15:1
I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.
Ephesians 2:10
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
Matthew 9:37
Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few;

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But, though he gives himself such a character, it is not to gratify his own pride, but to magnify divine grace. He was a wise master-builder, but the grace of God made him such. Note, It is no crime in a Christian, but much to his commendation, to take notice of the good that is in him, to the praise of divine grace.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Every Christian is a living temple of the living God. God dwelt in the Jewish temple, took possession of it, and resided in it, by that glorious cloud that was the token of his presence with that people. So Christ by his Spirit dwells in all true believers.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Translate, as the Greek collocation of words, and the emphasis on "God" thrice repeated, requires, "For (in proof that "each shall receive reward according to his own labor," namely, from God) it is of God that we are the fellow workers (laboring with, but under, and belonging to Him as His servants, 2Co 5:20;

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

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