1 Corinthians 3:8 - Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

1 Corinthians 3:8

6 ^aI planted, ^bApollos watered, ^cbut God gave the increase.

7 So then ^aneither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase.

8 Now he who plants and he who waters are one, ^aand each one will receive his own reward according to his own labor.

9 For ^awe are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, you are ^bGod’s building.

10 ^aAccording to the grace of God which was given to me, as a wise master builder I have laid ^bthe foundation, and another builds on it. But let each one take heed how he builds on it.

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Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

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1 Corinthians 3:8

Are one (en eisin). The neuter singular again (en, not eiv) as with the interrogative ti and the indefinite ti. By this bold metaphor which Paul expands he shows how the planter and the waterer work together. If no one planted, the watering would be useless. If no one watered, the planting would come to naught as the dreadful drouth of 1930 testifies while these words are written.

According to his own labour (kata ton idion kopon). God will bestow to each the reward that his labour deserves. That is the pay that the preacher is sure to receive. He may get too little or too much here from men. But the due reward from God is certain and it will be adequate however ungrateful men may be.

Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing 1 Corinthians 3:8:

Acts 18:28
2 Corinthians 1:24
2 John 1:8
Revelation 11:18

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