1 Corinthians 3:7

Watering, Working, Warning

5 Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ^aministers through whom you believed, as the Lord gave to each one?

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.

11 For no other foundation can anyone lay than ^athat which is laid, ^bwhich is Jesus Christ.

12 Now if anyone builds on this foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw,

Verse Comparison: 1 Corinthians 3:7

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

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

Contemporary English Version
What matters isn't those who planted or watered, but God who made the plants grow.

Darby English Version
So that neither the planter is anything, nor the waterer; but God the giver of the increase.

Good News Bible
The one who plants and the one who waters really do not matter. It is God who matters, because he makes the plant grow.

International Standard Version
So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is significant, but God, who keeps everything growing, is the one who matters.

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

New American Standard Bible
So then neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but God who causes the growth.

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

New King James Version
So then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters consists of anything, but God causes the growth.

Young's Literal Translation
so that neither is he who is planting anything, nor he who is watering, but He who is giving growth -- God;

New English Translation
So neither the one who plants counts for anything,¹ nor the one who waters, but God who causes the growth.

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