1 Corinthians 3:7 — Meaning and Application

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

1 Corinthians 3:7

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Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:

Who then is Paul, and who {is} Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man?

I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.

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

Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour.

For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, {ye are} God's building. {husbandry: or, tillage}

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1 Corinthians 3:1

"And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, {even} as unto babes in Christ."

1 Corinthians 3:2

"I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able {to bear it}, neither yet now are ye able."

1 Corinthians 3:3

"For ye are yet carnal: for whereas {there is} among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men? {divisions: or, factions} {as men: Gr. according to man?}"

1 Corinthians 3:4

"For while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I {am} of Apollos; are ye not carnal?"

1 Corinthians 3:5

"Who then is Paul, and who {is} Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man?"

1 Corinthians 3:6

"I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase."

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