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

And he that planteth, and he that watereth, are one, (A)and every man shall receive his wages, according to his labor.

For we together are God’s [a]laborers: ye are God’s husbandry, and God’s building.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 3:9 Serving under him: Now they which serve under another, do nothing by their own strength, but as it is given them by grace, which grace maketh them fit to that service. See 1 Cor. 15:10; 2 Cor. 3:6, and all the increase that cometh by their labor, doth so proceed from God, that no part of the praise of it may be given to the under servant.

So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow. The one who plants and the one who waters have one purpose, and they will each be rewarded according to their own labor.(A) For we are co-workers in God’s service;(B) you are God’s field,(C) God’s building.(D)

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