1 Corinthians 3:8

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: but each shall receive his own reward according to his own labor.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὁ φυτεύων δὲ καὶ ὁ ποτίζων ἕν εἰσιν: ἕκαστος δὲ τὸν ἴδιον μισθὸν λήψεται κατὰ τὸν ἴδιον κόπον.

Transliteration

The phyteuōn de and the potizōn hen eisin: hekastos de the idion misthon lēpsetai according to the idion kopon.

Grammar Details

*phyteuōn*: present active participle, masculine, nominative, singular - planting one
*de*: particle - but/and
*potizōn*: present active participle, masculine, nominative, singular - watering one
*hen*: numeral, neuter, nominative, singular - one
*eisin*: present active indicative, 3rd person plural - they are
*hekastos*: adjective, masculine, nominative, singular - each one
*idion*: adjective, masculine, accusative, singular - one's own
*misthon*: noun, masculine, accusative, singular - reward/wage
*lēpsetai*: future middle indicative, 3rd person singular - will receive
*kopon*: noun, masculine, accusative, singular - labor/toil

Word Meanings

*phyteuōn*: one who plants/planter
*potizōn*: one who waters/waterer
*hen*: one/united
*idion*: own/personal/individual
*misthon*: reward/wage/payment
*kopon*: labor/toil/work

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Referenced Verses

Rom 2:6 : 6 who will render to every man according to his works:
John 4:36-38 : 36 He that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal; that he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together. 37 For herein is the saying true, One {G2076} soweth, and another reapeth. 38 I sent you to reap that whereon ye have not labored: others have labored, and ye are entered into their labor.
Matt 16:27 : 27 For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then shall he render unto every man according to his deeds.
2 John 1:8 : 8 Look to yourselves, that ye lose not the things which we have wrought, but that ye receive a full reward.
Ps 62:12 : 12 Also unto thee, O Lord, belongeth lovingkindness; For thou renderest to every man according to his work.
Rev 22:12 : 12 {G2532} Behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to render to each man according as his work is.
Dan 12:3 : 3 And they that are wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.
Matt 5:11-12 : 11 Blessed are ye when [men] shall reproach you, and persecute you, and say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. 12 Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets that were before you.
Matt 10:41-42 : 41 He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward: and he that receiveth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's reward. 42 And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only, in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you he shall in no wise lose his reward.
Rev 2:23 : 23 And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he that searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto each one of you according to your works.
1 Cor 3:9 : 9 For we are God's fellow-workers: ye are God's husbandry, God's building.
1 Cor 3:14 : 14 If any man's work shall abide which he built thereon, he shall receive a reward.
1 Cor 4:5-6 : 5 Wherefore judge {G5100} nothing before {G302} the time, until the Lord come, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and make manifest the counsels of the hearts; and then shall each man have his praise from God. 6 Now these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself and Apollos for your sakes; that in us ye might learn not [to go] beyond the things which are written; that no one of you be puffed up for the one against the other.
1 Cor 9:17-18 : 17 For if I do this of mine own will, I have a reward: but if not of mine own will, I have a stewardship intrusted to me. 18 What then is my reward? That, when I preach the gospel, I may make the gospel {G5547} without charge, so as not to use to the full my right in the gospel.
1 Cor 15:58 : 58 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not vain in the Lord.
Gal 6:4 : 4 But let each man prove his own work, and then shall he have his glorying in regard of himself alone, and not of his neighbor.
Gal 6:7-8 : 7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. 8 For he that soweth unto his own flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth unto the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap eternal life.
Heb 6:10 : 10 for God is not unrighteous to forget your work and the {G2873} love which ye showed toward his name, in that ye ministered unto the saints, and still do minister.
1 Pet 5:4 : 4 And when the chief Shepherd shall be manifested, ye shall receive the crown of glory that fadeth not away.

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