1 Corinthians 3:6

Bible in Basic English (1941)

I did the planting, Apollos did the watering, but God gave the increase.

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  • Acts 18:26-27 : 26 And he was preaching in the Synagogue without fear. But Priscilla and Aquila, hearing his words, took him in, and gave him fuller teaching about the way of God. 27 And when he had a desire to go over into Achaia, the brothers gave him help, and sent letters to the disciples requesting them to take him in among them: and when he had come, he gave much help to those who had faith through grace:
  • Acts 18:4-9 : 4 And every Sabbath he had discussions in the Synagogue, turning Jews and Greeks to the faith. 5 And when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was completely given up to the word, preaching to the Jews that the Christ was Jesus. 6 And when they put themselves against him, and said evil words, he said, shaking his clothing, Your blood be on your heads, I am clean: from now I will go to the Gentiles. 7 And moving from there, he went into the house of a man named Titus Justus, a God-fearing man, whose house was very near the Synagogue. 8 And Crispus, the ruler of the Synagogue, with all his family, had faith in the Lord; and a great number of the people of Corinth, hearing the word, had faith and were given baptism. 9 And the Lord said to Paul in the night, in a vision, Have no fear and go on preaching: 10 For I am with you, and no one will make an attack on you to do you damage: for I have a number of people in this town. 11 And he was there for a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.
  • 1 Cor 1:30 : 30 But God has given you a place in Christ Jesus, through whom God has given us wisdom and righteousness and salvation, and made us holy:
  • 1 Cor 3:9-9 : 9 For we are workers with God: you are God's planting, God's building. 10 In the measure of the grace given to me, I, as a wise master-builder, have put the base in position, and another goes on building on it. But let every man take care what he puts on it.
  • Prov 11:25 : 25 He who gives blessing will be made fat, but the curser will himself be cursed.
  • 1 Cor 9:1 : 1 Am I not free? am I not an Apostle? have I not seen Jesus our Lord? are you not my work in the Lord?
  • 2 Cor 10:14-15 : 14 For we have no need to make ourselves seem more than we are, as if our authority did not come as far as to you: for we came even as far as you with the good news of Christ: 15 Not taking credit to ourselves for what is not our business, that is, for the work of others; but having hope that, with the growth of your faith, we may get the credit for an increase which is the effect of our work,
  • 1 Thess 1:5 : 5 Because our good news came to you, not in word only, but in power, and in the Holy Spirit, so that you were completely certain of it; even as you saw what our behaviour to you was like from our love to you.
  • 1 Cor 9:7-9 : 7 Who ever goes to war without looking to someone to be responsible for his payment? who puts in vines and does not take the fruit of them? or who takes care of sheep without drinking of their milk? 8 Am I talking as a man? does not the law say the same? 9 For it says in the law of Moses, It is not right to keep the ox from taking the grain when he is crushing it. Is it for the oxen that God is giving orders? 10 Or has he us in mind? Yes, it was said for us; because it is right for the ploughman to do his ploughing in hope, and for him who is crushing the grain to do his work hoping for a part in the fruits of it. 11 If we have been planting the things of the Spirit for you, does it seem a great thing for you to give us a part in your things of this world?
  • 1 Cor 15:1-9 : 1 Now I am going to make clear to you, my brothers, what the good news was which I gave to you, and which you took, and on which your faith is based, 2 By which you have salvation; that is to say, the form in which it was given to you, if it is fixed in your minds, and if your faith in it is not without effect. 3 For I gave to you first of all what was handed down to me, how Christ underwent death for our sins, as it says in the Writings; 4 And he was put in the place of the dead; and on the third day he came back from the dead, as it says in the Writings; 5 And he was seen by Cephas; then by the twelve; 6 Then by more than five hundred brothers at the same time, most of whom are still living, but some are sleeping; 7 Then he was seen by James; then by all the Apostles. 8 And last of all, as by one whose birth was out of the right time, he was seen by me. 9 For I am the least of the Apostles, having no right to be named an Apostle, because of my cruel attacks on the church of God. 10 But by the grace of God, I am what I am: and his grace which was given to me has not been for nothing; for I did more work than all of them; though not I, but the grace of God which was with me. 11 If then it is I who am the preacher, or they, this is our word, and to this you have given your faith.
  • 2 Cor 3:2-5 : 2 You yourselves are our letter, whose writing is in our heart, open for every man's reading and knowledge; 3 For you are clearly a letter of Christ, the fruit of our work, recorded not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in stone, but in hearts of flesh. 4 And this is the certain faith which we have in God through Christ: 5 Not as if we were able by ourselves to do anything for which we might take the credit; but our power comes from God;
  • Isa 55:10-11 : 10 For as the rain comes down, and the snow from heaven, and does not go back again, but gives water to the earth, and makes it fertile, giving seed to the planter, and bread for food; 11 So will my word be which goes out of my mouth: it will not come back to me with nothing done, but it will give effect to my purpose, and do that for which I have sent it.
  • Isa 61:11 : 11 For as the earth puts out buds, and as the garden gives growth to the seeds which are planted in it, so the Lord will make righteousness and praise to be flowering before all the nations.
  • Acts 11:18 : 18 And hearing these things they said nothing more, but gave glory to God, saying, Then to the Gentiles as to us has God given a change of heart, so that they may have life.
  • Acts 14:27 : 27 And when they came there, and had got the church together, they gave them an account of all the things which God had done through them, and how he had made open a door of faith to the Gentiles.
  • Acts 16:14 : 14 And a certain woman named Lydia, a trader in purple cloth of the town of Thyatira, and a God-fearing woman, gave ear to us: whose heart the Lord made open to give attention to the things which Paul was saying.
  • Ps 62:9 : 9 Truly men of low birth are nothing, and men of high position are not what they seem; if they are put in the scales together they are less than a breath.
  • Ps 62:11 : 11 Once has God said, twice has it come to my ears, that power is God's:
  • Ps 92:13-15 : 13 Those who are planted in the house of the Lord will come up tall and strong in his gardens. 14 They will give fruit even when they are old; they will be fertile and full of growth; 15 For a sign that the Lord is upright; he is my Rock, there is no deceit in him.
  • Ps 127:1 : 1 <A Song of the going up. Of Solomon.> If the Lord is not helping the builders, then the building of a house is to no purpose: if the Lord does not keep the town, the watchman keeps his watch for nothing.
  • 1 Cor 4:14-15 : 14 I am not saying these things to put you to shame, but so that, as my dear children, you may see what is right. 15 For even if you had ten thousand teachers in Christ, you have not more than one father: for in Christ Jesus I have given birth to you through the good news.
  • Acts 18:24 : 24 Now a certain Jew named Apollos, an Alexandrian by birth, and a man of learning, came to Ephesus; and he had great knowledge of the holy Writings.
  • Acts 19:1 : 1 And it came about that while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul, having gone through the higher country, came to Ephesus, where there were certain disciples:
  • Acts 21:19 : 19 And when he had said how glad he was to see them, he gave them a detailed account of the things which God had done through his work among the Gentiles.
  • Rom 15:18 : 18 And I will keep myself from talking of anything but those things which Christ has done by me to put the Gentiles under his rule in word and in act,

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    7 So then the planter is nothing, and the waterer is nothing; but God who gives the increase.

    8 Now the planter and the waterer are working for the same end: but they will have their separate rewards in the measure of their work.

    9 For we are workers with God: you are God's planting, God's building.

    10 In the measure of the grace given to me, I, as a wise master-builder, have put the base in position, and another goes on building on it. But let every man take care what he puts on it.

    11 For there is no other base for the building but that which has been put down, which is Jesus Christ.

  • 1 Cor 3:4-5
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    4 For when one says, I am of Paul; and another says, I am of Apollos; are you not talking like natural men?

    5 What then is Apollos? and what is Paul? They are but servants who gave you the good news as God gave it to them.

  • 2 Cor 9:10-11
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    10 And he who gives seed for putting into the field and bread for food, will take care of the growth of your seed, at the same time increasing the fruits of your righteousness;

    11 Your wealth being increased in everything, with a simple mind, causing praise to God through us.

  • 2 Cor 9:6
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    6 But in the Writings it says, He who puts in only a small number of seeds, will get in the same; and he who puts them in from a full hand, will have produce in full measure from them.

  • 1 Cor 1:12-15
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    12 That is, that some of you say, I am of Paul; some say, I am of Apollos; some say, I am of Cephas; and some say, I am Christ's.

    13 Is there a division in Christ? was Paul nailed to the cross for you? or were you given baptism in the name of Paul?

    14 I give praise to God that not one of you had baptism from me, but Crispus and Gaius;

    15 So that no one may be able to say that you had baptism in my name.

  • 1 Cor 4:6
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    6 My brothers, it is because of you that I have taken Apollos and myself as examples of these things, so that in us you might see that it is not wise to go farther than what is in the holy Writings, so that no one of you may be lifted up against his brother.

  • 1 Cor 15:10-11
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    10 But by the grace of God, I am what I am: and his grace which was given to me has not been for nothing; for I did more work than all of them; though not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

    11 If then it is I who am the preacher, or they, this is our word, and to this you have given your faith.

  • 1 Cor 12:6
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    6 And there are different operations, but the same God, who is working all things in all.

  • 2 Tim 2:6
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    6 It is right for the worker in the fields to be the first to take of the fruit.

  • John 4:36-38
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    36 He who does the cutting now has his reward; he is getting together fruit for eternal life, so that he who did the planting and he who gets in the grain may have joy together.

    37 In this the saying is a true one, One does the planting, and another gets in the grain.

    38 I sent you to get in grain which you had no hand in planting: other men did that work, and you take the reward.

  • Col 2:19
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    19 And not joined to the Head, from whom all the body, being given strength and kept together through its joins and bands, has its growth with the increase of God.

  • 2 Cor 3:5
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    5 Not as if we were able by ourselves to do anything for which we might take the credit; but our power comes from God;

  • Heb 6:7
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    7 For a land, drinking in the frequent rain and producing good plants for those for whom it is worked, has a blessing from God:

  • Mark 4:28
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    28 The earth gives fruit by herself; first the leaf, then the head, then the full grain.

  • 2 Cor 1:21
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    21 Now he who makes our faith strong together with you, in Christ, and has given us of his grace, is God;

  • 1 Cor 1:17
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    17 For Christ sent me, not to give baptism, but to be a preacher of the good news: not with wise words, for fear that the cross of Christ might be made of no value.

  • Acts 11:17
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    17 If then God gave them, when they had faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, the same as he gave to us, who was I to go against God?

  • Eph 3:7
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    7 Of which I was made a preacher, through that grace of God which was given to me in the measure of the working of his power.

  • 1 Cor 3:21-23
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    21 So let no one take pride in men. For all things are yours;

    22 Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours;

    23 And you are Christ's; and Christ is God's.

  • 1 Cor 15:37-38
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    37 And when you put it into the earth, you do not put in the body which it will be, but only the seed, of grain or some other sort of plant;

    38 But God gives it a body, as it is pleasing to him, and to every seed its special body.

  • Gal 2:8
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    8 (Because he who was working in Peter as the Apostle of the circumcision was working no less in me among the Gentiles);

  • Acts 12:24
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    24 But the word of the Lord went on increasing.

  • Gal 6:8
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    8 Because he who puts in the seed of the flesh will of the flesh get the reward of death; but he who puts in the seed of the Spirit will of the Spirit get the reward of eternal life.

  • Eph 2:21
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    21 In whom all the building, rightly joined together, comes to be a holy house of God in the Lord;

  • 1 Thess 3:12
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    12 And the Lord give you increase of love in fullest measure to one another and to all men, even as our love to you;

  • Ps 107:37
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    37 And put seed in the fields and make vine-gardens, to give them fruit.

  • 1 Cor 9:11
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    11 If we have been planting the things of the Spirit for you, does it seem a great thing for you to give us a part in your things of this world?

  • Col 1:29
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    29 And for this purpose I am working, using all my strength by the help of his power which is working in me strongly.

  • John 15:5
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    5 I am the vine, you are the branches: he who is in me at all times as I am in him, gives much fruit, because without me you are able to do nothing.

  • John 3:30
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    30 He has to become greater while I become less.

  • 1 Cor 2:5
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    5 So that your faith might be based not on man's wisdom but on the power of God.

  • Rom 15:20
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    20 Making it my purpose not to take the good news where Christ was named, so that my work might not be resting on that of others;

  • Eph 3:3
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    3 How by revelation the secret was made clear to me, as I said before in a short letter,

  • 1 Thess 1:8
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    8 For not only was the word of the Lord sounding out from you in Macedonia and Achaia, but in every place your faith in God is made clear; so that we have no need to say anything.

  • Col 1:6
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    6 Which has come to you; and which in all the world is giving fruit and increase, as it has done in you from the day when it came to your ears and you had true knowledge of the grace of God;