1 Corinthians 3:7

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • John 15:5 : 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.
  • Gal 6:3 : 3 For if a man has an idea that he is something when he is nothing, he is tricked by himself.
  • 1 Cor 13:2 : 2 And if I have a prophet's power, and have knowledge of all secret things; and if I have all faith, by which mountains may be moved from their place, but have not love, I am nothing.
  • 2 Cor 12:9 : 9 And he said to me, My grace is enough for you, for my power is made complete in what is feeble. Most gladly, then, will I take pride in my feeble body, so that the power of Christ may be on me.
  • Ps 115:1 : 1 Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to your name let glory be given, because of your mercy and your unchanging faith.
  • Isa 41:29 : 29 Truly they are all nothing, their works are nothing and of no value: their metal images are of no more use than wind.
  • Dan 4:35 : 35 And all the people of the earth are as nothing: he does his pleasure in the army of heaven and among the people of the earth: and no one is able to keep back his hand, or say to him, What are you doing?
  • Isa 40:17 : 17 All the nations are as nothing before him; even less than nothing, a thing of no value.

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  • 1 Cor 3:5-6
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    5What then is Apollos? and what is Paul? They are but servants who gave you the good news as God gave it to them.

    6I did the planting, Apollos did the watering, but God gave the increase.

  • 1 Cor 3:8-11
    4 verses
    85%

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

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

    10In 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.

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

  • 2 Cor 9:10-11
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    72%

    10And 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;

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

  • John 4:36-37
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    71%

    36He 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.

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

  • 2 Cor 9:6
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    6But 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.

  • Mark 4:26-28
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    70%

    26And he said, Such is the kingdom of God, as if a man put seed in the earth,

    27And went to sleep and got up, night and day, and the seed came to growth, though he had no idea how.

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

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

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

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

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

  • Col 2:19
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    19And 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.

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

  • 1 Cor 15:37-38
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    37And 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;

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

  • Gal 6:7-8
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    7Be not tricked; God is not made sport of: for whatever seed a man puts in, that will he get back as grain.

    8Because 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.

  • 1 Cor 9:7
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    7Who 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?

  • John 15:5
    68%

    5I 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.

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

  • Eph 2:9
    68%

    9Not by works, so that no man may take glory to himself.

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

  • Ps 1:3
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    3He will be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, which gives its fruit at the right time, whose leaves will ever be green; and he will do well in all his undertakings.

  • Matt 15:13
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    13But he said in answer, Every plant which my Father in heaven has not put in the earth, will be taken up by the roots.

  • Job 5:10
    67%

    10Who gives rain on the earth, and sends water on the fields:

  • 1 Cor 4:6-7
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    67%

    6My 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.

    7For who made you better than your brother? or what have you that has not been given to you? but if it has been given to you, what cause have you for pride, as if it had not been given to you?

  • Eccl 11:6
    67%

    6In the morning put your seed into the earth, and till the evening let not your hand be at rest; because you are not certain which will do well, this or that--or if the two will be equally good.

  • Jer 17:8
    67%

    8For he will be like a tree planted by the waters, pushing out its roots by the stream; he will have no fear when the heat comes, but his leaf will be green; in a dry year he will have no care, and will go on giving fruit.

  • 1 Cor 15:10-11
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    67%

    10But 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.

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

  • 2 Cor 5:5
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    5Now he who has made us for this very thing is God, who has given us the Spirit as a witness of what is to come.

  • 1 Cor 9:10-11
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    67%

    10Or 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.

    11If 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?

  • Ps 129:7
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    7He who gets in the grain has no use for it; and they do not make bands of it for the grain-stems.

  • 2 Pet 1:8
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    8For if you have these things in good measure, they will make you fertile and full of fruit in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

  • Ps 67:6
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    6The earth has given her increase; and God, even our God, will give us his blessing.

  • Ezek 17:8
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    8He had it planted in a good field by great waters so that it might put out branches and have fruit and be a strong vine.

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

  • 1 Cor 1:17
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    17For 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.

  • Gen 1:11
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    11And God said, Let grass come up on the earth, and plants producing seed, and fruit-trees giving fruit, in which is their seed, after their sort: and it was so.

  • 1 Cor 3:14
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    14If any man's work comes through the test, he will have a reward.

  • Gal 3:5
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    5He who gives you the Spirit, and does works of power among you, is it by the works of law, or by the hearing of faith?