1 Corinthians 3:8

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The one who plants and the one who waters are one, and each will receive their reward according to their own labor.

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  • Rom 2:6 : 6 He will repay each person according to their deeds.
  • John 4:36-38 : 36 The one who reaps is receiving wages and gathering fruit for eternal life, so that the one who sows and the one who reaps may rejoice together. 37 For in this the saying is true: 'One sows, and another reaps.' 38 I sent you to reap what you have not worked for; others have labored, and you have entered into their labor.
  • Matt 16:27 : 27 For the Son of Man is going to come in His Father’s glory with His angels, and then He will repay each person according to what they have done.
  • 2 John 1:8 : 8 Watch yourselves, so that you do not lose what we have worked for, but may receive a full reward.
  • Ps 62:12 : 12 One thing God has spoken, two things I have heard: That power belongs to God.
  • Rev 22:12 : 12 Behold, I am coming soon! My reward is with me, and I will give to each person according to what they have done.
  • Dan 12:3 : 3 Those who are wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever.
  • Matt 5:11-12 : 11 Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. 12 Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
  • Matt 10:41-42 : 41 Whoever welcomes a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet's reward, and whoever welcomes a righteous person in the name of a righteous person will receive a righteous person's reward. 42 And whoever gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is a disciple—truly I tell you, he will by no means lose his reward.
  • Rev 2:23 : 23 I will strike her children dead. Then all the churches will know that I am the one who searches hearts and minds, and I will repay each of you according to your deeds.
  • 1 Cor 3:9 : 9 For we are God’s coworkers; you are God’s field, God’s building.
  • 1 Cor 3:14 : 14 If what has been built survives, the builder will receive a reward.
  • 1 Cor 4:5-6 : 5 Therefore, do not judge anything before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will disclose the motives of hearts. At that time, each person will receive praise from God. 6 Brothers and sisters, I have applied these things to myself and Apollos for your sake, so that you may learn from us not to go beyond what is written. Then you will not be puffed up in being a follower of one of us over and against another.
  • 1 Cor 9:17-18 : 17 If I do this willingly, I have a reward. But if unwillingly, I am simply entrusted with a responsibility. 18 What then is my reward? It is that when I preach the gospel, I may offer it free of charge, so as not to make full use of my right in the gospel.
  • 1 Cor 15:58 : 58 Therefore, my beloved brothers and sisters, be steadfast, immovable, always excelling in the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.
  • Gal 6:4 : 4 Each one should examine their own work. Then they will have reason to boast regarding themselves alone, and not with reference to another.
  • Gal 6:7-8 : 7 Do not be deceived: God is not mocked. For whatever a person sows, that they will also reap. 8 The one who sows to their flesh will reap decay from the flesh, but the one who sows to the Spirit will reap eternal life from the Spirit.
  • Heb 6:10 : 10 For God is not unjust to forget your work and the love you have shown for His name, having served and continuing to serve the saints.
  • 1 Pet 5:4 : 4 And when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the unfading crown of glory.

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  • 1 Cor 3:5-7
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    5Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos? They are servants through whom you believed, as the Lord has assigned to each.

    6I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth.

    7So then, neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth.

  • 1 Cor 3:9-10
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    9For we are God’s coworkers; you are God’s field, God’s building.

    10According to the grace God has given me, like a wise master builder, I laid a foundation, and another is building on it. But each one should be careful how they build.

  • John 4:36-38
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    36The one who reaps is receiving wages and gathering fruit for eternal life, so that the one who sows and the one who reaps may rejoice together.

    37For in this the saying is true: 'One sows, and another reaps.'

    38I sent you to reap what you have not worked for; others have labored, and you have entered into their labor.

  • 2 Tim 2:6
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    6The hardworking farmer should be the first to partake of the crops.

  • 1 Cor 3:13-15
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    13each one’s work will become evident, for the Day will make it clear because it will be revealed by fire. The fire will test the quality of each one’s work.

    14If what has been built survives, the builder will receive a reward.

    15If it is burned up, the builder will suffer loss, but they will still be saved, though only as one escaping through flames.

  • 2 Cor 9:6
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    6Remember this: The one who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the one who sows generously will also reap generously.

  • 2 Cor 9:10
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    10Now the one who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will also supply and multiply your seed and increase the harvest of your righteousness.

  • Gal 6:4-9
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    4Each one should examine their own work. Then they will have reason to boast regarding themselves alone, and not with reference to another.

    5For each one will carry their own load.

    6The one who is taught the word should share all good things with the one who teaches.

    7Do not be deceived: God is not mocked. For whatever a person sows, that they will also reap.

    8The one who sows to their flesh will reap decay from the flesh, but the one who sows to the Spirit will reap eternal life from the Spirit.

    9Let us not grow weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.

  • 1 Cor 9:7
    72%

    7Who serves as a soldier at their own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat its fruit? Or who tends a flock and does not drink the milk from the flock?

  • 1 Tim 5:18
    72%

    18For the Scripture says, 'You shall not muzzle the ox while it is threshing,' and, 'The worker is worthy of his wages.'

  • 1 Cor 9:10-11
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    10Or does He say this entirely for our sake? Yes, it was written for our sake because the plowman ought to plow in hope and the thresher to thresh in hope of sharing the harvest.

    11If we have sown spiritual things among you, is it too much if we reap material benefits from you?

  • Rom 2:6
    71%

    6He will repay each person according to their deeds.

  • 1 Cor 15:37-38
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    37And what you sow, you do not sow the body that will be, but a bare seed—perhaps of wheat or something else.

    38But God gives it a body as He has determined, and to each kind of seed its own body.

  • Eph 6:8
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    8knowing that whatever good thing each one does, this he will receive back from the Lord, whether slave or free.

  • 1 Cor 15:58
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    58Therefore, my beloved brothers and sisters, be steadfast, immovable, always excelling in the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.

  • Mark 4:28
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    28The soil produces a crop by itself—first the blade, then the head, and then the full grain on the head.

  • Heb 6:7
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    7For the land that drinks in the rain that often falls on it and produces crops useful to those for whom it is cultivated receives a blessing from God.

  • Rom 12:4-5
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    4For just as each of us has one body with many members, and not all members serve the same function,

    5so in Christ we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others.

  • 1 Cor 12:6
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    6There are different kinds of workings, but the same God works all of them in all people.

  • Col 3:24
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    24Knowing that you will receive the reward of your inheritance from the Lord, serve the Lord Christ.

  • Col 1:29
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    29To this end, I labor and struggle with all His energy, which so powerfully works within me.

  • Prov 16:26
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    26The laborer’s appetite works for him; his hunger drives him on.

  • 1 Cor 12:11
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    11All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, and He distributes them to each one just as He wills.

  • Prov 11:18
    68%

    18The wicked person earns deceptive wages, but the one who sows righteousness receives a sure reward.

  • Rom 4:4
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    4Now to the one who works, wages are not counted as a gift but as an obligation.

  • 2 Cor 6:1
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    1As workers together with Him, we also urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain.

  • Eccl 4:9
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    9Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor.

  • 1 Cor 15:11
    68%

    11Whether then it is I or they, this is what we preach, and this is what you believed.

  • Rom 14:12
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    12So then, each of us will give an account of ourselves to God.

  • Prov 11:25
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    25A generous soul will prosper, and whoever refreshes others will be refreshed.

  • Matt 9:38
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    38Therefore, ask the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into his harvest field.

  • 1 Cor 16:16
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    16so that you too may be subject to such people, and to everyone who works hard and labors among you.

  • 1 Pet 4:10
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    10Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms.

  • 2 John 1:8
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    8Watch yourselves, so that you do not lose what we have worked for, but may receive a full reward.

  • 1 Cor 4:7
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    7For who makes you different from anyone else? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as though you did not?