1 Corinthians 3:8

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour.

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 deeds:
John 4:36-38 : 36 And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together. 37 And herein is that saying true , One soweth, and another reapeth. 38 I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours.
Matt 16:27 : 27 For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works.
2 John 1:8 : 8 Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward.
Ps 62:12 : 12 Also unto thee, O Lord, belongeth mercy: for thou renderest{H8762)} to every man according to his work.
Rev 22:12 : 12 And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.
Dan 12:3 : 3 And they that be 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 revile you, and persecute you, and shall 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 which 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 which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works.
1 Cor 3:9 : 9 For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building.
1 Cor 3:14 : 14 If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward.
1 Cor 4:5-6 : 5 Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God. 6 And these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself and to Apollos for your sakes; that ye might learn in us not to think of men above that which is written, that no one of you be puffed up for one against another.
1 Cor 9:17-18 : 17 For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but if against my will, a dispensation of the gospel is committed unto me. 18 What is my reward then? Verily that, when I preach the gospel, I may make the gospel of Christ without charge, that I abuse not my power in the gospel.
1 Cor 15:58 : 58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
Gal 6:4 : 4 But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another.
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 to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.
Heb 6:10 : 10 For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.
1 Pet 5:4 : 4 And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away.

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