1 Corinthians 3:8

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The one who plants and the one who waters work as one, but each will receive his reward according to his work.

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Referenced Verses

  • Rom 2:6 : 6 He will reward each one according to his works:
  • John 4:36-38 : 36 The one who reaps receives pay and gathers fruit for eternal life, so that the one who sows and the one who reaps can rejoice together. 37 For in this instance the saying is true,‘One sows and another reaps.’ 38 I sent you to reap what you did not work for; others have labored and you have entered into their labor.”
  • Matt 16:27 : 27 For the Son of Man will come with his angels in the glory of his Father, and then he will reward each person according to what he has done.
  • 2 John 1:8 : 8 Watch out, so that you do not lose the things we have worked for, but receive a full reward.
  • Ps 62:12 : 12 and you, O Lord, demonstrate loyal love. For you repay men for what they do.
  • Rev 22:12 : 12 (Look! I am coming soon, and my reward is with me to pay each one according to what he has done!
  • Dan 12:3 : 3 But the wise will shine like the brightness of the heavenly expanse. And those bringing many to righteousness will be like the stars forever and ever.
  • Matt 5:11-12 : 11 “Blessed are you when people insult you and persecute you and say all kinds of evil things about you falsely on account of me. 12 Rejoice and be glad, because your reward is great in heaven, for they persecuted the prophets before you in the same way.
  • Matt 10:41-42 : 41 Whoever receives a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward. Whoever receives a righteous person in the name of a righteous person will receive a righteous person’s reward. 42 And whoever gives only a cup of cold water to one of these little ones in the name of a disciple, I tell you the truth, he will never lose his reward.”
  • Rev 2:23 : 23 Furthermore, I will strike her followers with a deadly disease, and then all the churches will know that I am the one who searches minds and hearts. I will repay each one of you what your deeds deserve.
  • 1 Cor 3:9 : 9 We are coworkers belonging to God. You are God’s field, God’s building.
  • 1 Cor 3:14 : 14 If what someone has built survives, he will receive a reward.
  • 1 Cor 4:5-6 : 5 So then, do not judge anything before the time. Wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light the hidden things of darkness and reveal the motives of hearts. Then each will receive recognition from God. 6 I have applied these things to myself and Apollos because of you, brothers and sisters, so that through us you may learn“not to go beyond what is written,” so that none of you will be puffed up in favor of the one against the other.
  • 1 Cor 9:17-18 : 17 For if I do this voluntarily, I have a reward. But if I do it unwillingly, I am entrusted with a responsibility. 18 What then is my reward? That when I preach the gospel I may offer the gospel free of charge, and so not make full use of my rights in the gospel.
  • 1 Cor 15:58 : 58 So then, dear brothers and sisters, be firm. Do not be moved! Always be outstanding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.
  • Gal 6:4 : 4 Let each one examine his own work. Then he can take pride in himself and not compare himself with someone else.
  • Gal 6:7-8 : 7 Do not be deceived. God will not be made a fool. For a person will reap what he sows, 8 because the person who sows to his own flesh will reap corruption 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 so as to forget your work and the love you have demonstrated for his name, in having served and continuing to serve the saints.
  • 1 Pet 5:4 : 4 Then when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that never fades away.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Cor 3:5-7
    3 verses
    85%

    5What is Apollos, really? Or what is Paul? Servants through whom you came to believe, and each of us in the ministry the Lord gave us.

    6I planted, Apollos watered, but God caused it to grow.

    7So neither the one who plants counts for anything, nor the one who waters, but God who causes the growth.

  • 1 Cor 3:9-10
    2 verses
    83%

    9We are coworkers belonging to God. You are God’s field, God’s building.

    10According to the grace of God given to me, like a skilled master-builder I laid a foundation, but someone else builds on it. And each one must be careful how he builds.

  • John 4:36-38
    3 verses
    78%

    36The one who reaps receives pay and gathers fruit for eternal life, so that the one who sows and the one who reaps can rejoice together.

    37For in this instance the saying is true,‘One sows and another reaps.’

    38I sent you to reap what you did not work for; others have labored and you have entered into their labor.”

  • 2 Tim 2:6
    77%

    6The farmer who works hard ought to have the first share of the crops.

  • 1 Cor 3:13-15
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    75%

    13each builder’s work will be plainly seen, for the Day will make it clear, because it will be revealed by fire. And the fire will test what kind of work each has done.

    14If what someone has built survives, he will receive a reward.

    15If someone’s work is burned up, he will suffer loss. He himself will be saved, but only as through fire.

  • 2 Cor 9:6
    74%

    6My point is this: The person who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the person who sows generously will also reap generously.

  • 2 Cor 9:10
    74%

    10Now God who provides seed for the sower and bread for food will provide and multiply your supply of seed and will cause the harvest of your righteousness to grow.

  • Gal 6:4-9
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    4Let each one examine his own work. Then he can take pride in himself and not compare himself with someone else.

    5For each one will carry his own load.

    6Now the one who receives instruction in the word must share all good things with the one who teaches it.

    7Do not be deceived. God will not be made a fool. For a person will reap what he sows,

    8because the person who sows to his own flesh will reap corruption from the flesh, but the one who sows to the Spirit will reap eternal life from the Spirit.

    9So we must not grow weary in doing good, for in due time we will reap, if we do not give up.

  • 1 Cor 9:7
    72%

    7Who ever serves in the army at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat its fruit? Who tends a flock and does not consume its milk?

  • 1 Tim 5:18
    72%

    18For the scripture says,“Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain,” and,“The worker deserves his pay.”

  • 1 Cor 9:10-11
    2 verses
    72%

    10Or is he not surely speaking for our benefit? It was written for us, because the one plowing and threshing ought to work in hope of enjoying the harvest.

    11If we sowed spiritual blessings among you, is it too much to reap material things from you?

  • Rom 2:6
    71%

    6He will reward each one according to his works:

  • 1 Cor 15:37-38
    2 verses
    71%

    37And what you sow is not the body that is to be, but a bare seed– perhaps of wheat or something else.

    38But God gives it a body just as he planned, and to each of the seeds a body of its own.

  • Eph 6:8
    70%

    8because you know that each person, whether slave or free, if he does something good, this will be rewarded by the Lord.

  • 1 Cor 15:58
    70%

    58So then, dear brothers and sisters, be firm. Do not be moved! Always be outstanding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

  • Mark 4:28
    69%

    28By itself the soil produces a crop, first the stalk, then the head, then the full grain in the head.

  • Heb 6:7
    69%

    7For the ground that has soaked up the rain that frequently falls on it and yields useful vegetation for those who tend it receives a blessing from God.

  • Rom 12:4-5
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    4For just as in one body we have many members, and not all the members serve the same function,

    5so we who are many are one body in Christ, and individually we are members who belong to one another.

  • 1 Cor 12:6
    69%

    6And there are different results, but the same God who produces all of them in everyone.

  • Col 3:24
    69%

    24because you know that you will receive your inheritance from the Lord as the reward. Serve the Lord Christ.

  • Col 1:29
    69%

    29Toward this goal I also labor, struggling according to his power that powerfully works in me.

  • Prov 16:26
    69%

    26A laborer’s appetite has labored for him, for his hunger has pressed him to work.

  • 1 Cor 12:11
    69%

    11It is one and the same Spirit, distributing as he decides to each person, who produces all these things.

  • Prov 11:18
    68%

    18The wicked person earns deceitful wages, but the one who sows righteousness reaps a genuine reward.

  • Rom 4:4
    68%

    4Now to the one who works, his pay is not credited due to grace but due to obligation.

  • 2 Cor 6:1
    68%

    1God’s Suffering Servants Now because we are fellow workers, we also urge you not to receive the grace of God in vain.

  • Eccl 4:9
    68%

    9Labor is Beneficial When Its Rewards Are Shared Two people are better than one, because they can reap more benefit from their labor.

  • 1 Cor 15:11
    68%

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

  • Rom 14:12
    68%

    12Therefore, each of us will give an account of himself to God.

  • Prov 11:25
    68%

    25A generous person will be enriched, and the one who provides water for others will himself be satisfied.

  • Matt 9:38
    67%

    38Therefore ask the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into his harvest-ready fields.”

  • 1 Cor 16:16
    67%

    16also to submit to people like this, and to everyone who cooperates in the work and labors hard.

  • 1 Pet 4:10
    67%

    10Just as each one has received a gift, use it to serve one another as good stewards of the varied grace of God.

  • 2 John 1:8
    67%

    8Watch out, so that you do not lose the things we have worked for, but receive a full reward.

  • 1 Cor 4:7
    67%

    7For who concedes you any superiority? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you received it, why do you boast as though you did not?