Bible verse

1 Corinthians 3:8

He who plants and he who waters are one in purpose, and each will be rewarded according to his own labor.

1 Corinthians 3:8 · BSB

1 Corinthians 3:8 in context

The verses around it, from 1 Corinthians 3.

4 For when one of you says, “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,” are you not mere men?

5 What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? They are servants through whom you believed, as the Lord has assigned to each his role.

6 I planted the seed and Apollos watered it, but God made it grow.

7 So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow.

8 He who plants and he who waters are one in purpose, and each will be rewarded according to his own labor.

9 For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.

10 By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as an expert builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one must be careful how he builds.

11 For no one can lay a foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ.

12 If anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, or straw,

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1 Corinthians 3:8 in other translations

KJV

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

ASV

Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: but each shall receive his own reward according to his own labor.

ERV

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

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