1 Corinthians 3:7 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

⁷ So then, it does not matter who plants or who waters, but [it is] God who matters, for He makes the seed grow.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁷ So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ So neither he who plants is anything nor he who waters, but [only] God Who makes it grow and become greater.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁷ So then neither is he that planteth anything, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.

Common English Bible

⁷ Because of this, neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but the only one who is anything is God who makes it grow.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ And so, neither he who plants, nor he who waters, is anything, but only God, who provides the growth.

1 Corinthians 3:7 Cross References

John 15:5

“I am the vine; you people are the branches. The person who remains united to me, and I to him, will bear much fruit. For you cannot do anything if [you are] separated from me.

1 Corinthians 13:2

And if I have the [spiritual] gift of prophecy, and can understand all [of God’s] secret purposes, and have all knowledge; and if I have all [the supernatural] faith necessary to relocate mountains [See Matt. 17:20], but do not have love [for people], I am nothing.

1 Corinthians 3:6

I [Paul] planted [i.e., preached God’s word], Apollos watered [it], but God made it grow.

1 Corinthians 3:8

Now the person who plants and the person who waters have the same [purpose], and each one will receive his own wages, according to the work each one does.

2 Corinthians 12:11

I have become foolish [i.e., by my boasting], but you made me do it [i.e., in order to vindicate myself] For I should have been commended by you [i.e., for my effective ministry there in Corinth], because I was not inferior in any way to those “super apostles” [See 11:5], even though I am nothing.

2 Corinthians 12:9

But God said to me, “My unearned favor is enough for you, for my power is made complete in [your] weakness.” Therefore, I will most gladly boast, so that the power of Christ can rest on me.

Galatians 6:3

For any person who thinks he is someone [important], when he is really nothing, is self-deceived.