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1 Corinthians 3:6

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

I planted the seed and Apollos watered it. But God is the one who made the seed grow.

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Give freely, and you will profit. Help others, and you will gain more for yourself.

It is God who has made you part of Christ Jesus. And Christ has become for us wisdom from God. He is the reason we are right with God and pure enough to be in his presence. Christ is the one who set us free from sin.

I am a free man. I am an apostle. I have seen Jesus our Lord. You people are an example of my work in the Lord.

The earth causes plants to grow, and a garden makes the seeds planted there rise up. In the same way, the Lord GOD will make goodness and praise grow throughout the nations.

While Apollos was in the city of Corinth, Paul was visiting some places on his way to Ephesus. In Ephesus he found some other followers of the Lord.

When the Jewish believers heard this, they stopped arguing. They praised God and said, “So God is also allowing even those who are not Jews to change their hearts so that they can have the life he gives!”

When we brought the Good News to you, we came with more than words. We brought that Good News with power, with the Holy Spirit, and with the sure knowledge that it was true. Also you know how we lived when we were with you. We lived that way to help you.

I will not talk about anything I did myself. I will talk only about what Christ has done with me in leading the non-Jewish people to obey God. They have obeyed him because of what I have said and done.

After greeting them, Paul told them point by point all that God had used him to do among the non-Jewish people.

A Jew named Apollos came to Ephesus. Born in the city of Alexandria, he was an educated man who knew the Scriptures well.

There was a woman there named Lydia from the city of Thyatira. Her job was selling purple cloth. She was a worshiper of the true God. Lydia was listening to Paul, and the Lord opened her heart to accept what Paul was saying.

If it is not the Lord who builds a house, the builders are wasting their time. If it is not the Lord who watches over the city, the guards are wasting their time.

God says there is one thing you can really depend on, and I believe it: “Strength comes from God!”

People cannot really help. You cannot depend on them. Compared to God, they are nothing— no more than a gentle puff of air!

When Paul and Barnabas arrived, they gathered the church together. They told them everything God had used them to do. They said, “God opened a door for the non-Jewish people to believe!”

This is what I mean: One of you says, “I follow Paul,” and someone else says, “I follow Apollos.” Another says, “I follow Peter,” and someone else says, “I follow Christ.”

So the one who plants is not important, and the one who waters is not important. Only God is important, because he is the one who makes things grow.

Paul, Apollos, Peter, the world, life, death, the present, and the future—all these are yours.

I pray that Christ will live in your hearts because of your faith. I pray that your life will be strong in love and be built on love.




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