1 Corinthians 3:9

New International Reader's Version

We work together to serve God. You are like God’s field. You are like his building.

Cross References

Psalm 118:22

The stone the builders didn’t accept has become the most important stone of all.

Psalm 72:16

May there be plenty of grain everywhere in the land. May it sway in the wind on the tops of the hills. May the crops grow well, like those in Lebanon. May they grow like the grass of the field.

Proverbs 9:1

Wisdom has built her house. She has set up its seven pillars.

Isaiah 32:20

But how blessed you people will be! You will plant your seeds by every stream. You will let your cattle and donkeys wander anywhere they want to.

Isaiah 61:11

The soil makes the young plant come up. A garden causes seeds to grow. In the same way, the Lord and King will make godliness grow. And all the nations will praise him.”

Isaiah 61:3

He wants me to help those in Zion who are filled with sorrow. I will put beautiful crowns on their heads in place of ashes. I will anoint them with olive oil to give them joy instead of sorrow. I will give them a spirit of praise in place of a spirit of sadness. They will be like oak trees that are strong and straight. The Lord himself will plant them in the land. That will show how glorious he is.

Isaiah 61:5

Outsiders will serve you by taking care of your flocks. People from other lands will work in your fields and vineyards.

Jeremiah 2:21

You were like a good vine when I planted you. You were a healthy plant. Then how did you turn against me? How did you become a bad, wild vine?

Matthew 15:13

Jesus replied, “They are plants that my Father in heaven has not planted. They will be pulled up by the roots.

Matthew 16:18

Here is what I tell you. You are Peter. On this rock I will build my church. The gates of hell will not be strong enough to destroy it.

Matthew 9:37

Then Jesus said to his disciples, “The harvest is huge. But there are only a few workers.

Mark 16:20

Then the disciples went out and preached everywhere. The Lord worked with them. And he backed up his word by the signs that went with it.

Acts 4:11

Scripture says that Jesus is “ ‘the stone you builders did not accept. But it has become the most important stone of all.’ (Psalm 118:22)

1 Corinthians 3:16

Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple? Don’t you know that God’s Spirit lives among you?

1 Corinthians 3:6

I planted the seed. Apollos watered it. But God has been making it grow.

1 Corinthians 6:19

Don’t you know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit? The Spirit is in you, and you have received the Spirit from God. You do not belong to yourselves.

2 Corinthians 6:1

We work together with God. So we are asking you not to receive God’s grace and then do nothing with it.

2 Corinthians 6:16

How can the temple of the true God and the statues of other gods agree? We are the temple of the living God. God has said, “I will live with them. I will walk among them. I will be their God. And they will be my people.” (Leviticus 26:12; Jeremiah 32:38; Ezekiel 37:27)

Ephesians 2:10

We are God’s creation. He created us to belong to Christ Jesus. Now we can do good works. Long ago God prepared these works for us to do.

Colossians 2:7

Have your roots in him. Build yourselves up in him. Grow strong in what you believe, just as you were taught. Be more thankful than ever before.

1 Timothy 3:15

Then if I have to put off my visit, you will know how people should act in God’s family. The family of God is the church of the living God. It is the pillar and foundation of the truth.

Hebrews 3:6

But Christ is faithful as the Son over the house of God. And we are his house if we hold tightly to what we are certain about. We must also hold tightly to the hope we boast in.

1 Peter 2:5

You also are like living stones. As you come to Christ, you are being built into a house for worship. There you will be holy priests. You will offer spiritual sacrifices. God will accept them because of what Jesus Christ has done.

3 John 1:8

So we should welcome people like them. We should work together with them for the truth.