1 Corinthians 3:9

The Passion Translation

We are coworkers with God and you are God’s cultivated garden, the house he is building.

Cross References

Psalm 118:22

The very stone the masons rejected as flawed has turned out to be the most important capstone of the arch, holding up the very house of God.

Psalm 72:16

Bless us with a bountiful harvest, with golden grain swaying on the mountain fields! May the cities be full of praising people, fruitful and filled—

Proverbs 9:1

Wisdom has built herself a palace upon seven pillars to keep it secure.

Isaiah 32:20

you will be happy and blessed as you sow your seed beside every stream and loose your ox and donkey to graze freely.

Isaiah 61:11

In the same way the earth produces its crops and seeds spring up in a garden, so will the Lord Yahweh cause righteousness and praise to blossom before all the nations!

Isaiah 61:3

to strengthen those crushed by despair who mourn in Zion— to give them a beautiful bouquet in the place of ashes, the oil of bliss instead of tears, and the mantle of joyous praise instead of the spirit of heaviness. Because of this, they will be known as Mighty Oaks of Righteousness, planted by Yahweh as a living display of his glory.

Isaiah 61:5

Foreigners will be appointed to shepherd your many flocks; strangers will cultivate your fields and tend your vines.

Jeremiah 2:21

I planted you like a special vine from the absolute best seed, but look at what you’ve become now! You’re like a twisted, rotten vine.

Matthew 15:13

Jesus replied, “Every plant that my heavenly Father didn’t plant is destined to be uprooted.

Matthew 16:18

I give you the name Peter, a stone. And this rock will be the bedrock foundation on which I will build my church—my legislative assembly, and the power of death will not be able to overpower it!

Matthew 9:37

He turned to his disciples and said, “The harvest is huge and ripe! But there are not enough harvesters to bring it all in.

Mark 16:20

And the apostles went out announcing the good news everywhere, as the Lord himself consistently worked with them, validating the message they preached with miracle-signs that accompanied them!

Acts 4:11

This Jesus is ‘the stone that you, the builders, have rejected, and now he has become the cornerstone!’

1 Corinthians 3:16

Don’t you realize that together you have become God’s inner sanctuary and that the Spirit of God makes his permanent home in you?

1 Corinthians 3:6

I planted the church, and Apollos came and cared for it, but it was God who caused it to grow.

1 Corinthians 6:19

Have you forgotten that your body is now the sacred temple of the Spirit of Holiness, who lives in you? You don’t belong to yourself any longer, for the gift of God, the Holy Spirit, lives inside your sanctuary.

2 Corinthians 6:1

Now, since we are God’s coworkers, we beg you not to take God’s marvelous grace for granted, allowing it to have no effect on your lives.

2 Corinthians 6:16

What friendship does God’s temple have with demons? For indeed, we are the temple of the living God, just as God has said: I will make my home in them and walk among them. I will be their God, and they will be my people.

Ephesians 2:10

We have become his poetry, a re-created people that will fulfill the destiny he has given each of us, for we are joined to Jesus, the Anointed One. Even before we were born, God planned in advance our destiny and the good works we would do to fulfill it!

Colossians 2:7

Your spiritual roots go deeply into his life as you are continually infused with strength, encouraged in every way. For you are established in the faith you have absorbed and enriched by your devotion to him!

1 Timothy 3:15

But if I’m delayed in coming, you’ll already have these instructions on how to conduct the affairs of the church of the living God, his very household and the supporting pillar and firm foundation of the truth.

Hebrews 3:6

But Christ is more than a Servant, he was faithful as the Son in charge of God’s house. And now we are part of his house if we continue courageously to hold firmly to our bold confidence and our victorious hope.

1 Peter 2:5

Come and be his “living stones” who are continually being assembled into a sanctuary for God. For now you serve as holy priests, offering up spiritual sacrifices that he readily accepts through Jesus Christ.

3 John 1:8

They are deserving of all the support we can give them, because through our giving we can partner with them for the truth.