Lord, we should not receive any honor.\par The honor belongs to you.\par The honor is yours because of your love\par and because we can trust you.\par
1 Corinthians 3:7 - Easy To Read Version So the person that plants is not important, and the person that waters is not important. Only God is important, because he is the One who makes things grow. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition 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) So then neither is he that planteth anything, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase. Common English Bible 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 And so, neither he who plants, nor he who waters, is anything, but only God, who provides the growth. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Therefore, neither he that planteth is any thing, nor he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase. |
Lord, we should not receive any honor.\par The honor belongs to you.\par The honor is yours because of your love\par and because we can trust you.\par
May our God and Master be kind to us.\par May everything we do provide for us,\par and may God provide everything we do. {\cf2\super [517]} \par
Compared to God,\par all the nations of the world are nothing.\par Compared to God,\par all the nations are worth nothing at all.\par
All of those gods are less than nothing!\par They can’t do anything!\par Those statues are absolutely worthless!\par
People on earth are not truly important.\par God does what he wants\par with the powers of heaven\par and the people on earth.\par No one can stop his powerful hand!\par No one can question the things he does!\par
“I am the vine and you are the branches. If a person continues in me and I continue in that person, then that person will make much fruit. But without me that person can do nothing.
I may have the gift of prophecy {\cf2\super [93]} ; I may understand all the secret things \{of God\} and know everything; and I may have faith so great that I can move mountains. But even with all these things, if I don’t have love, then I am nothing.
I planted the seed (teaching) and Apollos watered it. But God is the One who made the seed grow.
The person that plants and the person that waters have the same purpose. And each person will be rewarded for his own work.
I have been \{talking like\} a fool. But you made me do it. You people are the ones who should say good things about me. I am worth nothing, but those “great apostles {\cf2\super [46]} ” are not worth any more than I am!
But the Lord said to me, “My grace (kindness) is enough for you. When you are weak, then my power is made perfect in you.” So I am very happy to boast about my weaknesses. Then Christ’s power can live in me.
If a person thinks that he is important when he is really not important, he is only fooling himself.