"I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase." — 1 Corinthians 3:6

1 Corinthians 3:6 · KJV

“I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.”

— 1 Corinthians 3:6

Verse 5

Who then is Paul, and who {is} Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man?

Verse 7

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

1 Corinthians 3 — Context

For while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I {am} of Apollos; are ye not carnal?

Who then is Paul, and who {is} Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man?

I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.

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

Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour.

Cross References

1 Corinthians 3:9-10

For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, {ye are} God's building. {husbandry: or, tillage}

Proverbs 11:25

The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself. {liberal...: Heb. soul of blessing}

2 Corinthians 10:14-15

For we stretch not ourselves beyond {our measure}, as though we reached not unto you: for we are come as far as to you also in {preaching} the gospel of Christ:

1 Corinthians 9:1

Am I not an apostle? am I not free? have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? are not ye my work in the Lord?

Acts 18:4-11

And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks.

Isaiah 55:10-11

For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:

1 Corinthians 1:30

But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:

Acts 19:1

And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples,