1 Corinthians 3:6

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“I planted the seed and Apollos watered it, but God made it grow.”

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“I planted the seed and Apollos watered it, but God made it grow.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
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“I planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
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“I planted, Apollos watered, but God was giving growth;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 1 Corinthians 3:6 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Psalms 62:9Lowborn men are but a vapor, the exalted but a lie. Weighed on the scale, they go up; together they are but a vapor.
  2. Psalms 62:11God has spoken once; I have heard this twice: that power belongs to God,
  3. Psalms 92:13Planted in the house of the LORD, they will flourish in the courts of our God.
  4. Psalms 127:1Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor in vain; unless the LORD protects the city, its watchmen stand guard in vain.
  5. Proverbs 11:25A generous soul will prosper, and he who refreshes others will himself be refreshed.
  6. Isaiah 55:10For just as rain and snow fall from heaven and do not return without watering the earth, making it bud and sprout, and providing seed to sow and food to eat,
  7. Isaiah 61:11For as the earth brings forth its growth, and as a garden enables seed to spring up, so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring up before all the nations.
  8. Acts 11:18When they heard this, their objections were put to rest, and they glorified God, saying, “So then, God has granted even the Gentiles repentance unto life.”
  9. Acts 14:27When they arrived, they gathered the church together and reported all that God had done through them, and how He had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.
  10. Acts 16:14Among those listening was a woman named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth from the city of Thyatira, who was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to respond to Paul’s message.
  11. Acts 18:4Every Sabbath he reasoned in the synagogue, trying to persuade Jews and Greeks alike.
  12. Acts 18:24Meanwhile a Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, came to Ephesus. He was an eloquent man, well versed in the Scriptures.
  13. Acts 18:26And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue. When Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him in and explained to him the way of God more accurately.
  14. Acts 19:1While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul passed through the interior and came to Ephesus. There he found some disciples
  15. Acts 21:19Paul greeted them and recounted one by one the things that God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry.
  16. Romans 15:18I will not presume to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in leading the Gentiles to obedience by word and deed,
  17. 1 Corinthians 1:30It is because of Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God: our righteousness, holiness, and redemption.
  18. 1 Corinthians 3:9For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.
  19. 1 Corinthians 4:14I am not writing this to shame you, but to warn you as my beloved children.
  20. 1 Corinthians 9:1Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you yourselves not my workmanship in the Lord?
  21. 1 Corinthians 9:7Who serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat of its fruit? Who tends a flock and does not drink of its milk?
  22. 1 Corinthians 15:1Now, brothers, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, and in which you stand firm.
  23. 2 Corinthians 3:2You yourselves are our letter, inscribed on our hearts, known and read by everyone.
  24. 2 Corinthians 10:14We are not overstepping our bounds, as if we had not come to you. Indeed, we were the first to reach you with the gospel of Christ.

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