1 Corinthians 3:6
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I have planted, Apollo watered: but God gave the increase.

I.

1 Corinthians 3:9,10 For we are God's coadjutors. You are God's husbandry: you are God's building. . . .

1 Corinthians 4:14,15 I write not these things to confound you: but I admonish you as my dearest children. . . .

1 Corinthians 9:1,7-11 Am I not I free? Am not I an apostle? Have not I seen Christ Jesus our Lord? Are not you my work in the Lord? . . .

1 Corinthians 15:1-11 Now I make known unto you, brethren, the gospel which I preached to you, which also you have received and wherein you stand. . . .

Acts 18:4-11 And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, bringing in the name of the Lord Jesus. And he persuaded the Jews and the Greeks. . . .

2 Corinthians 10:14,15 For we stretch not ourselves beyond our measure, as if we reached not unto you. For we are come as far as to you in the Gospel of Christ. . . .

Apollos.

Proverbs 11:25 He that hideth up corn, shall be cursed among the people: but a blessing upon the head of them that sell.

Acts 18:24,26,27 Now a certain Jew, named Apollo, born at Alexandria, an eloquent man, came to Ephesus, one mighty in the scriptures. . . .

Acts 19:1 And it came to pass, while Apollo was at Corinth, that Paul, having passed through the upper coasts, came to Ephesus and found certain disciples.

God.

1 Corinthians 1:30 But of him are you in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom and justice and sanctification and redemption:

1 Corinthians 15:10 But by the grace of God, I am what I am. And his grace in me hath not been void: but I have laboured more abundantly than all they. Yet not I, but the grace of God with me:

Psalm 62:9,11 But vain are the sons of men, the sons of men are liars in the balances: that by vanity they may together deceive. . . .

Psalm 92:13-15 They that are planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the courts of the house of our God. . . .

Psalm 127:1 A gradual canticle of Solomon. Unless the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it. Unless the Lord keep the city, he watcheth in vain that keepeth it.

Isaiah 55:10,11 And as the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and return no more thither, but soak the earth, and water it, and make it to spring, and give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: . . .

Isaiah 61:11 For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth her seed to shoot forth: so shall the Lord God make justice to spring forth, and praise before all the nations.

Acts 11:18 Having heard these things, they held their peace and glorified God, saying: God then hath also to the Gentiles given repentance, unto life.

Acts 14:27 And when they were come and had assembled the church, they related what great things God had done with them and how he had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.

Acts 16:14 And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, one that worshipped God, did hear: whose heart the Lord opened to attend to those things which were said by Paul.

Acts 21:19 Whom when he had saluted, he related particularly what things God had wrought among the Gentiles by his ministry.

Romans 15:18 For I dare not to speak of any of those things which Christ worketh not by me, for the obedience of the Gentiles, by word and deed,

2 Corinthians 3:2-5 You are our epistle, written in our hearts, which is known and read by all men: . . .

1 Thessalonians 1:5 For our gospel hath not been unto you in word only, but in power also: and in the Holy Ghost and in much fulness, as you know what manner of men we have been among you for your sakes.

Context
God's Fellow Workers
5The ministers of him whom you have believed: and to every one as the Lord hath given. 6I have planted, Apollo watered: but God gave the increase. 7Therefore, neither he that planteth is any thing, nor he that watereth: but God that giveth the increase.…
Cross References
Acts 18:24
Now a certain Jew, named Apollo, born at Alexandria, an eloquent man, came to Ephesus, one mighty in the scriptures.

Acts 19:1
And it came to pass, while Apollo was at Corinth, that Paul, having passed through the upper coasts, came to Ephesus and found certain disciples.

1 Corinthians 1:12
Now this I say, that every one of you saith: I indeed am of Paul; and I am of Apollo; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ.

1 Corinthians 3:7
Therefore, neither he that planteth is any thing, nor he that watereth: but God that giveth the increase.

1 Corinthians 3:22
For all things are yours, whether it be Paul or Apollo or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come. For all are yours.

1 Corinthians 4:15
For if you have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet not many fathers. For in Christ Jesus, by the gospel, I have begotten you.

1 Corinthians 9:1
Am I not I free? Am not I an apostle? Have not I seen Christ Jesus our Lord? Are not you my work in the Lord?

1 Corinthians 9:7
Who serveth as a soldier, at any time, at his own charges? Who planteth a vineyard and eateth not of the fruit thereof? Who feedeth the flock and eateth not of the milk of the flock?

1 Corinthians 15:1
Now I make known unto you, brethren, the gospel which I preached to you, which also you have received and wherein you stand.

1 Corinthians 15:10
But by the grace of God, I am what I am. And his grace in me hath not been void: but I have laboured more abundantly than all they. Yet not I, but the grace of God with me:

2 Corinthians 10:14
For we stretch not ourselves beyond our measure, as if we reached not unto you. For we are come as far as to you in the Gospel of Christ.

Ephesians 3:17
That Christ may dwell by faith in your hearts: that, being rooted and founded in charity,

Lexicon
I
ἐγὼ (egō)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 1st Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.

planted [the seed]
ἐφύτευσα (ephyteusa)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular
Strong's Greek 5452: To plant, set. From a derivative of phuo; to set out in the earth, i.e. Implant; figuratively, to instil doctrine.

[and] Apollos
Ἀπολλῶς (Apollōs)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 625: Apollos, a Jew of Alexandria. Probably from the same as Apollonia; Apollos, an Israelite.

watered [it],
ἐπότισεν (epotisen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 4222: To cause to drink, give to drink; irrigate, water. From a derivative of the alternate of pino; to furnish drink, irrigate.

but
ἀλλὰ (alla)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 235: But, except, however. Neuter plural of allos; properly, other things, i.e. contrariwise.

God
Θεὸς (Theos)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 2316: A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.

made [ it ] grow.
ηὔξανεν (ēuxanen)
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 837: (a) I cause to increase, become greater (b) I increase, grow. A prolonged form of a primary verb; to grow, i.e. Enlarge.


Additional Translations
I planted the seed and Apollos watered it, but God made it grow.

I planted, Apollos watered, but God kept it growing.

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

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

I have planted; Apollos watered; but God has given the increase.

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

I have planted, Apollos watered: but God hath given the increase.

I planted and Apollos watered; but it was God who was, all the time, giving the increase.

I planted. Apollos watered. But God gave the increase.

I planted, Apollos watered, but God was giving growth;
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