Parallel Verses New Living Translation For we are both God's workers. And you are God's field. You are God's building. King James Bible For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building. Darby Bible Translation For we are God's fellow-workmen; ye are God's husbandry, God's building. World English Bible For we are God's fellow workers. You are God's farming, God's building. Young's Literal Translation for of God we are fellow-workmen; God's tillage, God's building ye are. 1 Corinthians 3:9 Parallel Commentary Wesley's Notes on the Bible3:9 For we are all fellowlabourers - God's labourers, and fellowlabourers with each other. Ye are God's husbandry - This is the sum of what went before: it is a comprehensive word, taking in both a field, a garden, and a vineyard. Ye are God's building - This is the sum of what follows. 1 Corinthians 3:9 Parallel Commentaries Library Sanctified for Service. "We are labourers together with God; ye are God's husbandry; ye are God's building."--1 COR. iii. 9. In this passage St. Paul is rebuking the Corinthians for that spirit of party which was dividing them into followers of this or that teacher and so destroying their unity in Christ. You do not belong, he says, to Paul or to Apollos; we have no claim upon you; ye are not to be called by our name: you are God's husbandry, and God's building, not ours; we are but labourers in His service and … John Percival—Sermons at Rugby On the Wisdom of this World On the Interpretation of Scripture The Existence of Merit Cross References Proverbs 9:1 Wisdom has built her house; she has carved its seven columns. Isaiah 61:3 To all who mourn in Israel, he will give a crown of beauty for ashes, a joyous blessing instead of mourning, festive praise instead of despair. In their righteousness, they will be like great oaks that the LORD has planted for his own glory. Matthew 15:13 Jesus replied, "Every plant not planted by my heavenly Father will be uprooted, Mark 16:20 And the disciples went everywhere and preached, and the Lord worked through them, confirming what they said by many miraculous signs. John 15:1 "I am the true grapevine, and my Father is the gardener. 1 Corinthians 3:16 Don't you realize that all of you together are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God lives in you? 2 Corinthians 6:1 As God's partners, we beg you not to accept this marvelous gift of God's kindness and then ignore it. Jump to Previous Apollos Building Farming Fellow Fellow-Workers Fellow-Workmen Field God's Labourers Planting Simply Tillage Together WorkersJump to Next Apollos Building Farming Fellow Fellow-Workers Fellow-Workmen Field God's Labourers Planting Simply Tillage Together WorkersLinks 1 Corinthians 3:9 NIV1 Corinthians 3:9 NLT 1 Corinthians 3:9 ESV 1 Corinthians 3:9 NASB 1 Corinthians 3:9 KJV 1 Corinthians 3:9 Bible Apps 1 Corinthians 3:9 Biblia Paralela 1 Corinthians 3:9 Chinese Bible 1 Corinthians 3:9 French Bible 1 Corinthians 3:9 German Bible 1 Corinthians 3:9 Commentaries Bible Hub |