What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? (A)Servants through whom you believed, even (B)as the Lord gave opportunity to each one. (C)I planted, (D)Apollos watered, but (E)God was causing the growth. So then neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but God who causes the growth. Now the one who plants and the one who waters are one; but each will (F)receive his own [a]reward according to his own labor. For we are God’s (G)fellow workers; you are God’s [b](H)field, God’s (I)building.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 3:8 Or wages
  2. 1 Corinthians 3:9 Or cultivated land

Who is Apollos, anyhow? Or who is Paul? They’re merely servants through whom you came to believe, as the Lord gave to each of us his task. I planted, Apollos watered, but God kept everything growing. So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is significant, but God, who keeps everything growing, is the one who matters. The one who plants and the one who waters have the same goal, and each will receive a reward for his own action. For we are God’s co-workers. You are God’s farmland and God’s building.

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