1 Corinthians 3:7
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow.”
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“So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.”
King James Version · Public Domain“So then neither is he that planteth anything, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“so that neither is he who is planting anything, nor he who is watering, but He who is giving growth--God;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 1 Corinthians 3:7 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 115:1Not to us, O LORD, not to us, but to Your name be the glory, because of Your loving devotion, because of Your faithfulness.
- Isaiah 40:17All the nations are as nothing before Him; He regards them as nothingness and emptiness.
- Isaiah 41:29See, they are all a delusion; their works amount to nothing; their images are as empty as the wind.
- Daniel 4:35All the peoples of the earth are counted as nothing, and He does as He pleases with the army of heaven and the peoples of the earth. There is no one who can restrain His hand or say to Him, ‘What have You done?’”
- John 15:5I am the vine and you are the branches. The one who remains in Me, and I in him, will bear much fruit. For apart from Me you can do nothing.
- 1 Corinthians 13:2If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have absolute faith so as to move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.
- 2 Corinthians 12:9But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me.
- Galatians 6:3If anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
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