1 Corinthians 3:9

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“For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.”

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BSBPD

“For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“For we are labourers together with God: ye are God’s husbandry, ye are God’s building.”

King James Version · Public Domain
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“For we are God’s fellow-workers: ye are God’s husbandry, God’s building.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
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“for of God we are fellow-workmen; God's tillage, God's building ye are.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 1 Corinthians 3:9 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Psalms 65:9You attend to the earth and water it; with abundance You enrich it. The streams of God are full of water, for You prepare our grain by providing for the earth.
  2. Psalms 72:16May there be an abundance of grain in the land; may it sway atop the hills. May its fruit trees flourish like the forests of Lebanon, and its people like the grass of the field.
  3. Psalms 80:8You uprooted a vine from Egypt; You drove out the nations and transplanted it.
  4. Psalms 118:22The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.
  5. Isaiah 5:1I will sing for my beloved a song of his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill.
  6. Isaiah 27:2In that day: “Sing about a fruitful vineyard.
  7. Isaiah 28:24Does the plowman plow for planting every day? Does he continuously loosen and harrow the soil?
  8. Isaiah 28:28Grain for bread must be ground, but it is not endlessly threshed. Though the wheels of the cart roll over it, the horses do not crush it.
  9. Isaiah 32:20Blessed are those who sow beside abundant waters, who let the ox and donkey range freely.
  10. Isaiah 61:3to console the mourners in Zion— to give them a crown of beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and a garment of praise for a spirit of despair. So they will be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that He may be glorified.
  11. Isaiah 61:5Strangers will stand and feed your flocks, and foreigners will be your plowmen and vinedressers.
  12. 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.
  13. Jeremiah 2:21I had planted you like a choice vine from the very best seed. How could you turn yourself before Me into a rotten, wild vine?
  14. Amos 9:11“In that day I will restore the fallen tent of David. I will repair its gaps, restore its ruins, and rebuild it as in the days of old,
  15. Zechariah 6:12And you are to tell him that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Here is a man whose name is the Branch, and He will branch out from His place and build the temple of the LORD.
  16. Matthew 9:37Then He said to His disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few.
  17. Matthew 13:3And He told them many things in parables, saying, “A farmer went out to sow his seed.
  18. Matthew 13:18Consider, then, the parable of the sower:
  19. Matthew 13:36Then Jesus dismissed the crowds and went into the house. His disciples came to Him and said, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field.”
  20. Matthew 16:18And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.
  21. Matthew 20:1“For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard.
  22. Matthew 21:23When Jesus returned to the temple courts and began to teach, the chief priests and elders of the people came up to Him. “By what authority are You doing these things?” they asked. “And who gave You this authority?”
  23. Mark 4:26Jesus also said, “The kingdom of God is like a man who scatters seed on the ground.
  24. Mark 16:20And they went out and preached everywhere, and the Lord worked through them, confirming His word by the signs that accompanied it.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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