1 Corinthians 3:8
Good News Translation
There is no difference between the one who plants and the one who waters; God will reward each one according to the work each has done.

New Revised Standard Version
The one who plants and the one who waters have a common purpose, and each will receive wages according to the labor of each.

Contemporary English Version
The one who plants is just as important as the one who waters. And each one will be paid for what they do.

New American Bible
The one who plants and the one who waters are equal, and each will receive wages in proportion to his labor.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Now he that planteth and he that watereth, are one. And every man shall receive his own reward, according to his own labour.

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Now he that planteth and he that watereth, are one. And every man shall receive his own reward, according to his own labour.

he that planteth.

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

1 Corinthians 4:6 But these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself and to Apollo, for your sakes: that in us you may learn that one be not puffed up against the other for another, above that which is written.

John 4:36-38 And he that reapeth receiveth wages and gathereth fruit unto life everlasting: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together. . . .

and every.

1 Corinthians 4:5 Therefore, judge not before the time: until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts. And then shall every man have praise from God.

1 Corinthians 9:17,18 For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but if against my will, a dispensation is committed to me. . . .

1 Corinthians 15:58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye steadfast and unmoveable: always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.

Psalm 62:12 And mercy to thee, O Lord; for thou wilt render to every man according to his works.

Daniel 12:3 But they that are learned, shall shine as the brightness of the firmament: and they that instruct many to justice, as stars for all eternity.

Matthew 5:11,12 Blessed are ye when they shall revile you, and persecute you, and speak all that is evil against you, untruly, for my sake: . . .

Matthew 10:41,42 He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet, shall receive the reward of a prophet: and he that receiveth a just man in the name of a just man, shall receive the reward of a just man. . . .

Matthew 16:27 For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels: and then will he render to every man according to his works.

Romans 2:6 Who will render to every man according to his works.

Galatians 6:7,8 Be not deceived: God is not mocked. . . .

Hebrews 6:10 For God is not unjust, that he should forget your work and the love which you have shewn in his name, you who have ministered and do minister to the saints.

1 Peter 5:4 And when the prince of pastors shall appear, you shall receive a never fading crown of glory.

2 John 1:8 Look to yourselves, that you lose not the things which you have wrought: but that you may receive a full reward.

Revelation 2:23 And I will kill her children with death: and all the churches shall know that I am he that searcheth the reins and hearts. And I will give to every one of you according to your works. But to you I say

Revelation 22:12 Behold, I come quickly: and my reward is with me, to render to every, man according to his works.

Context
God's Fellow Workers
7Therefore, neither he that planteth is any thing, nor he that watereth: but God that giveth the increase. 8Now he that planteth and he that watereth, are one. And every man shall receive his own reward, according to his own labour. 9For we are God's coadjutors. You are God's husbandry: you are God's building.…
Cross References
Psalm 62:12
And mercy to thee, O Lord; for thou wilt render to every man according to his works.

Proverbs 27:18
He that keepeth the fig tree, shall eat the fruit thereof: and he that is the keeper of his master, shall be glorified.

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

1 Corinthians 3:14
If any man's work abide, which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward.

1 Corinthians 4:5
Therefore, judge not before the time: until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts. And then shall every man have praise from God.

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 9:7
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 9:17
For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but if against my will, a dispensation is committed to me.

1 Corinthians 9:18
What is my reward then? That preaching the gospel, I may deliver the gospel without charge, that I abuse not my power in the gospel.

Galatians 6:4
But let every one prove his own work: and so he shall have glory in himself only and not in another.

Galatians 6:5
For every one shall bear his own burden.

2 John 1:8
Look to yourselves, that you lose not the things which you have wrought: but that you may receive a full reward.

1 Corinthians 3:7
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