So then neither is he that plants any thing, neither he that waters; but God that gives the increase. Treasury of Scripture 1 Corinthians 13:2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith... Psalm 115:1 Not to us, O LORD, not to us, but to your name give glory, for your mercy, and for your truth's sake. Isaiah 40:17 All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity. Isaiah 41:29 Behold, they are all vanity; their works are nothing: their molten images are wind and confusion. Daniel 4:35 And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he does according to his will in the army of heaven... John 15:5 I am the vine, you are the branches: He that stays in me, and I in him, the same brings forth much fruit... 2 Corinthians 12:9 And he said to me, My grace is sufficient for you: for my strength is made perfect in weakness... Galatians 6:3 For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
Context Paul and Apollos God's Fellow Workers
1And I, brothers, could not speak to you as to spiritual, but as to carnal, even as to babes in Christ. 2I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for till now you were not able to bear it, neither yet now are you able. 3For you are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are you not carnal, and walk as men? 4For while one said, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are you not carnal? 5Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom you believed, even as the Lord gave to every man? 6I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. 7So then neither is he that plants any thing, neither he that waters; but God that gives the increase. 8Now he that plants and he that waters are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labor. 9For we are laborers together with God: you are God's husbandry, you are God's building. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
So then neither is he that planteth anything, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Therefore, neither he that planteth is any thing, nor he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.
Darby Bible Translation
So that neither the planter is anything, nor the waterer; but God the giver of the increase.
King James Bible
So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.
Young's Literal Translation
so that neither is he who is planting anything, nor he who is watering, but He who is giving growth -- God;
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