1 Corinthians 3:7
So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.
KJV
ὥστε οὔτε ὁ φυτεύων ἐστίν τι οὔτε ὁ ποτίζων, ἀλλ’ ὁ αὐξάνων θεός.
Greek NT
Itaque neque qui plantat est aliquid, neque qui rigat : sed qui incrementum dat, Deus.
Vulgate
So then neither is he that planteth anything, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.
ASV
Therefore, neither he that planteth is any thing, nor he that watereth: but God that giveth the increase.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
10 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αὐξάνω
auxano
verb · 22×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
θεός
theos
noun · 1311×
οὔτε
oute
conjunction · 94×
ποτίζω
potizo
verb · 15×
τὶς
tis
indefinite_pronoun · 527×
φυτεύω
phuteuo
verb · 11×
ἀλλά
alla
conjunction · 636×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὥστε
oste
conjunction · 85×
Historic Christian voices
10 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Both covenants were prefigured in Abraham, and in the labour of Tamar; there was, however, but one and the same God to each covenant. 1. For thus it had behooved the sons of Abraham [to be], whom God has raised up to him from the stones, Matthew 3:9 and caused to take a place beside him who was made the chief and the forerunner of our faith (who did also receive the covenant of…
2. Having thus, you see, spoken generally, that He might persuade the hearer to be an uncorrupt judge of His words, and to sentence according to the very nature of the things; when he has made sure of his assent, then, and not till then, He discovers Himself. Thus He presently adds, You cannot serve God and mammon. Let us shudder to think what we have brought Christ to say; wit…
City of God · 2 passages
Chapter 25.—That God Alone is the Creator of Every Kind of Creature, Whatever Its Nature or Form. For whereas there is one form which is given from without to every bodily substance,—such as the form which is constructed by potters and smiths, and that class of artists who paint and fashion forms like the body of animals,—but another and internal form which is not itself constr…
Chapter 24.—Of the Blessings with Which the Creator Has Filled This Life, Obnoxious Though It Be to the Curse. But we must now contemplate the rich and countless blessings with which the goodness of God, who cares for all He has created, has filled this very misery of the human race, which reflects His retributive justice. That first blessing which He pronounced before the fall…
On Christian Doctrine (De Doctrina Christiana) · 2 passages
Containing a general view of the subjects treated in Holy Scripture Chapter 1.— The Interpretation of Scripture Depends on the Discovery and Enunciation of the Meaning, and is to Be Undertaken in Dependence on God's Aid. 1. There are two things on which all interpretation of Scripture depends: the mode of ascertaining the proper meaning, and the mode of making known the meaning…
Chapter 1.— This Work Not Intended as a Treatise on Rhetoric. 1. This work of mine, which is entitled On Christian Doctrine, was at the commencement divided into two parts. For, after a preface, in which I answered by anticipation those who were likely to take exception to the work, I said, There are two things on which all interpretation of Scripture depends: the mode of ascer…
Just as the almighty work of God by which he brings forth and sustains our natural life does not rule out but requires the use of means, by which God, according to his infinite wisdom and goodness, has wished to exercise his power, so also the above-mentioned supernatural work of God by which he regenerates us in no way rules out or cancels the use of the gospel, which God in g…
Cross-references
- 1Cor 3:5 — Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man?
- 1Cor 10:19 — What say I then? that the idol is any thing, or that which is offered in sacrifice to idols is any thing?
- 1Cor 12:6 — And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all.
- 1Cor 13:2 — And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.
- 1Cor 15:38 — But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body.
- 2Cor 12:9 — And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon m
- Dan 4:35 — And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto h
- Gal 5:26 — Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.
- Gal 6:3 — For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.
- Isa 40:17 — All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity.
- Isa 41:29 — Behold, they are all vanity; their works are nothing: their molten images are wind and confusion.
- Joel 2:22 — Be not afraid, ye beasts of the field: for the pastures of the wilderness do spring, for the tree beareth her fruit, the fig tree and the vine do yield their strength.
- John 15:5 — I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.
- John 21:3 — Simon Peter saith unto them, I go a fishing. They say unto him, We also go with thee. They went forth, and entered into a ship immediately; and that night they caught nothing.
- Ps 90:17 — And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.
- Ps 104:14 — He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth;
- Ps 107:37 — And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield fruits of increase.
- Ps 115:1 — Not unto us, O LORD, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, and for thy truth’s sake.
- Ps 127:1 — Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.