16 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

4 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

• 1Thess 3:12 — And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you:
• 1Thess 4:10 — And indeed ye do it toward all the brethren which are in all Macedonia: but we beseech you, brethren, that ye increase more and more;
• 2Cor 9:6 — But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.
• 2Cor 9:6 — But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.
• Eccl 11:6 — In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.
• Eccl 11:6 — In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.
• Eph 5:9 — (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)
• Gen 1:11 — And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.
• Gen 1:12 — And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
• Gen 26:12 — Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him.
• Gen 47:19 — Wherefore shall we die before thine eyes, both we and our land? buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants unto Pharaoh: and give us seed, that we may live, and not die, that
• Gen 47:23 — Then Joseph said unto the people, Behold, I have bought you this day and your land for Pharaoh: lo, here is seed for you, and ye shall sow the land.
• Hos 10:12 — Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.
• Isa 55:10 — For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:
• 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 15:8 — Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.
• Lev 25:21 — Then I will command my blessing upon you in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth fruit for three years.
• Matt 6:1 — Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.
• Matt 13:23 — But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
• Phil 1:11 — Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.
• Phil 1:11 — Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.
• Phil 4:17 — Not because I desire a gift: but I desire fruit that may abound to your account.
• Prov 11:18 — The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward.
• Ps 107:37 — And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield fruits of increase.
• Ps 132:15 — I will abundantly bless her provision: I will satisfy her poor with bread.