Parallel Verses
Common New Testament
I planted, Apollos watered, but God was causing the growth.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.
Holman Bible
I planted,
International Standard Version
I planted, Apollos watered, but God kept everything growing.
A Conservative Version
I planted, Apollos watered, but God caused growth.
American Standard Version
I planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.
Amplified
I planted, Apollos watered, but God [all the while] was causing the growth.
An Understandable Version
I [Paul] planted [i.e., preached God's word], Apollos watered [it], but God made it grow.
Anderson New Testament
I planted, Apollos watered: but God made to grow.
Bible in Basic English
I did the planting, Apollos did the watering, but God gave the increase.
Daniel Mace New Testament
I have planted, Apollos watered: but God gave the increase.
Darby Translation
I have planted; Apollos watered; but God has given the increase.
Godbey New Testament
I planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.
Goodspeed New Testament
I did the planting, Apollos the watering, but it was God who made the plants grow.
John Wesley New Testament
I planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.
Julia Smith Translation
I have planted, Apollos watered; but God increased.
King James 2000
I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.
Lexham Expanded Bible
I planted, Apollos watered, but God was causing [it] to grow.
Modern King James verseion
I have planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the increase.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
I have planted. Apollos watered. But God gave increase.
Moffatt New Testament
I did the planting, Apollos did the watering, but it was God who made the seed grow.
Montgomery New Testament
I planted, Apollos watered, but God made the seed grow.
NET Bible
I planted, Apollos watered, but God caused it to grow.
New Heart English Bible
I planted. Apollos watered. But God gave the increase.
Noyes New Testament
I planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the growth.
Sawyer New Testament
I planted, Apollos watered, but God caused [the seed] to grow;
The Emphasized Bible
I, planted, Apollos, watered, - but, God, caused to, grow.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.
Twentieth Century New Testament
I planted, and Apollos watered, but it was God who caused the growth.
Webster
I have planted, Apollos watered: but God hath given the increase.
Weymouth New Testament
I planted and Apollos watered; but it was God who was, all the time, giving the increase.
Williams New Testament
I did the planting, Apollos did the watering, but it was God who kept the plants growing.
World English Bible
I planted. Apollos watered. But God gave the increase.
Worrell New Testament
I planted, Apollos watered; but God causeth it to grow.
Worsley New Testament
I have planted, Apollos watered: but God gave the increase.
Youngs Literal Translation
I planted, Apollos watered, but God was giving growth;
Themes
Agriculture or husbandry » Operations in » Watering
Apollos » An eloquent, Christian convert at corinth
Bearing fruit » God giving the increase
Increase » God giving the increase
Labor » Who shall eat the fruits of their labor
Interlinear
Potizo
References
Word Count of 37 Translations in 1 Corinthians 3:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
Divisiveness And Immaturity
5 What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? Servants through whom you believed, even as the Lord assigned to each one. 6 I planted, Apollos watered, but God was causing the growth. 7 So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth.
Phrases
Cross References
Acts 18:4-11
And every Sabbath he was reasoning in the synagogue, and trying to persuade Jews and Greeks.
Acts 18:26-27
And he began to speak out boldly in the synagogue. But when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside and explained to him the way of God more accurately.
1 Corinthians 9:1
Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you not my work in the Lord?
Acts 18:24
Now a Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, came to Ephesus. He was an eloquent man, well versed in the scriptures.
1 Corinthians 1:30
It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption,
2 Corinthians 10:14-15
For we are not overextending ourselves, as if we did not reach to you; we were the first to come even as far as you with the gospel of Christ.
Acts 11:18
When they heard this, they quieted down and glorified God, saying, "So then, God has granted to the Gentiles also the repentance unto life."
Acts 14:27
When they arrived, they gathered the church together and declared all that God had done with them, and how he had opened a door of faith to the Gentiles.
Acts 16:14
A woman named Lydia, from the city of Thyatira, a seller of purple fabrics, who was a worshiper of God, was listening. The Lord opened her heart to respond to the things spoken by Paul.
Acts 19:1
While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul passed through the upper country and came to Ephesus. There he found some disciples.
Acts 21:19
After he had greeted them, he related one by one the things that God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry.
Romans 15:18
For I will not venture to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me to win obedience from the Gentiles, by word and deed
1 Corinthians 3:9-10
For we are God's fellow workers; you are God's field, God's building.
1 Corinthians 4:14-15
I do not write this to shame you, but to admonish you as my beloved children.
1 Corinthians 9:7-11
Who at any time serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat of its fruit? Who tends a flock and does not drink of the milk?
1 Corinthians 15:1-11
Now I would remind you, brethren, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand,
2 Corinthians 3:2-5
You yourselves are our letter, written in our hearts, known and read by all men.
1 Thessalonians 1:5
for our gospel came to you not only in word, but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with full conviction. You know what kind of men we proved to be among you for your sake.