Parallel Verses
An Understandable Version
So then, it does not matter who plants or who waters, but [it is] God who matters, for He makes the seed grow.
New American Standard Bible
So then neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but God who causes the growth.
King James Version
So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.
Holman Bible
So then neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth.
International Standard Version
So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is significant, but God, who keeps everything growing, is the one who matters.
A Conservative Version
So then neither is he who plants anything, nor he who waters, but God who causes growth.
American Standard Version
So then neither is he that planteth anything, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.
Amplified
So neither is the one who plants nor the one who waters anything, but [only] God who causes the growth.
Anderson New Testament
So, neither he that plants nor he that waters is any thing: but God that makes to grow.
Bible in Basic English
So then the planter is nothing, and the waterer is nothing; but God who gives the increase.
Common New Testament
So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth.
Daniel Mace New Testament
so then, neither is he that planted any thing, nor he that watered: it is God only that gives the increase.
Darby Translation
So that neither the planter is anything, nor the waterer; but God the giver of the increase.
Godbey New Testament
So neither is the one planting, nor the one watering anything, but God the one giving the increase.
Goodspeed New Testament
So neither the planter nor the waterer counts for anything, but only God who makes the plants grow.
John Wesley New Testament
So then, neither is he that planteth any thing, nor he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.
Julia Smith Translation
So that neither he planting is anything, neither he watering; but God increasing.
King James 2000
So then neither is he that plants anything, neither he that waters; but God that gives the increase.
Lexham Expanded Bible
So then, neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but God who is causing [it] to grow.
Modern King James verseion
So then neither is he who plants anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
So then, neither is he that planteth anything, neither he that watereth: but God which gave the increase.
Moffatt New Testament
So neither planter nor waterer counts, but God alone who makes the seed grow.
Montgomery New Testament
So neither is he who planted anything, nor he who watered, but God alone, who is making the seed grow.
NET Bible
So neither the one who plants counts for anything, nor the one who waters, but God who causes the growth.
New Heart English Bible
So then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase.
Noyes New Testament
So then, neither he that planteth nor he that watereth is anything, but God that giveth the growth.
Sawyer New Testament
so neither is he that plants any thing, nor he that waters, but God that causes it to grow.
The Emphasized Bible
So that, neither is he that planteth anything, nor, he that watereth, - but, God, who causeth to, grow.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
So then neither is he that planteth any thing, nor he that watereth; but God who giveth the increase.
Twentieth Century New Testament
Therefore neither the man who plants, nor the man who waters, is of any account, but only God who causes the growth.
Webster
So then, neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth: but God that giveth the increase.
Weymouth New Testament
So that neither the planter nor the waterer is of any importance. God who gives the increase is all in all.
Williams New Testament
So neither the planter nor the waterer counts for much, but God is everything in keeping the plants growing.
World English Bible
So then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase.
Worrell New Testament
So that neither is he that plants anything, nor he that waters; but God Who causeth it to grow.
Worsley New Testament
So that neither he that planteth is any thing, nor he that watereth, but God that giveth the increase.
Youngs Literal Translation
so that neither is he who is planting anything, nor he who is watering, but He who is giving growth -- God;
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
Ministers » Labors of, vain, without God's blessing
Interlinear
Oute
οὔτε
Oute
Usage: 68
Tis
Potizo
Word Count of 37 Translations in 1 Corinthians 3:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
Divisiveness And Immaturity
6 I [Paul] planted [i.e., preached God's word], Apollos watered [it], but God made it grow. 7 So then, it does not matter who plants or who waters, but [it is] God who matters, for He makes the seed grow. 8 Now the person who plants and the person who waters have the same [purpose], and each one will receive his own wages, according to the work each one does.
Cross References
Galatians 6:3
For any person who thinks he is someone [important], when he is really nothing, is self-deceived.
John 15:5
"I am the vine; you people are the branches. The person who remains united to me, and I to him, will bear much fruit. For you cannot do anything if [you are] separated from me.
1 Corinthians 13:2
And if I have the [spiritual] gift of prophecy, and can understand all [of God's] secret purposes, and have all knowledge; and if I have all [the supernatural] faith necessary to relocate mountains [See Matt. 17:20], but do not have love [for people], I am nothing.
2 Corinthians 12:9
But God said to me, "My unearned favor is enough for you, for my power is made complete in [your] weakness." Therefore, I will most gladly boast, so that the power of Christ can rest on me.