1 Corinthians 3:9

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1 Corinthians 3:9

For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building.

We

3 John 1:8

Ye are god's

Husbandry

Bible References

We

I planted, Apollos watered, but God caused it to grow.

Then he said to his disciples, "The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few.

They went out and proclaimed everywhere, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed the word through the accompanying signs.]]

Now because we are fellow workers, we also urge you not to receive the grace of God in vain.

Therefore we ought to support such people, so that we become coworkers in cooperation with the truth.

Ye are god's

You visit the earth and give it rain; you make it rich and fertile with overflowing streams full of water. You provide grain for them, for you prepare the earth to yield its crops.

May there be an abundance of grain in the earth; on the tops of the mountains may it sway! May its fruit trees flourish like the forests of Lebanon! May its crops be as abundant as the grass of the earth!

You uprooted a vine from Egypt; you drove out nations and transplanted it.

I will sing to my love -- a song to my lover about his vineyard. My love had a vineyard on a fertile hill.

When that time comes, sing about a delightful vineyard!

Does a farmer just keep on plowing at planting time? Does he keep breaking up and harrowing his ground?

you will be blessed, you who plant seed by all the banks of the streams, you who let your ox and donkey graze.

to strengthen those who mourn in Zion, by giving them a turban, instead of ashes, oil symbolizing joy, instead of mourning, a garment symbolizing praise, instead of discouragement. They will be called oaks of righteousness, trees planted by the Lord to reveal his splendor.

I planted you in the land like a special vine of the very best stock. Why in the world have you turned into something like a wild vine that produces rotten, foul-smelling grapes?

He told them many things in parables, saying: "Listen! A sower went out to sow.

"For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard.

Now after Jesus entered the temple courts, the chief priests and elders of the people came up to him as he was teaching and said, "By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?"

He also said, "The kingdom of God is like someone who spreads seed on the ground.

Don't you say, 'There are four more months and then comes the harvest?' I tell you, look up and see that the fields are already white for harvest!

"I am the true vine and my Father is the gardener.

Husbandry

Do you not know that you are God's temple and that God's Spirit lives in you?

Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own?

The stone which the builders discarded has become the cornerstone.

"In that day I will rebuild the collapsing hut of David. I will seal its gaps, repair its ruins, and restore it to what it was like in days gone by.

Then say to him, 'The Lord who rules over all says, "Look -- here is the man whose name is Branch, who will sprout up from his place and build the temple of the Lord.

And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overpower it.

This Jesus is the stone that was rejected by you, the builders, that has become the cornerstone.

And what mutual agreement does the temple of God have with idols? For we are the temple of the living God, just as God said, "I will live in them and will walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be my people."

For we are his workmanship, having been created in Christ Jesus for good works that God prepared beforehand so we may do them.

rooted and built up in him and firm in your faith just as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.

in case I am delayed, to let you know how people ought to conduct themselves in the household of God, because it is the church of the living God, the support and bulwark of the truth.

For he has come to deserve greater glory than Moses, just as the builder of a house deserves greater honor than the house itself!

you yourselves, as living stones, are built up as a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood and to offer spiritual sacrifices that are acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.