1 Korintus 3:7

Bahasa Indonesia Sehari-hari

Karena itu yang penting bukanlah yang menanam atau yang menyiram, melainkan Allah yang memberi pertumbuhan.

Parallel Translations

Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
Karena itu yang penting bukanlah yang menanam atau yang menyiram, melainkan Allah yang memberi pertumbuhan.

Alkitab Terjemahan Lama
Oleh yang demikian penanam pun tidak, penyiram pun tidak dihargakan, melainkan hanya Allah yang menumbuhkan.

Contextual Overview

⁵ What is Paul? what is Apollo? Only ministers are they by whom ye beleued, euen as the Lorde gaue to euery man. ⁶ I haue planted, Apollo watered: but God gaue the encrease. ⁷ So then, neither is he that planteth any thyng, neither he that watreth: but God that geueth the encrease. ⁸ He that planteth, & he that watreth, are one, and euery man shal receaue his rewarde accordyng to his labour. ⁹ For we together are Gods labourers, ye are Gods husbandrie [ye are] Gods buyldyng. ¹⁰ Accordyng to the grace of God geuen vnto me, as a wise maister builder haue I layde the foundation, and another buyldeth theron. But let euery man take heede howe he buyldeth vpon.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

1 Corinthians 13:2, Psalms 115:1, Isaiah 40:17, Isaiah 41:29, Daniel 4:35, John 15:5, 2 Corinthians 12:9, Galatians 6:3

Reciprocal: Numbers 20:10 - we fetch 2 Samuel 23:5 - to grow Psalms 65:10 - settlest the furrows thereof Psalms 90:17 - establish Psalms 104:14 - that he Psalms 107:37 - which may Psalms 127:1 - The Lord Hosea 10:12 - rain Joel 2:22 - yield Luke 8:11 - The seed John 15:16 - bring John 21:3 - and that Acts 11:21 - and a Acts 16:14 - whose 1 Corinthians 3:5 - ministers 1 Corinthians 10:19 - that the 1 Corinthians 12:6 - worketh 1 Corinthians 15:38 - General 2 Corinthians 12:11 - though Galatians 5:26 - desirous

Cross-References

Genesis 2:25
And they were both naked the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.

Genesis 3:5
For God doth knowe, that the same day that ye eate therof, your eyes shall be opened, and ye shalbe eue as gods, knowyng good and euyll.

Genesis 3:10
Which sayde: I hearde thy voyce in the garden, and was afrayde because I was naked, and hyd my selfe.

Genesis 3:11
And he sayde: Who tolde thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou not eaten of the same tree, concernyng the which I commaunded thee that thou shouldest not eate of it?

Deuteronomy 28:34
So that thou shalt be cleane beside thy self, for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.

2 Kings 6:20
But it fortuned that when they were come to Samaria, Elisa sayde: Lorde, open their eyes that they may see. And the Lorde opened their eyes, and they sawe, & behold they were in the middes of Samaria.

Isaiah 28:20
For the bed is narrowe and not large, and the couering so small that a man can not winde him selfe [vnder it.]

Isaiah 59:6
Their webbe maketh no cloth, and they may not couer them with their labours: their deedes are the deedes of wickednesse, and the worke of robberie is in their handes.

Luke 16:23
And beyng in hell in tormentes, he lyft vp his eyes, and sawe Abraham a farre of, and Lazarus in his bosome,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

So then, neither is he that planteth anything,.... Not that he is the happy instrument of beginning the good work:

neither he that watereth; who is the means of carrying of it on: not that they are simply and absolutely nothing, without any restriction and limitation; they are men, they are Christians, they are ministers, and useful ones, by whom others believe; they are labourers together with God, ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God, and so to be accounted of; but they are nothing in themselves, nor in their own account, or with respect to God: they are nothing of themselves as ministers; they have nothing but what they have received; all their gifts are from God, nor can they exercise them aright without the grace of God, not being able to think a good thought as of themselves; nor are they anything in making their planting and watering effectual; and so no glory belongs to them; nothing is to be ascribed to them, they have no part or lot in these things:

but God that giveth the increase; he gives them their abilities, assists them in the exercise of their gifts, makes their ministrations useful, and he has, as he ought to have, all the glory.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Anything - This is to he taken comparatively. They are nothing in comparison with God! Their agency is of no importance compared with his: see the note at 1 Corinthians 1:28. It does not mean that their agency ought not to be performed; that it is not important, and indispensable in its place; but that the honor is due to God - Their agency is indispensable. God could make seed or a tree grow if they were not planted in the earth. But He does not do it. The agency of the farmer is indispensable in the ordinary operations of His providence. If he does not plant, God will not make the grain or the tree grow. God blesses his labors; he does not work a miracle. God attends effort with success; God does not interfere in a miraculous manner to accommodate the indolence of people. So in the matter of salvation. The efforts of ministers would be of no avail without God. They could do nothing in the salvation of the soul unless God would give the increase. But their labors are as indispensable and as necessary, as are those of the farmer in the production of a harvest. And as every farmer could say, “my labors are nothing without God, who alone can give the increase,” so it is with every minister of the gospel.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Corinthians 3:7. So then, neither is he that planteth any thing — God alone should have all the glory, as the seed is his, the ground is his, the labourers are his, and the produce all comes from himself.