1 Corinthians 3:7

WEB

⁷So then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase.

KJV

⁷So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.

BSB

⁷So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow.

FBV

⁷So the one who does the planting doesn't count for anything, any more than the one who does the watering. The only one who matters is God who is growing you!

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Extra References

John 15:5

⁵I am the vine. You are the branches. He who remains in me and I in him bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.

Galatians 6:3

³For if a man thinks himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.

Psalms 115:1

¹Not to us, LORD,^[+] not to us, but to your name give glory, for your loving kindness, and for your truth’s sake.

2 Corinthians 12:9

⁹He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Most gladly therefore I will rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest on me.

1 Corinthians 13:2

²If I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but don’t have love, I am nothing.

Isaiah 40:17

¹⁷All the nations are like nothing before him. They are regarded by him as less than nothing, and vanity.

³⁵All the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing; and he does according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth; and no one can stop his hand, or ask him, “What are you doing?”

Isaiah 41:29

²⁹Behold, all of their deeds are vanity and nothing. Their molten images are wind and confusion.