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I planted. Apollos watered. But God gave the increase.
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God Alone Gives Growth
Commentators unanimously emphasize that while ministers have distinct roles (planting the seed of the gospel and watering it with teaching), neither has the power to create spiritual life. As with a farmer who depends on God for a harvest, the church depends on God for all spiritual growth. This shifts the focus from human leaders to God's sovereign work.
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1 Corinthians
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18th Century
Presbyterian
I have planted. The apostle here compares the establishment of the church at Corinth to the planting of a vine, a tree, or grain. The figu…
I planted (εγω εφυτευσα). First aorist active indicative of old verb φυτευω. This Paul did as Luke tells us in Ac 18:1-18.
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19th Century
Anglican
I have planted, Apollos watered.—By an image borrowed from agricultural processes, the Apostle explains the relationship …
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Baptist
Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man? I have planted, Apollos watered; b…
Paul bluntly states, “I planted the seed,” and quickly adds, “Apollos watered it, but God made it grow.” In vv.7–9 he draws some conclusions from h…
16th Century
Protestant
I have planted, Apollos watered. He unfolds more clearly the nature of that ministry by an analogy, in which the nature of the word and th…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
I have planted That is, ministerially; otherwise the planting of souls in Christ, and the implanting of grace in the…
The ministers about whom the Corinthians contended were only instruments used by God. We should not put ministers into the place of God.
13th Century
Catholic
Previously, the Apostle exposed the strife and division among the Corinthians, who disputed among themselves about the particular ministers of Chri…
