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So then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase.
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God Alone Gives Growth
Commentators unanimously agree that this verse's main point is to shift focus from human ministers to God. While leaders like Paul and Apollos play essential roles (planting and watering), they are 'nothing' in comparison to God, who is the sole source of spiritual growth. This corrects the error of exalting human leaders and ensures all glory goes to God alone.
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1 Corinthians
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Anything. This is to be taken comparatively. They are nothing in comparison with God. Their agency is of no importance compared w…
So then neither--neither--but (Hωστε ουτε--ουτε--αλλ'). Paul applies his logic relentlessly to the facts. He had asked
19th Century
Anglican
Anything—i.e., “anything worth mentioning” (1 Corinthians 10:19; Galatians 2:6; [Reference Galat…
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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
Neither is he that planteth anything. It appears, nevertheless, from what has already been said, that their labor is of some importance. W…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
So then, neither is he that planteth anything Not that he is the happy instrument of beginning the good work:
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…
