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Now he who plants and he who waters are the same, but each will receive his own reward according to his own labor.
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United in Purpose, Not Personality
Commentators explain that when Paul says ministers "are one," he doesn't mean they are identical. Rather, they are united in a single mission, serving one Master, and working toward the same goal. This was a direct challenge to the Corinthians who were creating divisions by championing one leader over another. Christian leaders are partners in God's work, not competitors for human loyalty.
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1 Corinthians
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Are one. en eisin. They are not the same person, but they are one in the following respects:
Are one (εν εισιν). The neuter singular again (εν, not εις) as with the interrogative τ and the indefinite τ. By this bold metapho…
19th Century
Anglican
Are one.—The planter and the waterer are one because they are both working in the same cause. But, says the Apostle (not …
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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
He that planteth, and he that watereth are one. He shows further, from another consideration, that the Corinthians are greatly to blame fo…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Now he that planteth, and he that watereth are one Not in every respect so; they were different as men, they were no…
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…
