Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth.

New American Standard Bible

I planted, Apollos watered, but God was causing the growth.

King James Version

I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.

International Standard Version

I planted, Apollos watered, but God kept everything growing.

A Conservative Version

I planted, Apollos watered, but God caused growth.

American Standard Version

I planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.

Amplified

I planted, Apollos watered, but God [all the while] was causing the growth.

An Understandable Version

I [Paul] planted [i.e., preached God's word], Apollos watered [it], but God made it grow.

Anderson New Testament

I planted, Apollos watered: but God made to grow.

Bible in Basic English

I did the planting, Apollos did the watering, but God gave the increase.

Common New Testament

I planted, Apollos watered, but God was causing the growth.

Daniel Mace New Testament

I have planted, Apollos watered: but God gave the increase.

Darby Translation

I have planted; Apollos watered; but God has given the increase.

Godbey New Testament

I planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.

Goodspeed New Testament

I did the planting, Apollos the watering, but it was God who made the plants grow.

John Wesley New Testament

I planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.

Julia Smith Translation

I have planted, Apollos watered; but God increased.

King James 2000

I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.

Lexham Expanded Bible

I planted, Apollos watered, but God was causing [it] to grow.

Modern King James verseion

I have planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the increase.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

I have planted. Apollos watered. But God gave increase.

Moffatt New Testament

I did the planting, Apollos did the watering, but it was God who made the seed grow.

Montgomery New Testament

I planted, Apollos watered, but God made the seed grow.

NET Bible

I planted, Apollos watered, but God caused it to grow.

New Heart English Bible

I planted. Apollos watered. But God gave the increase.

Noyes New Testament

I planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the growth.

Sawyer New Testament

I planted, Apollos watered, but God caused [the seed] to grow;

The Emphasized Bible

I, planted, Apollos, watered, - but, God, caused to, grow.

Thomas Haweis New Testament

I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.

Twentieth Century New Testament

I planted, and Apollos watered, but it was God who caused the growth.

Webster

I have planted, Apollos watered: but God hath given the increase.

Weymouth New Testament

I planted and Apollos watered; but it was God who was, all the time, giving the increase.

Williams New Testament

I did the planting, Apollos did the watering, but it was God who kept the plants growing.

World English Bible

I planted. Apollos watered. But God gave the increase.

Worrell New Testament

I planted, Apollos watered; but God causeth it to grow.

Worsley New Testament

I have planted, Apollos watered: but God gave the increase.

Youngs Literal Translation

I planted, Apollos watered, but God was giving growth;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
I
ἐγώ 
Ego 
I, my, me, not tr
Usage: 174

φυτεύω 
Phuteuo 
Usage: 4

Ἀπολλώς 
Apollos 
Usage: 10

ποτίζω 
Potizo 
Usage: 9

but
ἀλλά 
Alla 
but, yea, yet, nevertheless, howbeit, nay, therefore, save, not tr,
Usage: 461

God
θεός 
theos 
Usage: 1151

References

Context Readings

Divisiveness And Immaturity

5 What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? They are servants through whom you believed, and each has the role the Lord has given. 6 I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth. 7 So then neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth.



Cross References

Acts 18:4-11

He reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath and tried to persuade both Jews and Greeks.

Acts 18:26-27

He began to speak boldly in the synagogue. After Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him home and explained the way of God to him more accurately.

1 Corinthians 9:1

Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you not my work in the Lord?

Acts 18:24

A Jew named Apollos, a native Alexandrian, an eloquent man who was powerful in the use of the Scriptures, arrived in Ephesus.

1 Corinthians 1:30

But it is from Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who became God-given wisdom for us—our righteousness, sanctification, and redemption,

2 Corinthians 10:14-15

For we are not overextending ourselves, as if we had not reached you, since we have come to you with the gospel of Christ.

Psalm 62:9

Men are only a vapor;
exalted men, an illusion.
Weighed in the scales, they go up;
together they are less than a vapor.

Psalm 62:11

God has spoken once;
I have heard this twice:
strength belongs to God,

Psalm 92:13-15

Planted in the house of the Lord,
they thrive in the courts of our God.

Psalm 127:1

A Solomonic song of ascents.Unless the Lord builds a house,
its builders labor over it in vain;
unless the Lord watches over a city,
the watchman stays alert in vain.

Proverbs 11:25

A generous person will be enriched,
and the one who gives a drink of water
will receive water.

Isaiah 55:10-11

For just as rain and snow fall from heaven
and do not return there
without saturating the earth
and making it germinate and sprout,
and providing seed to sow
and food to eat,

Isaiah 61:11

For as the earth produces its growth,
and as a garden enables what is sown to spring up,
so the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise
to spring up before all the nations.

Acts 11:18

When they heard this they became silent. Then they glorified God, saying, “So God has granted repentance resulting in life even to the Gentiles!”

Acts 14:27

After they arrived and gathered the church together, they reported everything God had done with them and that He had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.

Acts 16:14

A woman named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth from the city of Thyatira, who worshiped God, was listening. The Lord opened her heart to pay attention to what was spoken by Paul.

Acts 19:1

While Apollos was in Corinth, Paul traveled through the interior regions and came to Ephesus. He found some disciples

Acts 21:19

After greeting them, he related in detail what God did among the Gentiles through his ministry.

Romans 15:18

For I would not dare say anything except what Christ has accomplished through me to make the Gentiles obedient by word and deed,

1 Corinthians 3:9-10

For we are God’s coworkers. You are God’s field, God’s building.

1 Corinthians 4:14-15

I’m not writing this to shame you, but to warn you as my dear children.

1 Corinthians 9:7-11

Who ever goes to war at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat its fruit? Or who shepherds a flock and does not drink the milk from the flock?

1 Corinthians 15:1-11

Now brothers, I want to clarify for you the gospel I proclaimed to you; you received it and have taken your stand on it.

2 Corinthians 3:2-5

You yourselves are our letter, written on our hearts, recognized and read by everyone.

1 Thessalonians 1:5

For our gospel did not come to you in word only, but also in power, in the Holy Spirit, and with much assurance. You know what kind of men we were among you for your benefit,

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