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1 Cor. 3:6 KJV (With Strong’s)

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

1 Cor. 15:10• ¹⁰but by God's grace I am what I am, and his grace that [was] towards me became not empty, but I laboured more abundantly than they all, yet not I but the grace of God that [was] with me. (1 Cor. 15:10)

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1 Cor. 3:9‑10• ⁹For we are God's fellow-workmen; ye are God's tillage, God's building.
¹⁰According to the grace of God that was given to me, as a wise architect I laid the foundation and another buildeth on [it]. But let each see how he buildeth on [it]. (1 Cor. 3:9‑10)

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1 Cor. 4:14‑15• ¹⁴Not to abash you do I write these things, but as my beloved children I admonish [you];
¹⁵for if ye should have ten thousand child-guides in Christ, yet not many fathers, for in Christ Jesus, through the gospel, I begot you. (1 Cor. 4:14‑15)

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1 Cor. 9:1,7‑11• ¹Am I not free? am I not an apostle? have I not seen Jesus our Lord? my work are not ye in [the] Lord?
⁷Who ever serveth in war at his own charges? Who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of its fruit? or who tendeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock?
⁸Do I speak these things as a man, or doth not the law also say these things?
⁹For in the law of Moses it is written, Thou shalt not muzzle an ox while treading out corn. Is it for the oxen that God careth,
¹⁰or doth he say it altogether on our account? For it was written on our account, because the plougher ought to plough in hope, and the thresher in hope of partaking.
¹¹If we sowed for you the spiritual things, [is it] a great thing if we shall reap your carnal things? (1 Cor. 9:1,7‑11)

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1 Cor. 15:1‑11• ¹And I make known to you, brethren, the gospel which I announced to you, which also ye received, in which also ye stand,
²by which also ye are being saved, if ye hold fast with what discourse I announced [it] to you, unless ye believed lightly.
³For I delivered to you, in the first place, that which I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
⁴and that he was buried; and that he was raised the third day according to the scriptures;
⁵and that he appeared to Cephas, after that to the twelve.
⁶After that he appeared to above five hundred brethren at once, of whom the most remain till now, but some also have fallen asleep.
⁷After that he appeared to James, after that to all the apostles;
⁸and last of all, as to the abortion, he appeared to me also.
⁹For I am the least of the apostles, who am not fit to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the assembly of God;
¹⁰but by God's grace I am what I am, and his grace that [was] towards me became not empty, but I laboured more abundantly than they all, yet not I but the grace of God that [was] with me.
¹¹Whether then I or they, thus we preach, and thus ye believed. (1 Cor. 15:1‑11)

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Acts 18:4‑11• ⁴And he was discoursing in the synagogue every Sabbath, and persuading Jews and Greeks.
⁵And when both Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was engrossed with the word testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ.
⁶But as they opposed themselves, and blasphemed, he shook out his clothes, and said unto them, Your blood be upon your own head; I [am] pure; from henceforth I will go unto the Gentiles,
⁷and departing thence he went into a certain man's house by name Titus Justus, a worshipper of God, whose house adjoined to the synagogue.
⁸And Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed the Lord with all his house; and many of the Corinthians hearing, believed, and were baptized.
⁹And the Lord said by night through a vision to Paul, Fear not, but speak, and be not silent,
¹⁰because I am with thee and no one shall set on thee to harm thee; because I have much people in this city.
¹¹And he settled down a year and six months, teaching among them the word of God. (Acts 18:4‑11)

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2 Cor. 10:14‑15• ¹⁴For we do not, as though not reaching unto you, overstretch ourselves, for even as far as you we advanced in the gospel of Christ,
¹⁵not boasting as to things unmeasured in another's toils, but having hope while your faith increaseth, to be enlarged among you according to our rule unto abundance, (2 Cor. 10:14‑15)

Apollos.

Prov. 11:25• (Prov. 11:25)

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Acts 18:24,26‑27• ²⁴But a certain Jew, Apollos by name, an Alexandrian by race, an eloquent man, arrived at Ephesus, being mighty in the scriptures.
²⁶and he began to speak boldly in the synagogue. But when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him up, and more accurately expounded to him the way of God.
²⁷And when he was minded to go through into Achaia, the brethren wrote and urged the disciples to receive him; and he, on coming, contributed much to those that had believed through grace. (Acts 18:24,26‑27)

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Acts 19:1• ¹And it came to pass, while Apollos was at Corinth, that Paul, having gone through the upper parts, came [down] unto Ephesus, and finding certain disciples (Acts 19:1)

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1 Cor. 1:30• ³⁰But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who was made wisdom to us from God, and righteousness and sanctification and redemption; (1 Cor. 1:30)

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Psa. 62:9,11• (Psa. 62:9,11)

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Psa. 92:13‑15• (Psa. 92:13‑15)

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Psa. 127:1• (Psa. 127:1)

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Isa. 55:10‑11• (Isa. 55:10‑11)

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Isa. 61:11• (Isa. 61:11)

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Acts 11:18• ¹⁸And when they heard these things, they were still and glorified God, saying, Then indeed also to the Gentiles did God give repentance unto life. (Acts 11:18)

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Acts 14:27• ²⁷And when they arrived and brought the assembly together, they repeated all things God had wrought with them, and how he had opened to the Gentiles a door of faith. (Acts 14:27)

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Acts 16:14• ¹⁴And a certain woman, named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, that worshipped God heard, whose heart the Lord opened to heed the things spoken by Paul. (Acts 16:14)

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Acts 21:19• ¹⁹and when he had saluted them, he explained one by one the things which God wrought among the Gentiles by his ministry; (Acts 21:19)

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Rom. 15:18• ¹⁸For I will not dare to speak of anything of what Christ has wrought not by me for [the] obedience of [the] Gentiles by word and deed, (Rom. 15:18)

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2 Cor. 3:2‑5• ²Ye are our epistle inscribed in our hearts, known and read by all men,
³being manifested that ye are Christ's epistle ministered by us, having been inscribed, not with ink, but [the] Spirit of [the] living God, not on tables of stone, but on fleshy tables of [the] heart.
⁴And such confidence have we through the Christ toward God;
⁵not that we are competent from ourselves to reckon anything as of ourselves, but our competency [is] of God, (2 Cor. 3:2‑5)

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1 Thess. 1:5• ⁵because our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power and in [the] Holy Spirit and in much assurance; even as ye know what we were among you for your sake. (1 Thess. 1:5)

• It is not His way to form a class of laborers all alike, but to work differently by each. (“Notes on 1 Corinthians 3:5-15” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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

W. Kelly Translation

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