1 Corinthians 3:9

9 For we are co-workers in God’s service; you are God’s field, God’s building.

1 Corinthians 3:9 in Other Translations

KJV
9 For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building.
ESV
9 For we are God's fellow workers. You are God's field, God's building.
NLT
9 For we are both God’s workers. And you are God’s field. You are God’s building.
MSG
9 What makes them worth doing is the God we are serving. You happen to be God's field in which we are working.
CSB
9 For we are God's co-workers. You are God's field, God's building.

1 Corinthians 3:9 In-Context

7 So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow.
8 The one who plants and the one who waters have one purpose, and they will each be rewarded according to their own labor.
9 For we are co-workers in God’s service; you are God’s field, God’s building.
10 By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as a wise builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one should build with care.
11 For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ.

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Cross References 3

  • 1. Mark 16:20; 2 Corinthians 6:1; 1 Thessalonians 3:2
  • 2. Isaiah 61:3
  • 3. Ephesians 2:20-22; 1 Peter 2:5
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