1 Corinthians 3:7 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase. ”

• 1 Corinthians 3:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Anything - This is to he taken comparatively. They are nothing in comparison with God! Their agency is of no importance compared with his: see the note at 1 Corinthians 1:28 . It does not mean t...

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• 1 Corinthians 3:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Renewed Condemnation of Party Spirit. Paul has now reached a point where he can effect an easy return to the divisions at Corinth. He has been speaking of the spiritual man who is capable of receiv...

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• 1 Corinthians 3:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  neither... neither . Greek. oute... oute. any thing . Greek. neut. of tis . App-123. Compare 2 Corinthians 3:5 . Galatians 1:2 ; Galatians 1:6 ; Galatians 6:3 .

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• 1 Corinthians 3:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  7. Neither is he that planteth anything It appears, nevertheless, from what has been already said, that their labor is of some importance. We must observe, therefore, why it is that Paul thu...

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• 1 Corinthians 3:7 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

  DISCOURSE: 1944 UNDUE PARTIALITY TO MINISTERS REPROVED 1 Corinthians 3:5-7 . Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man? I have p...

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• 1 Corinthians 3:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase. So then, neither is he that planteth any thing - God alone should have all the glory, as the...

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• 1 Corinthians 3:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase. Neither is he that ... any thing ... but God - namely, is all in all. "God" is empha...

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• 1 Corinthians 3:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  Paraphrase. 'Te yourselves, brethren, are an illustration of what I say. (2) I have treated you as beginners and given you elementary Christian teaching, for hitherto you have been unfit for any ot...

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• 1 Corinthians 3:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Any thing — i.e., “anything worth mentioning” ( 1 Corinthians 10:19 ; Galatians 2:6 ; Galatians 6:3 ).

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• 1 Corinthians 3:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  Chapter 6 GOD'S HUSBANDRY AND BUILDING PAUL having abundantly justified his method of preaching to the Corinthians, and having shown why he contented himself with the simple presentation of the C...

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• 1 Corinthians 3:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  Prosperity Comes from God 1 Corinthians 3:1-9 In all our relations with our fellow-men, Christ's followers must realize their obligations as members of one great family, with one God. A man may...

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• 1 Corinthians 3:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  The reason for the schisms was that these people were carnal. "Jealousy and strife" are evidences of carnality. Proceeding, Paul declared the true value of the Christian ministry. "For we are God's f...

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• 1 Corinthians 3:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  (3) For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men? (4) For while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos;...

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• 1 Corinthians 3:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  So then, neither is he that planteth anything ,.... Not that he is the happy instrument of beginning the good work: neither he that watereth ; who is the means of carrying of it on: not that they...

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• 1 Corinthians 3:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase. Ver. 7. So then neither is he, &c. ] This made Cyril to conclude his preface to his...

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• 1 Corinthians 3:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  For while one saith, I am of Paul I am one of Paul's disciples, admiring his sublime sentiments, and being greatly edified by his instructive discourses: and another, I am of Apollos I give the p...

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• 1 Corinthians 3:7 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  But in practical experience the Corinthians were not properly regarding, nor depending on, the wisdom of the Spirit of God, who had been given to them. Paul could not write to them as spiritual, but...

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• 1 Corinthians 3:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Mutual Agreement of Ministers. A. D.  57.       5 Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but minis...

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• 1 Corinthians 3:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  So that, look as it is in earthly plantations, God hath the greatest influence upon the growth and fruitfulness of the plant, and the husbandman or gardener is nothing in comparison with God, who hat...

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• 1 Corinthians 3:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  ‘So then neither is he who plants anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase.' So while we must properly appreciate what ministers do, if they do it humbly and faithfully, we must r...

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• 1 Corinthians 3:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL NOTES 1 Corinthians 3:5 .—Better reading “ what? ” not “ who? ” Also “ through .” Not, “As the Lord gave to every man of you the type of teacher he needed”; but, “As the Lord allotted...

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• 1 Corinthians 3:7 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  1. And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ. The church at Corinth consisted of persons of large education and great abilitie...

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• 1 Corinthians 3:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  1 Corinthians 3:1 . Babes in Christ, like children at the breast, requiring to be fed with milk, and not with meat. Our great tutor here addresses the Corinthians in a superior style of eloquenc...

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• 1 Corinthians 3:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION 1 Corinthians 3:1-46 The carnal conceit of the spiritually immature. 1 Corinthians 3:1 I… could not speak unto you as unto spiritual. Though softened by the word breth...

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• 1 Corinthians 3:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  All ministers of Christ of equal rank:

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• 1 Corinthians 3:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Corinthians 13:2 ; 2 Corinthians 12:9 ; Daniel 4:35 ; Galatians 6:3 ; Isaiah 40:17 ; Isaiah 41:29 ; John 15:5 ; Psalms 115:1

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• 1 Corinthians 3:7 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

  The Carnal and Spiritual Christian 1 Corinthians 3:1-23 INTRODUCTORY WORDS In our last study, we were discussing two kinds of people. One, the unregenerate who had not the Spirit, and the othe...

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• 1 Corinthians 3:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  God that giveth the increase — Is all in all: without him neither planting nor watering avails.

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