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 emphatically last in the Greek, 'He that giveth the increase (namely), GOD.' Here follows a parenthesis, from 1 Corinthians 3:8 to 1 Corinthians 3:21, where, "Let no man glory in MEN" stands in antithetic contrast to GOD here.