1 Corinthians 3:6 (WEB)
I planted. Apollos watered. But God gave the increase.
Fathers and councils · 26
Jerome
“To the Corinthians he says:“I have planted, Apollos watered: but God gave the increase.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 6 sq.
Read the whole comment“1 Cor. iii. 6–10.” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“He has planted, it is for you to water, and the Lord will give the increase.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 6.
Read the whole comment“The grandmother and the mother have planted, but it is I that water and the Lord that giveth the increase.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 6.
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Tertullian
“But the new law’s wont was to point to clemency, and to convert to tranquillity the pristine ferocity of “glaives” and “lances,” and to remodel the pristine execution of “war” upon the rivals and foes of the law into the pacific actions of “ploughing” and “tilling” the land.” — editor's note: Especially spiritually. Comp. 1 Cor. iii. 6–9; ix. 9, 10, and similar passages.
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Catena Aurea on Matthew
- Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on Matthew
“Therefore in that saying of the Apostle we are to understand spiritual works, of which it is elsewhere said, “I have planted, Apollos watereth.” [1 Cor 3:6]” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment - JeromeCatena Aurea on Matthew
“Shall that plant also be rooted up of which the Apostle says, “I planted, Apollos watered?” [1 Cor 3:6] The question is answered by what follows, “but God gave the increase.”” — the author cites it
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Cyril of Jerusalem
“As then it is His part to plant and to water, so it is thine to bear fruit: it is God’s to grant grace, but thine to receive and guard it.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 6. When Paul plants and Apollos waters, it is God Himself who works through His ministers.
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Augustine of Hippo
“…I heard Ambrose, in his sermons to the people, oftentimes most diligently recommend this text as a rule,—“The letter killeth, but the Spirit giveth life;” whilst, drawing aside the mystic veil, he spiritually laid open that which, accepted according to the “letter,” seemed to teach perverse doctrines—teaching…” — editor's note: 2 Cor. iii. 6. The spiritual or allegorical meaning here referred to is one that Augustin constantly sought, as did many of the early Fathers, both Greek and…
Read the whole comment“He it is therefore that giveth the increase.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 6, 7.
Read the whole comment“…that they may know that they are heaven of heaven; as yet however earth, unto which they say, “I have planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the increase.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 6.
Read the whole comment“But lift up your eyes unto the mountains, whence help may come unto you: for, “I have planted, Apollos hath watered:” but, your help cometh from the Lord, who hath made Heaven and earth; for, “God gave the increase.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 6.
Read the whole comment“This then we say to you: whether we plant, or whether we water, by speaking we are not any thing; but He that giveth the increase, even God: that is, “His unction which teacheth you concerning all things.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 6, 7.
Read the whole comment“Wherefore in that he saith, “If any will not work, neither let him eat;” works spiritual, say they, are what we must understand: of which he saith in another place, “To each one according as the Lord hath given: I have planted, Apollos hath watered; but God gave the increase.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 5–10
Read the whole comment“Accordingly, the Apostle Paul, distinguishing God’s creating and forming within, from the operations of the creature which are applied from without, and drawing a similitude from agriculture, says, “I planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 6
Read the whole comment“But this Apostle, from Saul, becoming Paul, that is, from being proud, the least of all (for the name of Saul is derived from Saul; but Paul is little; whence…” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 6.
Read the whole comment“Neither is he that planteth anything, nor he that watereth; but God who giveth the increase.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 6, 7.
Read the whole comment““And let them say always, The Lord be magnified, they that wish the peace of His servant.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 6, 7.
Read the whole comment“They were saying, “I am of Paul, I of Apollos, I of Cephas.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 6, 7.
Read the whole comment“In that, however, which follows, “but God gave the increase,” He works not by them, but by Himself; for work like that exceeds the lowly capacity of man, transcends the lofty powers of angels, and rests solely and entirely in the hands of the Triune Husbandman.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 5–7.
Read the whole comment“…your hope, not to the teacher whose voice only reaches your ears, that is, who plants and waters only by outside labor, but to Him who giveth the increase.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 6.
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Origen
- Origen, De Principiis III.1Book III
“So then neither is he that planteth anything, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 6, 7.
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“So then neither is he that planteth anything, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 6, 7.
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Ambrose of Milan
“…Paul, forasmuch as Paul indeed called himself a husbandman, as we find it written: “I have planted, Apollos hath watered: but God hath given the increase.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 6.
Read the whole comment““But,” it says, “even as the Lord gave to every man, I have planted; Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 5, 6.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
- Gregory of Nazianzus, Letters Letter 6Correspondence with Saint Basil the Great, Archbishop of Cæsarea
“…Xerxes, under which sat, not a King enfeebled by luxury, but a Monk worn out by hard life, which I planted and Apollos (I mean your honourable self) watered; but God gave the increase to our honour, that a memorial might remain among you of my diligence, as in the Ark we read and believe, did Aaron’s rod that budded.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 6.
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Cross-references · 20
Cited together in Confessions VI.4.
Cited together in Confessions VI.4.
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 6:25 (4) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity III.8.
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity III.8.
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity III.8.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith IV.12.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith IV.12.
Cited together in Letters Letter 6.
Cited together in Letters Letter 6.
Cited together in Letters Letter 6.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith IV.12.
Cited together in Jerome on Matthew 15:12–14 (3) (Catena Aurea) and 2 other places.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith IV.12.
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 6:25 (4) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Jerome on Matthew 15:12–14 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Jerome on Matthew 15:12–14 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith IV.12 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith IV.12.
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 6:25 (4) (Catena Aurea).