1 Corinthians 3:7 (WEB)
So then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase.
Fathers and councils · 27
Irenaeus of Lyons
“Just as it is one that planteth, and another who watereth, but one God who giveth the increase.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 7.
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Jerome
“1 Cor. iii. 6–10.” — the author cites it
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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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John Cassian
- John Cassian, Conferences XI–XVII XIII.12Conference XIII
“…to an increase of perfection, for, as the blessed Apostle says: “Neither is he that planteth anything nor he that watereth, but God that giveth the increase.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 7.
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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
“Again, it being written, “But neither he which planteth is anything, nor he that watereth; but God, Who giveth the increase,” you will rest the fulness of the Father’s Majesty in a name which, as you see, stands for weakness.” — editor's note: sc.is all. See Alford in loc. 1 Cor. iii. 7.
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Augustine of Hippo
“He it is therefore that giveth the increase.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 6, 7.
Read the whole comment“For, because “God giveth the increase,” is no reason why we need not plant and water.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 7.
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“…charity, by teaching remove error, by exhortation remove sloth, “Neither he who planteth is any thing, nor he who watereth, but God Who giveth the increase.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 7
Read the whole comment“Who draws up the sap through the root of the vine to the bunch of grapes, and makes the wine, except God; who, while man plants and waters, Himself giveth the increase?” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 7
Read the whole comment““For neither is he that planteth anything, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 7.
Read the whole comment““For neither is he that planteth anything, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 7.
Read the whole comment“For the Apostle Paul was not really not anything; and yet in comparison of God, “Neither is he that planteth anything, neither he that watereth.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 7.
Read the whole comment“We do not call gardeners the creators of their fruits, for we read, “Neither is he that planteth anything, neither he that watereth, but God that giveth the increase.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 7.
Read the whole comment“…is formed to piety and righteousness, the apostle says, “Neither is he that planteth anything, neither he that watereth, but God that giveth the increase,” so also it must be said that it is not he that generates that is anything, but God that giveth the essential form; that it is not the mother who carries and…” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 7.
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“Paul says, “Neither he that planteth is anything, neither he that watereth, but God who giveth the increase.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 7.
Read the whole comment“But “neither he that planteth is anything, nor he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 7.
Read the whole comment“…appointed us to plant and to water; for, as the apostle saith, “Neither is he that planteth anything, nor he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 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.
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John Chrysostom
“Which Paul showing also in other ways, said, “So then, neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 7.
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Leo the Great
“For although we be “God’s husbandry and God’s building,” and “neither is he that planteth anything, nor he that watereth, but God that giveth the increase,” yet in all things He requires our ministry and service, and wishes us to be the stewards of His gifts, that he who bears God’s image may do God’s will.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 9 and 7.
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Cited together in The City of God XII.25.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith IV.12 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.25.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith IV.12.
Cited together in The City of God XII.25.
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.25.
Cited together in Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 54.
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.25.
Cited together in The City of God XXII.24.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith IV.12 and 1 other place.