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1 Corinthians 3:9 — King James Version← Study notes

For we are labourers together with God: ye are God’s husbandry, ye are God’s building.


1 Corinthians 3:9Greek Interlinear

Greek · 1 Corinthians 3:99 words
GreekMeaning
θεοῦtheou
Of GodnounG2316
γάρgar
forwordG1063
ἐσμενesmen
we areverbG1510
συνεργοίsynergoi
fellow workersadjectiveG4904
θεοῦtheou
God’snounG2316
γεώργιονgeōrgion
fieldnounG1091
θεοῦtheou
God’snounG2316
οἰκοδομήoikodomē
buildingnounG3619
ἐστεeste
you areverbG1510
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 3:9

For we are God's fellow-workers: “you are God's husbandry, God's building.” Do you see how to them also he has assigned no small work, having before laid it down that the whole is of God? For since he is always persuading them to obey those that have the rule over them, on this account he abstains from making very light of their teachers. “You are God's husbandry.” For because he had said, “I planted,” he kept to the metaphor. Now if you be God's husbandry, it is right…

Chrysostom · 4th century · Homily 8 on First Corinthians
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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