7So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.
For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.
Not unto us, O LORD, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, and for thy truth's sake.
And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 5-10)Here the apostle instructs them how to cure this humour, and rectify what was amiss among them upon this head, I. By reminding them that the ministers about whom they contended were but ministers: Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom you believed? Even as the Lord gave to every man , 1 Cor. 3:5. They are but ministers, mere instruments used by the God of all grace. Some of t…
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