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1 Corinthians 3:9–10

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For we are labourers together with God: ye are God’s husbandry, ye are God’s building.
According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon.
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From verse 9

  1. 1 Peter 2:5Rank 1 from verse 9
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    5Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.

  2. Ephesians 2:20–22Rank 2 from verse 9
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    20And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;

    21In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord:

    22In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.

  3. 2 Corinthians 6:1Rank 3 from verse 9
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    1WE then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain.

  4. 1 Corinthians 3:16Rank 4 from verse 9
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    16Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?

  5. Mark 16:20Rank 5 from verse 9
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    20And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen.

From verse 10

  1. 1 Corinthians 3:11Rank 1 from verse 10
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    11For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.

  2. Ephesians 2:20Rank 2 from verse 10
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    20And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;

  3. Romans 15:20Rank 3 from verse 10
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    20Yea, so have I strived to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named, lest I should build upon another man’s foundation:

  4. Daniel 12:3Rank 4 from verse 10
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    3And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.

  5. Matthew 24:45Rank 5 from verse 10
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    45Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?

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1 Corinthians 3:9

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

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COMBINED MEANING

husbandry

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Sense 1: Cultivation or agricultural care. Sense 2: A cultivated field, literally or figuratively.

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building

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Sense 1: A structure made for habitation or use. Sense 2: The act of constructing.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

DEFINED WORDS

1 Corinthians 3:10

COMBINED MEANING

grace

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Sense 1: Favor, acceptance, goodwill, kindness, or mercy. Sense 2: A favor, gift, benefit, or help freely bestowed, especially God's favor and enabling help; in salvation, explicitly contrasted with works and debt. Sense 3: Pleasing quality, beauty, attractiveness, or elegance, including gracious speech. Sense 4: Thankfulness or gratitude.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

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wise

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Sense 1: Possessing or exercising understanding, knowledge, prudence, judgment, discernment, or skill; also a wise person. Sense 2: In phrases such as in no wise, way, manner, respect, or degree.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

laid

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Sense 1: Placed, set, put down, deposited, arranged, established, founded, imposed, applied, stored, buried, or overlaid. Sense 2: Reclined or brought to rest.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

foundation

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The base or supporting part on which a structure rests; the beginning, establishment, underlying ground, or governing basis of a work, world, teaching, hope, or spiritual building.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

another

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1. In "one another" and like reciprocal or distributive constructions, each the other, or one in relation to the other or others. 2. One other, one more, or a different or additional person or thing.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

let

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Sense 1: To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain. Sense 2: To lower or send down.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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every

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Each individual or member of the class, group, place, time, side, or kind named; all distributively.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

man

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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

take

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To receive, seize, carry, accept, choose, or lay hold of.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

heed

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Careful attention, notice, or regard; to watch, consider, listen to, or guard oneself.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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3:5Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man?

3:6I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.

3:7So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.

3:8Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour.

3:9For we are labourers together with God: ye are God’s husbandry, ye are God’s building.

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3:10According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon.

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3:11For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.

3:12Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble;

3:13Every man’s work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man’s work of what sort it is.

3:14If any man’s work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward.

3:15If any man’s work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.

3:16Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?

3:17If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.

3:18Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.

3:19For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.

3:20And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.

3:21Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are yours;

3:22Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours;

3:23And ye are Christ’s; and Christ is God’s.

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