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1 Corinthians 3:9

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

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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.

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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.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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husbandry

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

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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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

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

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

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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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