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

New Defender's Study Bible Notes

3:6 God gave the increase. The soul-winner should rejoice when someone accepts Christ, but not boast, for it is God the Holy Spirit who has actually saved him. Those who sow, or water, or reap may have a part, but the praise belongs only to God.


3:7 planteth. Although men are privileged to sow the gospel seed, it still remains the work of God, for “the seed is the word of God” (Luke 8:11). Similarly, men may water the ground, but the water also is the word of God, “For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven,…So shall my word be that goeth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void” (Isaiah 55:10-11).


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