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Forγάρwe areἐσμενGod’sθεοῦfellow workers;συνεργοίyou areἐστεGod’sθεοῦfield,γεώργιονGod’sθεοῦbuilding.οἰκοδομή
1 Corinthians 3:9
Study it in the app“For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.”
With the Greek beneath
1 Corinthians 3:9, word by word
- we areἐσμενesmen
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “esmen” appears- God’sθεοῦtheou
God
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theou” appears- fellow workersσυνεργοίsynergoi
fellow worker
Fellow worker; one who works together with another.
Where else “synergoi” appears- fieldγεώργιονgeōrgion
field
Field: cultivated land.
Where else “geōrgion” appears- buildingοἰκοδομήoikodomē
building
A structure raised with stones or wood, like a house or the temple.
Where else “oikodomē” appears
The context
8Now the one who plants and the one who waters are one, and each will receive his own reward according to his own labor.
9 · This verse (above)
10According to the grace of God that was given to me, as a wise master builder I laid a foundation, and another builds on it. But let each one take care how he builds on it.