5. After all, what is Apollos? And what is Paul? We are only people who serve. We helped you to believe. The Lord has given each of us our own work to do.
6. I planted the seed. Apollos watered it. But God made it grow.
7. So the one who plants is not important. The one who waters is not important. It is God who makes things grow. He is the One who is important.
8. The one who plants and the one who waters have the same purpose. The Lord will give each of us a reward for our work.
9. We work together with God. You are like God's field. You are like his building.
10. God has given me the grace to lay a foundation as a master builder. Now someone else is building on it. But each one should build carefully.