1 Corinthians 3:9 Or, to put it another way, you are God’s house. Using the gift God gave me as a good architect, I designed blueprints; Apollos is putting up the walls. Let e...

3:9 MSG

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The Message - Or, to put it another way, you are God’s house. Using the gift God gave me as a good architect, I designed blueprints; Apollos is putting up the walls. Let each carpenter who comes on the job take care to build on the foundation! Remember, there is only one foundation, the one already laid: Jesus Christ. Take particular care in picking out your building materials. Eventually there is going to be an inspection. If you use cheap or inferior materials, you’ll be found out. The inspection will be thorough and rigorous. You won’t get by with a thing. If your work passes inspection, fine; if it doesn’t, your part of the building will be torn out and started over. But you won’t be torn out; you’ll survive—but just barely.
新标点和合本 - 因为我们是与　神同工的；你们是　神所耕种的田地，所建造的房屋。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 因为我们是上帝的同工，而你们是上帝的田地、上帝的房屋。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 因为我们是　神的同工，而你们是　神的田地、　神的房屋。
当代译本 - 因为我们是上帝的同工，你们是上帝的园地和建筑。
圣经新译本 - 我们是　神的同工，你们是　神的田地，　神的房屋。
中文标准译本 - 实际上，我们是神的同工；你们是神的田地，是神的建筑物。
现代标点和合本 - 因为我们是与神同工的，你们是神所耕种的田地，所建造的房屋。
和合本（拼音版） - 因为我们是与上帝同工的；你们是上帝所耕种的田地，所建造的房屋。
New International Version - For we are co-workers in God’s service; you are God’s field, God’s building.
New International Reader's Version - We work together to serve God. You are like God’s field. You are like his building.
English Standard Version - For we are God’s fellow workers. You are God’s field, God’s building.
New Living Translation - For we are both God’s workers. And you are God’s field. You are God’s building.
Christian Standard Bible - For we are God’s coworkers. You are God’s field, God’s building.
New American Standard Bible - For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.
New King James Version - For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, you are God’s building.
Amplified Bible - For we are God’s fellow workers [His servants working together]; you are God’s cultivated field [His garden, His vineyard], God’s building.
American Standard Version - For we are God’s fellow-workers: ye are God’s husbandry, God’s building.
King James Version - For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building.
New English Translation - We are coworkers belonging to God. You are God’s field, God’s building.
World English Bible - For we are God’s fellow workers. You are God’s farming, God’s building.
新標點和合本 - 因為我們是與神同工的；你們是神所耕種的田地，所建造的房屋。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 因為我們是上帝的同工，而你們是上帝的田地、上帝的房屋。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 因為我們是　神的同工，而你們是　神的田地、　神的房屋。
當代譯本 - 因為我們是上帝的同工，你們是上帝的園地和建築。
聖經新譯本 - 我們是　神的同工，你們是　神的田地，　神的房屋。
呂振中譯本 - 我們是上帝之同工，你們乃是上帝之耕地、上帝之建築物。
中文標準譯本 - 實際上，我們是神的同工；你們是神的田地，是神的建築物。
現代標點和合本 - 因為我們是與神同工的，你們是神所耕種的田地，所建造的房屋。
文理和合譯本 - 蓋我儕乃上帝同勞者、爾曹為上帝之田、上帝之室、○
文理委辦譯本 - 吾儕為上帝僕而同勞、爾曹乃上帝之稼穡、上帝所經營也、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 我儕與天主為同工者、爾乃天主所耕之田、天主所建之室、
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 吾儕乃天主所假之手、爾等則為天主之田園、天主之第宅也。
Nueva Versión Internacional - En efecto, nosotros somos colaboradores al servicio de Dios; y ustedes son el campo de cultivo de Dios, son el edificio de Dios.
현대인의 성경 - 우리는 하나님의 일을 하는 동역자들이요 여러분은 하나님의 밭이며 건물입니다.
Новый Русский Перевод - Ведь мы сотрудники у Бога, а вы – Его поле, Его строение.
Восточный перевод - Ведь мы сотрудники у Всевышнего, а вы – Его поле, Его строение.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Ведь мы сотрудники у Аллаха, а вы – Его поле, Его строение.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Ведь мы сотрудники у Всевышнего, а вы – Его поле, Его строение.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Car nous travaillons ensemble au service de Dieu, et vous, vous êtes le champ qu’il cultive. Ou encore : vous êtes l’édifice qu’il construit.
リビングバイブル - 私たちは神の協力者にすぎません。あなたがたは私たちの畑ではなく、神の畑です。私たちの建物ではなく、神の建物です。
Nestle Aland 28 - θεοῦ γάρ ἐσμεν συνεργοί, θεοῦ γεώργιον, θεοῦ οἰκοδομή ἐστε.
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - Θεοῦ γάρ ἐσμεν συνεργοί; Θεοῦ γεώργιον, Θεοῦ οἰκοδομή ἐστε.
Nova Versão Internacional - Pois nós somos cooperadores de Deus; vocês são lavoura de Deus e edifício de Deus.
Hoffnung für alle - Wir sind Gottes Mitarbeiter, ihr aber seid Gottes Ackerland und sein Bauwerk.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Chúng tôi là bạn đồng sự phục vụ Đức Chúa Trời, còn anh chị em là ruộng, là nhà của Ngài.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - ด้วยว่าเราเป็นผู้ร่วมงานกับพระเจ้า ท่านทั้งหลายเป็นไร่นาของพระเจ้า เป็นตึกของพระเจ้า
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - เพราะเราเป็นผู้ร่วมงานของพระเจ้า ท่านเป็นไร่นาและเป็นเรือนของพระเจ้า

Cross Reference

Matthew 20:1 - “God’s kingdom is like an estate manager who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard. They agreed on a wage of a dollar a day, and went to work.
Matthew 20:3 - “Later, about nine o’clock, the manager saw some other men hanging around the town square unemployed. He told them to go to work in his vineyard and he would pay them a fair wage. They went.
Matthew 20:5 - “He did the same thing at noon, and again at three o’clock. At five o’clock he went back and found still others standing around. He said, ‘Why are you standing around all day doing nothing?’
Matthew 20:7 - “They said, ‘Because no one hired us.’ “He told them to go to work in his vineyard.
Matthew 20:8 - “When the day’s work was over, the owner of the vineyard instructed his foreman, ‘Call the workers in and pay them their wages. Start with the last hired and go on to the first.’
Matthew 20:9 - “Those hired at five o’clock came up and were each given a dollar. When those who were hired first saw that, they assumed they would get far more. But they got the same, each of them one dollar. Taking the dollar, they groused angrily to the manager, ‘These last workers put in only one easy hour, and you just made them equal to us, who slaved all day under a scorching sun.’
Matthew 20:13 - “He replied to the one speaking for the rest, ‘Friend, I haven’t been unfair. We agreed on the wage of a dollar, didn’t we? So take it and go. I decided to give to the one who came last the same as you. Can’t I do what I want with my own money? Are you going to get stingy because I am generous?’
Hebrews 3:6 - Now, if we can only keep a firm grip on this bold confidence, we’re the house! That’s why the Holy Spirit says, Today, please listen; don’t turn a deaf ear as in “the bitter uprising,” that time of wilderness testing! Even though they watched me at work for forty years, your ancestors refused to let me do it my way; over and over they tried my patience. And I was provoked, oh, so provoked! I said, “They’ll never keep their minds on God; they refuse to walk down my road.” Exasperated, I vowed, “They’ll never get where they’re going, never be able to sit down and rest.”
Isaiah 5:1 - I’ll sing a ballad to the one I love, a love ballad about his vineyard: The one I love had a vineyard, a fine, well-placed vineyard. He hoed the soil and pulled the weeds, and planted the very best vines. He built a lookout, built a winepress, a vineyard to be proud of. He looked for a vintage yield of grapes, but for all his pains he got garbage grapes.
Isaiah 5:3 - “Now listen to what I’m telling you, you who live in Jerusalem and Judah. What do you think is going on between me and my vineyard? Can you think of anything I could have done to my vineyard that I didn’t do? When I expected good grapes, why did I get bitter grapes?
Isaiah 5:5 - “Well now, let me tell you what I’ll do to my vineyard: I’ll tear down its fence and let it go to ruin. I’ll knock down the gate and let it be trampled. I’ll turn it into a patch of weeds, untended, uncared for— thistles and thorns will take over. I’ll give orders to the clouds: ‘Don’t rain on that vineyard, ever!’”
Isaiah 5:7 - Do you get it? The vineyard of God-of-the-Angel-Armies is the country of Israel. All the men and women of Judah are the garden he was so proud of. He looked for a crop of justice and saw them murdering each other. He looked for a harvest of righteousness and heard only the moans of victims.
Matthew 13:36 - Jesus dismissed the congregation and went into the house. His disciples came in and said, “Explain to us that story of the thistles in the field.”
Matthew 13:37 - So he explained. “The farmer who sows the pure seed is the Son of Man. The field is the world, the pure seeds are subjects of the kingdom, the thistles are subjects of the Devil, and the enemy who sows them is the Devil. The harvest is the end of the age, the curtain of history. The harvest hands are angels.
Matthew 13:40 - “The picture of thistles pulled up and burned is a scene from the final act. The Son of Man will send his angels, weed out the thistles from his kingdom, pitch them in the trash, and be done with them. They are going to complain to high heaven, but nobody is going to listen. At the same time, ripe, holy lives will mature and adorn the kingdom of their Father. “Are you listening to this? Really listening?
Amos 9:11 - “But also on that Judgment Day I will restore David’s house that has fallen to pieces. I’ll repair the holes in the roof, replace the broken windows, fix it up like new. David’s people will be strong again and seize what’s left of enemy Edom, plus everyone else under my sovereign judgment.” God’s Decree. He will do this.
Isaiah 27:2 - “At that same time, a fine vineyard will appear. There’s something to sing about! I, God, tend it. I keep it well-watered. I keep careful watch over it so that no one can damage it. I’m not angry. I care. Even if it gives me thistles and thornbushes, I’ll just pull them out and burn them up. Let that vine cling to me for safety, let it find a good and whole life with me, let it hold on for a good and whole life.”
Matthew 13:18 - “Study this story of the farmer planting seed. When anyone hears news of the kingdom and doesn’t take it in, it just remains on the surface, and so the Evil One comes along and plucks it right out of that person’s heart. This is the seed the farmer scatters on the road.
Matthew 13:20 - “The seed cast in the gravel—this is the person who hears and instantly responds with enthusiasm. But there is no soil of character, and so when the emotions wear off and some difficulty arrives, there is nothing to show for it.
Matthew 13:22 - “The seed cast in the weeds is the person who hears the kingdom news, but weeds of worry and illusions about getting more and wanting everything under the sun strangle what was heard, and nothing comes of it.
Matthew 13:23 - “The seed cast on good earth is the person who hears and takes in the News, and then produces a harvest beyond his wildest dreams.” * * *
Matthew 13:24 - He told another story. “God’s kingdom is like a farmer who planted good seed in his field. That night, while his hired men were asleep, his enemy sowed thistles all through the wheat and slipped away before dawn. When the first green shoots appeared and the grain began to form, the thistles showed up, too.
Matthew 13:27 - “The farmhands came to the farmer and said, ‘Master, that was clean seed you planted, wasn’t it? Where did these thistles come from?’
Matthew 13:28 - “He answered, ‘Some enemy did this.’ “The farmhands asked, ‘Should we weed out the thistles?’
Matthew 13:29 - “He said, ‘No, if you weed the thistles, you’ll pull up the wheat, too. Let them grow together until harvest time. Then I’ll instruct the harvesters to pull up the thistles and tie them in bundles for the fire, then gather the wheat and put it in the barn.’”
Isaiah 28:27 - And at the harvest, the delicate herbs and spices, the dill and cumin, are treated delicately. On the other hand, wheat is threshed and milled, but still not endlessly. The farmer knows how to treat each kind of grain. He’s learned it all from God-of-the-Angel-Armies, who knows everything about when and how and where.
Matthew 13:3 - “What do you make of this? A farmer planted seed. As he scattered the seed, some of it fell on the road, and birds ate it. Some fell in the gravel; it sprouted quickly but didn’t put down roots, so when the sun came up it withered just as quickly. Some fell in the weeds; as it came up, it was strangled by the weeds. Some fell on good earth, and produced a harvest beyond his wildest dreams.
Matthew 13:9 - “Are you listening to this? Really listening?”
Psalms 65:9 - Oh, visit the earth, ask her to join the dance! Deck her out in spring showers, fill the God-River with living water. Paint the wheat fields golden. Creation was made for this! Drench the plowed fields, soak the dirt clods With rainfall as harrow and rake bring her to blossom and fruit. Snow-crown the peaks with splendor, scatter rose petals down your paths, All through the wild meadows, rose petals. Set the hills to dancing, Dress the canyon walls with live sheep, a drape of flax across the valleys. Let them shout, and shout, and shout! Oh, oh, let them sing!
Psalms 80:8 - Remember how you brought a young vine from Egypt, cleared out the brambles and briers and planted your very own vineyard? You prepared the good earth, you planted her roots deep; the vineyard filled the land. Your vine soared high and shaded the mountains, even dwarfing the giant cedars. Your vine ranged west to the Sea, east to the River. So why do you no longer protect your vine? Trespassers pick its grapes at will; Wild pigs crash through and crush it, and the mice nibble away at what’s left. God-of-the-Angel-Armies, turn our way! Take a good look at what’s happened and attend to this vine. Care for what you once tenderly planted— the vine you raised from a shoot. And those who dared to set it on fire— give them a look that will kill! Then take the hand of your once-favorite child, the child you raised to adulthood. We will never turn our back on you; breathe life into our lungs so we can shout your name!
Zechariah 6:12 - “‘A Message from God-of-the-Angel-Armies. Be alert. We have a man here whose name is Branch. He will branch out from where he is and build the Temple of God. Yes, he’s the one. He’ll build the Temple of God. Then he’ll assume the role of royalty, take his place on the throne and rule—a priest sitting on the throne!—showing that king and priest can coexist in harmony.’
Matthew 21:23 - Then he was back in the Temple, teaching. The high priests and leaders of the people came up and demanded, “Show us your credentials. Who authorized you to teach here?”
Matthew 21:24 - Jesus responded, “First let me ask you a question. You answer my question and I’ll answer yours. About the baptism of John—who authorized it: heaven or humans?”
Matthew 21:25 - They were on the spot and knew it. They pulled back into a huddle and whispered, “If we say ‘heaven,’ he’ll ask us why we didn’t believe him; if we say ‘humans,’ we’re up against it with the people because they all hold John up as a prophet.” They decided to concede that round to Jesus. “We don’t know,” they answered. Jesus said, “Then neither will I answer your question.
Matthew 21:28 - “Tell me what you think of this story: A man had two sons. He went up to the first and said, ‘Son, go out for the day and work in the vineyard.’
Matthew 21:29 - “The son answered, ‘I don’t want to.’ Later on he thought better of it and went.
Matthew 21:30 - “The father gave the same command to the second son. He answered, ‘Sure, glad to.’ But he never went.
Matthew 21:31 - “Which of the two sons did what the father asked?” They said, “The first.” Jesus said, “Yes, and I tell you that crooks and whores are going to precede you into God’s kingdom. John came to you showing you the right road. You turned up your noses at him, but the crooks and whores believed him. Even when you saw their changed lives, you didn’t care enough to change and believe him.
Matthew 21:33 - “Here’s another story. Listen closely. There was once a man, a wealthy farmer, who planted a vineyard. He fenced it, dug a winepress, put up a watchtower, then turned it over to the farmhands and went off on a trip. When it was time to harvest the grapes, he sent his servants back to collect his profits.
Matthew 21:35 - “The farmhands grabbed the first servant and beat him up. The next one they murdered. They threw stones at the third but he got away. The owner tried again, sending more servants. They got the same treatment. The owner was at the end of his rope. He decided to send his son. ‘Surely,’ he thought, ‘they will respect my son.’
Matthew 21:38 - “But when the farmhands saw the son arrive, they rubbed their hands in greed. ‘This is the heir! Let’s kill him and have it all for ourselves.’ They grabbed him, threw him out, and killed him.
Matthew 21:40 - “Now, when the owner of the vineyard arrives home from his trip, what do you think he will do to the farmhands?”
Matthew 21:41 - “He’ll kill them—a rotten bunch, and good riddance,” they answered. “Then he’ll assign the vineyard to farmhands who will hand over the profits when it’s time.”
Matthew 21:42 - Jesus said, “Right—and you can read it for yourselves in your Bibles: The stone the masons threw out is now the cornerstone. This is God’s work; we rub our eyes, we can hardly believe it! “This is the way it is with you. God’s kingdom will be taken back from you and handed over to a people who will live out a kingdom life. Whoever stumbles on this Stone gets shattered; whoever the Stone falls on gets smashed.”
Mark 4:26 - Then Jesus said, “God’s kingdom is like seed thrown on a field by a man who then goes to bed and forgets about it. The seed sprouts and grows—he has no idea how it happens. The earth does it all without his help: first a green stem of grass, then a bud, then the ripened grain. When the grain is fully formed, he reaps—harvest time!
John 4:36 - “The Harvester isn’t waiting. He’s taking his pay, gathering in this grain that’s ripe for eternal life. Now the Sower is arm in arm with the Harvester, triumphant. That’s the truth of the saying, ‘This one sows, that one harvests.’ I sent you to harvest a field you never worked. Without lifting a finger, you have walked in on a field worked long and hard by others.”
John 15:1 - “I am the Real Vine and my Father is the Farmer. He cuts off every branch of me that doesn’t bear grapes. And every branch that is grape-bearing he prunes back so it will bear even more. You are already pruned back by the message I have spoken.
John 15:4 - “Live in me. Make your home in me just as I do in you. In the same way that a branch can’t bear grapes by itself but only by being joined to the vine, you can’t bear fruit unless you are joined with me.
John 15:5 - “I am the Vine, you are the branches. When you’re joined with me and I with you, the relation intimate and organic, the harvest is sure to be abundant. Separated, you can’t produce a thing. Anyone who separates from me is deadwood, gathered up and thrown on the bonfire. But if you make yourselves at home with me and my words are at home in you, you can be sure that whatever you ask will be listened to and acted upon. This is how my Father shows who he is—when you produce grapes, when you mature as my disciples.
2 Corinthians 6:1 - Companions as we are in this work with you, we beg you, please don’t squander one bit of this marvelous life God has given us. God reminds us, I heard your call in the nick of time; The day you needed me, I was there to help. Well, now is the right time to listen, the day to be helped. Don’t put it off; don’t frustrate God’s work by showing up late, throwing a question mark over everything we’re doing. Our work as God’s servants gets validated—or not—in the details. People are watching us as we stay at our post, alertly, unswervingly . . . in hard times, tough times, bad times; when we’re beaten up, jailed, and mobbed; working hard, working late, working without eating; with pure heart, clear head, steady hand; in gentleness, holiness, and honest love; when we’re telling the truth, and when God’s showing his power; when we’re doing our best setting things right; when we’re praised, and when we’re blamed; slandered, and honored; true to our word, though distrusted; ignored by the world, but recognized by God; terrifically alive, though rumored to be dead; beaten within an inch of our lives, but refusing to die; immersed in tears, yet always filled with deep joy; living on handouts, yet enriching many; having nothing, having it all.
1 Corinthians 3:16 - You realize, don’t you, that you are the temple of God, and God himself is present in you? No one will get by with vandalizing God’s temple, you can be sure of that. God’s temple is sacred—and you, remember, are the temple.

Parallel Verses

Cross Reference

The Message - Or, to put it another way, you are God’s house. Using the gift God gave me as a good architect, I designed blueprints; Apollos is putting up the walls. Let each carpenter who comes on the job take care to build on the foundation! Remember, there is only one foundation, the one already laid: Jesus Christ. Take particular care in picking out your building materials. Eventually there is going to be an inspection. If you use cheap or inferior materials, you’ll be found out. The inspection will be thorough and rigorous. You won’t get by with a thing. If your work passes inspection, fine; if it doesn’t, your part of the building will be torn out and started over. But you won’t be torn out; you’ll survive—but just barely.
新标点和合本 - 因为我们是与　神同工的；你们是　神所耕种的田地，所建造的房屋。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 因为我们是上帝的同工，而你们是上帝的田地、上帝的房屋。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 因为我们是　神的同工，而你们是　神的田地、　神的房屋。
当代译本 - 因为我们是上帝的同工，你们是上帝的园地和建筑。
圣经新译本 - 我们是　神的同工，你们是　神的田地，　神的房屋。
中文标准译本 - 实际上，我们是神的同工；你们是神的田地，是神的建筑物。
现代标点和合本 - 因为我们是与神同工的，你们是神所耕种的田地，所建造的房屋。
和合本（拼音版） - 因为我们是与上帝同工的；你们是上帝所耕种的田地，所建造的房屋。
New International Version - For we are co-workers in God’s service; you are God’s field, God’s building.
New International Reader's Version - We work together to serve God. You are like God’s field. You are like his building.
English Standard Version - For we are God’s fellow workers. You are God’s field, God’s building.
New Living Translation - For we are both God’s workers. And you are God’s field. You are God’s building.
Christian Standard Bible - For we are God’s coworkers. You are God’s field, God’s building.
New American Standard Bible - For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.
New King James Version - For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, you are God’s building.
Amplified Bible - For we are God’s fellow workers [His servants working together]; you are God’s cultivated field [His garden, His vineyard], God’s building.
American Standard Version - For we are God’s fellow-workers: ye are God’s husbandry, God’s building.
King James Version - For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building.
New English Translation - We are coworkers belonging to God. You are God’s field, God’s building.
World English Bible - For we are God’s fellow workers. You are God’s farming, God’s building.
新標點和合本 - 因為我們是與神同工的；你們是神所耕種的田地，所建造的房屋。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 因為我們是上帝的同工，而你們是上帝的田地、上帝的房屋。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 因為我們是　神的同工，而你們是　神的田地、　神的房屋。
當代譯本 - 因為我們是上帝的同工，你們是上帝的園地和建築。
聖經新譯本 - 我們是　神的同工，你們是　神的田地，　神的房屋。
呂振中譯本 - 我們是上帝之同工，你們乃是上帝之耕地、上帝之建築物。
中文標準譯本 - 實際上，我們是神的同工；你們是神的田地，是神的建築物。
現代標點和合本 - 因為我們是與神同工的，你們是神所耕種的田地，所建造的房屋。
文理和合譯本 - 蓋我儕乃上帝同勞者、爾曹為上帝之田、上帝之室、○
文理委辦譯本 - 吾儕為上帝僕而同勞、爾曹乃上帝之稼穡、上帝所經營也、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 我儕與天主為同工者、爾乃天主所耕之田、天主所建之室、
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 吾儕乃天主所假之手、爾等則為天主之田園、天主之第宅也。
Nueva Versión Internacional - En efecto, nosotros somos colaboradores al servicio de Dios; y ustedes son el campo de cultivo de Dios, son el edificio de Dios.
현대인의 성경 - 우리는 하나님의 일을 하는 동역자들이요 여러분은 하나님의 밭이며 건물입니다.
Новый Русский Перевод - Ведь мы сотрудники у Бога, а вы – Его поле, Его строение.
Восточный перевод - Ведь мы сотрудники у Всевышнего, а вы – Его поле, Его строение.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Ведь мы сотрудники у Аллаха, а вы – Его поле, Его строение.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Ведь мы сотрудники у Всевышнего, а вы – Его поле, Его строение.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Car nous travaillons ensemble au service de Dieu, et vous, vous êtes le champ qu’il cultive. Ou encore : vous êtes l’édifice qu’il construit.
リビングバイブル - 私たちは神の協力者にすぎません。あなたがたは私たちの畑ではなく、神の畑です。私たちの建物ではなく、神の建物です。
Nestle Aland 28 - θεοῦ γάρ ἐσμεν συνεργοί, θεοῦ γεώργιον, θεοῦ οἰκοδομή ἐστε.
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - Θεοῦ γάρ ἐσμεν συνεργοί; Θεοῦ γεώργιον, Θεοῦ οἰκοδομή ἐστε.
Nova Versão Internacional - Pois nós somos cooperadores de Deus; vocês são lavoura de Deus e edifício de Deus.
Hoffnung für alle - Wir sind Gottes Mitarbeiter, ihr aber seid Gottes Ackerland und sein Bauwerk.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Chúng tôi là bạn đồng sự phục vụ Đức Chúa Trời, còn anh chị em là ruộng, là nhà của Ngài.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - ด้วยว่าเราเป็นผู้ร่วมงานกับพระเจ้า ท่านทั้งหลายเป็นไร่นาของพระเจ้า เป็นตึกของพระเจ้า
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - เพราะเราเป็นผู้ร่วมงานของพระเจ้า ท่านเป็นไร่นาและเป็นเรือนของพระเจ้า

Matthew 20:1 - “God’s kingdom is like an estate manager who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard. They agreed on a wage of a dollar a day, and went to work.
Matthew 20:3 - “Later, about nine o’clock, the manager saw some other men hanging around the town square unemployed. He told them to go to work in his vineyard and he would pay them a fair wage. They went.
Matthew 20:5 - “He did the same thing at noon, and again at three o’clock. At five o’clock he went back and found still others standing around. He said, ‘Why are you standing around all day doing nothing?’
Matthew 20:7 - “They said, ‘Because no one hired us.’ “He told them to go to work in his vineyard.
Matthew 20:8 - “When the day’s work was over, the owner of the vineyard instructed his foreman, ‘Call the workers in and pay them their wages. Start with the last hired and go on to the first.’
Matthew 20:9 - “Those hired at five o’clock came up and were each given a dollar. When those who were hired first saw that, they assumed they would get far more. But they got the same, each of them one dollar. Taking the dollar, they groused angrily to the manager, ‘These last workers put in only one easy hour, and you just made them equal to us, who slaved all day under a scorching sun.’
Matthew 20:13 - “He replied to the one speaking for the rest, ‘Friend, I haven’t been unfair. We agreed on the wage of a dollar, didn’t we? So take it and go. I decided to give to the one who came last the same as you. Can’t I do what I want with my own money? Are you going to get stingy because I am generous?’
Hebrews 3:6 - Now, if we can only keep a firm grip on this bold confidence, we’re the house! That’s why the Holy Spirit says, Today, please listen; don’t turn a deaf ear as in “the bitter uprising,” that time of wilderness testing! Even though they watched me at work for forty years, your ancestors refused to let me do it my way; over and over they tried my patience. And I was provoked, oh, so provoked! I said, “They’ll never keep their minds on God; they refuse to walk down my road.” Exasperated, I vowed, “They’ll never get where they’re going, never be able to sit down and rest.”
Isaiah 5:1 - I’ll sing a ballad to the one I love, a love ballad about his vineyard: The one I love had a vineyard, a fine, well-placed vineyard. He hoed the soil and pulled the weeds, and planted the very best vines. He built a lookout, built a winepress, a vineyard to be proud of. He looked for a vintage yield of grapes, but for all his pains he got garbage grapes.
Isaiah 5:3 - “Now listen to what I’m telling you, you who live in Jerusalem and Judah. What do you think is going on between me and my vineyard? Can you think of anything I could have done to my vineyard that I didn’t do? When I expected good grapes, why did I get bitter grapes?
Isaiah 5:5 - “Well now, let me tell you what I’ll do to my vineyard: I’ll tear down its fence and let it go to ruin. I’ll knock down the gate and let it be trampled. I’ll turn it into a patch of weeds, untended, uncared for— thistles and thorns will take over. I’ll give orders to the clouds: ‘Don’t rain on that vineyard, ever!’”
Isaiah 5:7 - Do you get it? The vineyard of God-of-the-Angel-Armies is the country of Israel. All the men and women of Judah are the garden he was so proud of. He looked for a crop of justice and saw them murdering each other. He looked for a harvest of righteousness and heard only the moans of victims.
Matthew 13:36 - Jesus dismissed the congregation and went into the house. His disciples came in and said, “Explain to us that story of the thistles in the field.”
Matthew 13:37 - So he explained. “The farmer who sows the pure seed is the Son of Man. The field is the world, the pure seeds are subjects of the kingdom, the thistles are subjects of the Devil, and the enemy who sows them is the Devil. The harvest is the end of the age, the curtain of history. The harvest hands are angels.
Matthew 13:40 - “The picture of thistles pulled up and burned is a scene from the final act. The Son of Man will send his angels, weed out the thistles from his kingdom, pitch them in the trash, and be done with them. They are going to complain to high heaven, but nobody is going to listen. At the same time, ripe, holy lives will mature and adorn the kingdom of their Father. “Are you listening to this? Really listening?
Amos 9:11 - “But also on that Judgment Day I will restore David’s house that has fallen to pieces. I’ll repair the holes in the roof, replace the broken windows, fix it up like new. David’s people will be strong again and seize what’s left of enemy Edom, plus everyone else under my sovereign judgment.” God’s Decree. He will do this.
Isaiah 27:2 - “At that same time, a fine vineyard will appear. There’s something to sing about! I, God, tend it. I keep it well-watered. I keep careful watch over it so that no one can damage it. I’m not angry. I care. Even if it gives me thistles and thornbushes, I’ll just pull them out and burn them up. Let that vine cling to me for safety, let it find a good and whole life with me, let it hold on for a good and whole life.”
Matthew 13:18 - “Study this story of the farmer planting seed. When anyone hears news of the kingdom and doesn’t take it in, it just remains on the surface, and so the Evil One comes along and plucks it right out of that person’s heart. This is the seed the farmer scatters on the road.
Matthew 13:20 - “The seed cast in the gravel—this is the person who hears and instantly responds with enthusiasm. But there is no soil of character, and so when the emotions wear off and some difficulty arrives, there is nothing to show for it.
Matthew 13:22 - “The seed cast in the weeds is the person who hears the kingdom news, but weeds of worry and illusions about getting more and wanting everything under the sun strangle what was heard, and nothing comes of it.
Matthew 13:23 - “The seed cast on good earth is the person who hears and takes in the News, and then produces a harvest beyond his wildest dreams.” * * *
Matthew 13:24 - He told another story. “God’s kingdom is like a farmer who planted good seed in his field. That night, while his hired men were asleep, his enemy sowed thistles all through the wheat and slipped away before dawn. When the first green shoots appeared and the grain began to form, the thistles showed up, too.
Matthew 13:27 - “The farmhands came to the farmer and said, ‘Master, that was clean seed you planted, wasn’t it? Where did these thistles come from?’
Matthew 13:28 - “He answered, ‘Some enemy did this.’ “The farmhands asked, ‘Should we weed out the thistles?’
Matthew 13:29 - “He said, ‘No, if you weed the thistles, you’ll pull up the wheat, too. Let them grow together until harvest time. Then I’ll instruct the harvesters to pull up the thistles and tie them in bundles for the fire, then gather the wheat and put it in the barn.’”
Isaiah 28:27 - And at the harvest, the delicate herbs and spices, the dill and cumin, are treated delicately. On the other hand, wheat is threshed and milled, but still not endlessly. The farmer knows how to treat each kind of grain. He’s learned it all from God-of-the-Angel-Armies, who knows everything about when and how and where.
Matthew 13:3 - “What do you make of this? A farmer planted seed. As he scattered the seed, some of it fell on the road, and birds ate it. Some fell in the gravel; it sprouted quickly but didn’t put down roots, so when the sun came up it withered just as quickly. Some fell in the weeds; as it came up, it was strangled by the weeds. Some fell on good earth, and produced a harvest beyond his wildest dreams.
Matthew 13:9 - “Are you listening to this? Really listening?”
Psalms 65:9 - Oh, visit the earth, ask her to join the dance! Deck her out in spring showers, fill the God-River with living water. Paint the wheat fields golden. Creation was made for this! Drench the plowed fields, soak the dirt clods With rainfall as harrow and rake bring her to blossom and fruit. Snow-crown the peaks with splendor, scatter rose petals down your paths, All through the wild meadows, rose petals. Set the hills to dancing, Dress the canyon walls with live sheep, a drape of flax across the valleys. Let them shout, and shout, and shout! Oh, oh, let them sing!
Psalms 80:8 - Remember how you brought a young vine from Egypt, cleared out the brambles and briers and planted your very own vineyard? You prepared the good earth, you planted her roots deep; the vineyard filled the land. Your vine soared high and shaded the mountains, even dwarfing the giant cedars. Your vine ranged west to the Sea, east to the River. So why do you no longer protect your vine? Trespassers pick its grapes at will; Wild pigs crash through and crush it, and the mice nibble away at what’s left. God-of-the-Angel-Armies, turn our way! Take a good look at what’s happened and attend to this vine. Care for what you once tenderly planted— the vine you raised from a shoot. And those who dared to set it on fire— give them a look that will kill! Then take the hand of your once-favorite child, the child you raised to adulthood. We will never turn our back on you; breathe life into our lungs so we can shout your name!
Zechariah 6:12 - “‘A Message from God-of-the-Angel-Armies. Be alert. We have a man here whose name is Branch. He will branch out from where he is and build the Temple of God. Yes, he’s the one. He’ll build the Temple of God. Then he’ll assume the role of royalty, take his place on the throne and rule—a priest sitting on the throne!—showing that king and priest can coexist in harmony.’
Matthew 21:23 - Then he was back in the Temple, teaching. The high priests and leaders of the people came up and demanded, “Show us your credentials. Who authorized you to teach here?”
Matthew 21:24 - Jesus responded, “First let me ask you a question. You answer my question and I’ll answer yours. About the baptism of John—who authorized it: heaven or humans?”
Matthew 21:25 - They were on the spot and knew it. They pulled back into a huddle and whispered, “If we say ‘heaven,’ he’ll ask us why we didn’t believe him; if we say ‘humans,’ we’re up against it with the people because they all hold John up as a prophet.” They decided to concede that round to Jesus. “We don’t know,” they answered. Jesus said, “Then neither will I answer your question.
Matthew 21:28 - “Tell me what you think of this story: A man had two sons. He went up to the first and said, ‘Son, go out for the day and work in the vineyard.’
Matthew 21:29 - “The son answered, ‘I don’t want to.’ Later on he thought better of it and went.
Matthew 21:30 - “The father gave the same command to the second son. He answered, ‘Sure, glad to.’ But he never went.
Matthew 21:31 - “Which of the two sons did what the father asked?” They said, “The first.” Jesus said, “Yes, and I tell you that crooks and whores are going to precede you into God’s kingdom. John came to you showing you the right road. You turned up your noses at him, but the crooks and whores believed him. Even when you saw their changed lives, you didn’t care enough to change and believe him.
Matthew 21:33 - “Here’s another story. Listen closely. There was once a man, a wealthy farmer, who planted a vineyard. He fenced it, dug a winepress, put up a watchtower, then turned it over to the farmhands and went off on a trip. When it was time to harvest the grapes, he sent his servants back to collect his profits.
Matthew 21:35 - “The farmhands grabbed the first servant and beat him up. The next one they murdered. They threw stones at the third but he got away. The owner tried again, sending more servants. They got the same treatment. The owner was at the end of his rope. He decided to send his son. ‘Surely,’ he thought, ‘they will respect my son.’
Matthew 21:38 - “But when the farmhands saw the son arrive, they rubbed their hands in greed. ‘This is the heir! Let’s kill him and have it all for ourselves.’ They grabbed him, threw him out, and killed him.
Matthew 21:40 - “Now, when the owner of the vineyard arrives home from his trip, what do you think he will do to the farmhands?”
Matthew 21:41 - “He’ll kill them—a rotten bunch, and good riddance,” they answered. “Then he’ll assign the vineyard to farmhands who will hand over the profits when it’s time.”
Matthew 21:42 - Jesus said, “Right—and you can read it for yourselves in your Bibles: The stone the masons threw out is now the cornerstone. This is God’s work; we rub our eyes, we can hardly believe it! “This is the way it is with you. God’s kingdom will be taken back from you and handed over to a people who will live out a kingdom life. Whoever stumbles on this Stone gets shattered; whoever the Stone falls on gets smashed.”
Mark 4:26 - Then Jesus said, “God’s kingdom is like seed thrown on a field by a man who then goes to bed and forgets about it. The seed sprouts and grows—he has no idea how it happens. The earth does it all without his help: first a green stem of grass, then a bud, then the ripened grain. When the grain is fully formed, he reaps—harvest time!
John 4:36 - “The Harvester isn’t waiting. He’s taking his pay, gathering in this grain that’s ripe for eternal life. Now the Sower is arm in arm with the Harvester, triumphant. That’s the truth of the saying, ‘This one sows, that one harvests.’ I sent you to harvest a field you never worked. Without lifting a finger, you have walked in on a field worked long and hard by others.”
John 15:1 - “I am the Real Vine and my Father is the Farmer. He cuts off every branch of me that doesn’t bear grapes. And every branch that is grape-bearing he prunes back so it will bear even more. You are already pruned back by the message I have spoken.
John 15:4 - “Live in me. Make your home in me just as I do in you. In the same way that a branch can’t bear grapes by itself but only by being joined to the vine, you can’t bear fruit unless you are joined with me.
John 15:5 - “I am the Vine, you are the branches. When you’re joined with me and I with you, the relation intimate and organic, the harvest is sure to be abundant. Separated, you can’t produce a thing. Anyone who separates from me is deadwood, gathered up and thrown on the bonfire. But if you make yourselves at home with me and my words are at home in you, you can be sure that whatever you ask will be listened to and acted upon. This is how my Father shows who he is—when you produce grapes, when you mature as my disciples.
2 Corinthians 6:1 - Companions as we are in this work with you, we beg you, please don’t squander one bit of this marvelous life God has given us. God reminds us, I heard your call in the nick of time; The day you needed me, I was there to help. Well, now is the right time to listen, the day to be helped. Don’t put it off; don’t frustrate God’s work by showing up late, throwing a question mark over everything we’re doing. Our work as God’s servants gets validated—or not—in the details. People are watching us as we stay at our post, alertly, unswervingly . . . in hard times, tough times, bad times; when we’re beaten up, jailed, and mobbed; working hard, working late, working without eating; with pure heart, clear head, steady hand; in gentleness, holiness, and honest love; when we’re telling the truth, and when God’s showing his power; when we’re doing our best setting things right; when we’re praised, and when we’re blamed; slandered, and honored; true to our word, though distrusted; ignored by the world, but recognized by God; terrifically alive, though rumored to be dead; beaten within an inch of our lives, but refusing to die; immersed in tears, yet always filled with deep joy; living on handouts, yet enriching many; having nothing, having it all.
1 Corinthians 3:16 - You realize, don’t you, that you are the temple of God, and God himself is present in you? No one will get by with vandalizing God’s temple, you can be sure of that. God’s temple is sacred—and you, remember, are the temple.