3:9a For we are God’s fellow workers;
(New Living Translation (2004)) for we are both God’s workers
Apollos and I work together for God (Contemporary English Version)
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For we (excl.) are workers/servants who do together what God orders us (excl.) to do.
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for we (excl.) are both workers who do his work.
3:9b you are God’s field,
and you ⌊believers in Corinth⌋ are a field/plot/garden that belongs to God.
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You are like the field that God has ordered us (excl.) to work in.
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God is the one you belong to, ⌊just like a field belongs to the owner⌋.
3:9c God’s building.
You are a house that belongs to God.
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Also, I can compare you to a house/building that God is building.
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⌊Or think about yourselves in this way:⌋ All of you ⌊believers⌋ are like a building which God is constructing/making.
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