Matthew Poole and continuators on 1 Corinthians 3:8

8 Now he that planteth, and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward, according to his own labour .

[illegible: 1 letter]he Ministers of Christ, though one be used in planting, and another in watering, one in laying the foundation, and another in building thereupon, yet are one, one in their office and work: one, in their Ministry, being all Servants to Christ who is one, all serving one and the same Lord, all doing the same business, proposing the same end, and with all their might labouring towards it; and therefore as they ought not to divide into Parties and Factions, so you ought not for their sakes to be so divided.

Yet they are not so one, but that one may labour more than another, and be honoured by God with more success than another, and every one shall receive a reward proportioned to his labour: the Apostle saith not, according to the success of his labour (that is not in his power) but according to his labour.

Marginal references: Psal. 62.12. Rom. 2.6. Gal. 6.5. Rev. 2.23.