I Corinthinas 3:9

I Corinthians 3:9  For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building. Paul is talking about unity in our verse. Unity in church. In church, we should all be working together to accomplish the same goal: bring in sinners and learn to be more like Jesus Christ. Then Paul uses two examples: husbandry and building. Husbandry has to do with growing fruit trees and grape vines. In order to grow more fruit and more grapes, the farm worker must prune to tree. He cuts off many branches so that the strength of the roots will go to producing fruit on the tree and not go to produce leaves. The worker wants fruit; he doesn’t want just leaves. And then Paul uses the building example. Jesus Christ is our spiritual foundation, but we as Christians build upon Jesus Christ, our foundation. And as the foundation, Jesus holds the whole building together. We build upon Jesus. So whether it is producing fruit or building a beautiful building, we rely upon Jesus Christ. He is the One who does the work. We are only laborers together with Jesus. He uses us, but we need Him.