Text -- 1 Corinthians 3:9 (NET)

3:9 We are coworkers belonging to God. You are God’s field, God’s building.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: 1Co 3:9

¹ tn Although 1 Cor 3:9 is frequently understood to mean, “we are coworkers with God,” such a view assumes that the genitive θεοῦ (qeou) is associative because of its relationship to συνεργοί (sunergoi). However, not only is a genitive of association not required by the syntax (cf. ExSyn 130), but the context is decidedly against it: Paul and Apollos are insignificant compared to the God whom they serve (vv. 5-8).