{"id":24969,"date":"2018-10-09T14:11:03","date_gmt":"2018-10-09T18:11:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/?p=24969"},"modified":"2018-10-09T14:11:03","modified_gmt":"2018-10-09T18:11:03","slug":"mans-grace-enabled-cooperation-w-god-1-cor-39","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/2018\/10\/mans-grace-enabled-cooperation-w-god-1-cor-39.html","title":{"rendered":"Man’s Grace-Enabled Cooperation w God (1 Cor 3:9)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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Dialogue from a public Internet Discussion Board with a Protestant, whose words are in\u00a0blue<\/span>.<\/center>

\n* * * * *<\/center>If the Holy Spirit \u201cinspires,\u201d \u201cenables,\u201d \u201cprompts,\u201d \u201ccauses,\u201d \u201cinitiates\u201d (or whatever synonymous term you like) our good works, how then, can it be said (of Catholic theology) that they originate with us<\/em>? All we\u2019re saying is that the human being in good graces can cooperate with God. This is \u2014 it seems to me \u2014 an explicit, undeniable, Pauline doctrine. God begins the process, and then we merely cooperate with it (e.g., Paul uses the term \u201cGod\u2019s fellow workers\u201d: RSV).\n

Is that what he says? [1 Corinthians 3:5-11]:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

5 What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? Servants through whom<\/span>
\nyou believed, even as the Lord gave opportunity to each one.<\/span>
\n6 I planted, Apollos watered, but God was causing the growth.<\/span>
\n7 So then neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is<\/span>
\nanything, but God who causes the growth.<\/span>
\n8 Now he who plants and he who waters are one; but each will<\/span>
\nreceive his own reward according to his own labor.\u00a0<\/span>
\n9 For we are God\u2019s fellow workers; you are God\u2019s field, God\u2019s building.\u00a0<\/span>
\n10 According to the grace of God which was given to me, like a wise<\/span>
\nmaster builder I laid a foundation, and another is building on it. But<\/span>
\neach man must be careful how he builds on it.<\/span>
\n11 For no man can lay a foundation other than the one which is laid,<\/span>
\nwhich is Jesus Christ.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The italic text is what you quote \u2014 which is literally \u201cwe are fellow workers of God\u201d, not \u201cfellow workers with God\u201d, which the Catholic NAS confirms \u2014 does not say we work in partnership with God but in service to God.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Man cooperates with God, who always enables, and this is nothing more than what St. Paul explicitly says (e.g., 1 Cor 3:9). The Protestant reference,\u00a0Eerdmans Bible Commentary<\/i>\u00a0(edited by D. Guthrie & J. A. Motyer, Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 3rd edition, 1970), states, for this verse:<\/p>\n

. . . the Greek is probably as AV, \u2018together with God\u2019 (cf. RSV mg.; Mk 16:20).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Mark 16:20 (RSV) reads:<\/p>\n

And they went forth and preached everywhere, while the Lord worked with them . . .<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The\u00a0KJV\u00a0reads at 1 Cor 3:9:<\/p>\n

For we are labourers together with God . . .
\nPhillips<\/strong>: In this work, we work with God . . .
\nAmplified<\/strong>: For we are fellow workmen \u2014 joint promoters, laborers together \u2014 with and for God . . .<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Greek for \u201clabourer\u201d is\u00a0sunergos<\/i>\u00a0(Strong\u2019s word #4904). It appears (usually as \u201cfellow labourer\u201d or \u201chelper,\u201d etc.) also in Rom 16:3,9,21, 2 Cor 1:24, 8:23, Phil 2:25, 4:3, Col 4:11, 1 Thess 3:2, Philem 1,24, and 3 Jn 8. The related\u00a0sunergeo<\/i>\u00a0(#4903) is at Mk 16:20, Rom 8:28, 1 Cor 16:16, James 2:22, and 2 Cor 6:1:<\/p>\n

Working together with him [i.e., Jesus; see 5:21], then, we entreat you not to accept the grace of God in vain. (RSV)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Baptist Greek scholar A. T. Robertson, in his\u00a0Word Pictures in the New Testament<\/i>, writes at 1 Corinthians 3:9:<\/p>\n

. . . (co-workers of God) . . . God is the major partner in the enterprise of each life, but he lets us work with him.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Likewise, Marvin Vincent, in\u00a0Word Studies of the New Testament<\/i>, states:<\/p>\n

\u2018It is of God<\/i>\u00a0that ye are the fellow workers.\u2019<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

W. E. Vine\u2019s\u00a0Expository Dictionary of NT Words<\/i>:<\/p>\n

\u2018Sunergos\u2019 denotes a worker with . . . See the R.V., \u2018God\u2019s fellow-workers.\u2019 (under \u201cWork\u201d)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I rest my case. 1 Corinthians 3:9 clearly teaches direct cooperation of the believer with God.<\/p>\n

My opponent also brought up the Latin Vulgate and its translations in an attempt to demonstrate internal contradiction in the Catholic position on this, so I decided to check out a few of the Catholic translations of the Vulgate. First up is the good ole Douay-Rheims version (Bishop Challoner revision); 1 Corinthians 3:9:<\/p>\n

For we are God\u2019s coadjutors . . .<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Now, this is sort of a strange word, so I looked it up in the dictionary. It comes from Latin (co = together \/ adjutor = assistant). So the definition is:<\/p>\n

1. an assistant; helper 2. a person, often another bishop, appointed to assist a bishop, usually becoming his successor.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So far so good. Now we turn to the recent translation of the Vulgate by famous Catholic apologist, Ronald Knox:<\/p>\n

You are a field of God\u2019s tilling, a structure of God\u2019s design; and we are only his assistants.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The late great Protestant Bible scholar F. F. Bruce (no slouch) was rather fond of the Knox translation:<\/p>\n

Knox\u2019s version has the overwhelming advantage of being the work of a man who had an uncanny instinct for getting the right word or the right phrase in any given context. As readers of his other works know, Knox was a master of English style . . .<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Suffice it to say that, for all the inevitable limitations of a secondary version, Knox has given us a most readable edition of the English Bible. (History of the Bible in English<\/i>, New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 3rd edition, 1978, 208, 212)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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(originally 5-8-02)<\/p>\n

Photo credit:<\/strong>\u00a0WaSZI\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0(4-20-18)<\/span> [Pixabay<\/a> \/\u00a0CC0 Creative Commons<\/a>\u00a0license]<\/p>\n

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Sophia Institute Press has published six of his books: \"A Biblical Defense of Catholicism\" (Foreword by Fr. John A. Hardon, S. J., 1996 \/ 2003), \"The Catholic Verses\" (2004), \"The One-Minute Apologist\" (2007), \"Bible Proofs for Catholic Truths\" (2009), \"The Quotable Newman\" (editor: 2012), and \"Proving the Catholic Faith is Biblical\" (2015). He is co-author (with Dr. Paul Thigpen) of the inserts for \"The New Catholic Answer Bible\" (Our Sunday Visitor: 2005), and editor for \"The Wisdom of Mr. Chesterton: The Very Best Quotes, Quips, and Cracks from the Pen of G. K. Chesterton\" (Saint Benedict Press \/ TAN Books: 2009). \"100 Biblical Arguments Against Sola Scriptura\" was published by Catholic Answers in May 2012. His \"Quotable Wesley\" compilation was published by (Protestant \/ Wesleyan publisher) Beacon Hill Press in April 2014. Several of his 49 books are bestsellers in their field. Dave maintains a popular personal Facebook page, a Facebook author page, and has a Twitter account as well. He offers almost all of his books in e-book form on his own Biblical Catholicism site (http:\/\/biblicalcatholicism.com\/), at a permanent deep discount: only $2.99 for ePub, mobi, and AZW, and $1.99 for PDF. His writing has been enthusiastically endorsed or recommended by many leading Catholic apologists, authors, and priests, including Dr. Scott Hahn, Fr. Peter M. J. Stravinskas, Marcus Grodi, Patrick Madrid, Steve Ray, Tim Staples, Devin Rose, Mike Aquilina, Al Kresta, Karl Keating, Fr. Dwight Longenecker, Brandon Vogt, Marcellino D'Ambrosio, and Fr. John A. Hardon, S. J. Dave has been happily married to his wife Judy since October 1984. 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