What Does the Bible Say About Partnership?
Here are 16 Bible verses about partnership, ordered by how relevant readers found them, with the King James Version and the modern Berean Standard Bible side by side.
- #1Ecclesiastes 4:9
Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.
BSBTwo are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor.
- #2Philippians 2:13
For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.
BSBFor it is God who works in you to will and to act on behalf of His good purpose.
- #3Philippians 1:5
For your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now;
BSBbecause of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now,
- #41 Corinthians 3:9
For we are labourers together with God: ye are God’s husbandry, ye are God’s building.
BSBFor we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.
- #5Amos 3:3
Can two walk together, except they be agreed?
BSBCan two walk together without agreeing where to go?
- #61 Corinthians 3:7
So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.
BSBSo neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow.
- #72 Corinthians 6:1
We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain.
BSBAs God’s fellow workers, then, we urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain.
- #8John 15:4-5
Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me. I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.
BSBRemain in Me, and I will remain in you. Just as no branch can bear fruit by itself unless it remains in the vine, neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in Me. I am the vine and you are the branches. The one who remains in Me, and I in him, will bear much fruit. For apart from Me you can do nothing.
- #9Luke 1:37
For with God nothing shall be impossible.
BSBFor no word from God will ever fail.”
- #10Philippians 4:15
Now ye Philippians know also, that in the beginning of the gospel, when I departed from Macedonia, no church communicated with me as concerning giving and receiving, but ye only.
BSBAnd as you Philippians know, in the early days of the gospel, when I left Macedonia, no church but you partnered with me in the matter of giving and receiving.
- #11Joshua 1:9
Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
BSBHave I not commanded you to be strong and courageous? Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”
- #121 Corinthians 1:9
God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
BSBGod, who has called you into fellowship with His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful.
- #13Proverbs 27:17
Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
BSBAs iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.
- #14John 6:37
All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.
BSBEveryone the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will never drive away.
- #152 Corinthians 6:14-17
Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,
BSBDo not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with wickedness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness? What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be My people.” “Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.”
- #16Jeremiah 29:11
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
BSBFor I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, to give you a future and a hope.
Verse rankings: OpenBible.info Topical Bible (CC BY). Scripture: KJV & BSB (public domain).