Berean Standard Bible

1 Corinthians 9:3-10

3ThisG3778 isG1510 myG1699 defenseG627 to those whoG3588 scrutinizeG350 meG1473: 4Have weG2192 noG3361 G3756 rightG1849 to foodG5315 andG2532 to drinkG4095? 5Have weG2192 noG3361 G3756 rightG1849 to take alongG4013 a believingG79 wifeG1135,1 asG5613 do theG3588 otherG3062 apostlesG652 andG2532 theG3588 Lord’sG3588 G2962 brothersG80 andG2532 CephasG2786?2 6Or areG2228 BarnabasG921 andG2532 IG1473 the onlyG3441 apostles who mustG3756 G2192 G1849 G3361 work for a livingG2038?3

7WhoG5101 serves as a soldierG4754 at his ownG2398 expenseG3800? WhoG5101 plantsG5452 a vineyardG290 andG2532 does not eat ofG3756 G2068 itsG846 fruitG2590 ? WhoG5101 tendsG4165 a flockG4167 andG2532 does not drinkG3756 G2068 ofG1537 its milkG1051?

8Do I sayG3361 G2980 thisG3778 from a human perspectiveG2596 G444 ? Doesn’tG3756 the LawG3551 sayG3004 the same thingG3778? 9ForG1063 it is writtenG1125 inG1722 theG3588 LawG3551 of MosesG3475: “Do not muzzleG3756 G5392 an oxG1016 while it is treading out the grainG248.”4 Is it aboutG3588 oxenG1016 that GodG2316 is concernedG3199? 10Isn’tG2228 He actually speakingG3004 G3843 on our behalfG1223 G1473? IndeedG1063, this was writtenG1125 forG1223 usG1473, becauseG3754 when theG3588 plowmanG722 plowsG722 andG2532 theG3588 thresherG248 threshes, they shouldG3784 also expectG1909 G1680 to share in the harvestG3348.

Notes

1. 1 Corinthians 9:5 Literally take along a sister—a wife— ↩
2. 1 Corinthians 9:5 That is, Peter ↩
3. 1 Corinthians 9:6 Literally Or is it only Barnabas and I who do not have authority not to work? ↩
4. 1 Corinthians 9:9 Deuteronomy 25:4 ↩