New American Standard Bible 1995
1 Corinthians 9:11-18
111If we sowed spiritual things in you, is it too much if we reap material things from you? 12If others share the right over you, do we not more? Nevertheless, we 2did not use this right, but we endure all things 3so that we will cause no hindrance to the 4gospel of Christ. 135Do you not know that those who 6perform sacred services eat the food of the temple, and those who attend regularly to the altar have their share 7from the altar? 14So also 8the Lord directed those who proclaim the 9gospel to 10get their living from the gospel.
15But I have 11used none of these things. And I am not writing these things so that it will be done so in my case; for it would be better for me to die than have any man make 12my boast an empty one. 16For if I preach the gospel, I have nothing to boast of, for 13I am under compulsion; for woe is me if I do not preach 14the gospel. 17For if I do this voluntarily, I have a 15reward; but if against my will, I have a 16stewardship entrusted to me. 18What then is my 17reward? That, when I preach the gospel, I may offer the gospel 18without charge, so as 19not to make full use of my right in the gospel.
Notes
- 1. 1 Corinthians 9:11 Rom 15:27; 1 Cor 9:14 ↩
- 2. 1 Corinthians 9:12 Acts 18:3; 20:33; 1 Cor 9:15, 18 ↩
- 3. 1 Corinthians 9:12 2 Cor 6:3; 11:12 ↩
- 4. 1 Corinthians 9:12 1 Cor 4:15; 9:14, 16, 18, 23; 2 Cor 2:12 ↩
- 5. 1 Corinthians 9:13 Rom 6:16 ↩
- 6. 1 Corinthians 9:13 Lev 6:16, 26; 7:6, 31ff; Num 5:9f; 18:8-20, 31; Deut 18:1 ↩
- 7. 1 Corinthians 9:13 Lit with ↩
- 8. 1 Corinthians 9:14 Matt 10:10; Luke 10:7; 1 Tim 5:18 ↩
- 9. 1 Corinthians 9:14 1 Cor 4:15; 9:12, 16, 18, 23; 2 Cor 2:12 ↩
- 10. 1 Corinthians 9:14 Luke 10:8; 1 Cor 9:4 ↩
- 11. 1 Corinthians 9:15 Acts 18:3; 20:33; 1 Cor 9:12, 18 ↩
- 12. 1 Corinthians 9:15 2 Cor 11:10 ↩
- 13. 1 Corinthians 9:16 Acts 9:15; Rom 1:14 ↩
- 14. 1 Corinthians 9:16 1 Cor 4:15; 9:12, 14, 18, 23; 2 Cor 2:12 ↩
- 15. 1 Corinthians 9:17 John 4:36; 1 Cor 3:8; 9:18 ↩
- 16. 1 Corinthians 9:17 1 Cor 4:1; Gal 2:7; Eph 3:2; Phil 1:16; Col 1:25 ↩
- 17. 1 Corinthians 9:18 John 4:36; 1 Cor 3:8; 9:17 ↩
- 18. 1 Corinthians 9:18 Acts 18:3; 2 Cor 11:7; 12:13 ↩
- 19. 1 Corinthians 9:18 1 Cor 7:31; 9:12 ↩
Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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