New American Standard Bible 1995
1 Corinthians 9:12-18
12If others share the right over you, do we not more? Nevertheless, we 1did not use this right, but we endure all things 2so that we will cause no hindrance to the 3gospel of Christ. 134Do you not know that those who 5perform sacred services eat the food of the temple, and those who attend regularly to the altar have their share 6from the altar? 14So also 7the Lord directed those who proclaim the 8gospel to 9get their living from the gospel.
15But I have 10used 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 11my boast an empty one. 16For if I preach the gospel, I have nothing to boast of, for 12I am under compulsion; for woe is me if I do not preach 13the gospel. 17For if I do this voluntarily, I have a 14reward; but if against my will, I have a 15stewardship entrusted to me. 18What then is my 16reward? That, when I preach the gospel, I may offer the gospel 17without charge, so as 18not to make full use of my right in the gospel.
Notes
- 1. 1 Corinthians 9:12 Acts 18:3; 20:33; 1 Cor 9:15, 18 ↩
- 2. 1 Corinthians 9:12 2 Cor 6:3; 11:12 ↩
- 3. 1 Corinthians 9:12 1 Cor 4:15; 9:14, 16, 18, 23; 2 Cor 2:12 ↩
- 4. 1 Corinthians 9:13 Rom 6:16 ↩
- 5. 1 Corinthians 9:13 Lev 6:16, 26; 7:6, 31ff; Num 5:9f; 18:8-20, 31; Deut 18:1 ↩
- 6. 1 Corinthians 9:13 Lit with ↩
- 7. 1 Corinthians 9:14 Matt 10:10; Luke 10:7; 1 Tim 5:18 ↩
- 8. 1 Corinthians 9:14 1 Cor 4:15; 9:12, 16, 18, 23; 2 Cor 2:12 ↩
- 9. 1 Corinthians 9:14 Luke 10:8; 1 Cor 9:4 ↩
- 10. 1 Corinthians 9:15 Acts 18:3; 20:33; 1 Cor 9:12, 18 ↩
- 11. 1 Corinthians 9:15 2 Cor 11:10 ↩
- 12. 1 Corinthians 9:16 Acts 9:15; Rom 1:14 ↩
- 13. 1 Corinthians 9:16 1 Cor 4:15; 9:12, 14, 18, 23; 2 Cor 2:12 ↩
- 14. 1 Corinthians 9:17 John 4:36; 1 Cor 3:8; 9:18 ↩
- 15. 1 Corinthians 9:17 1 Cor 4:1; Gal 2:7; Eph 3:2; Phil 1:16; Col 1:25 ↩
- 16. 1 Corinthians 9:18 John 4:36; 1 Cor 3:8; 9:17 ↩
- 17. 1 Corinthians 9:18 Acts 18:3; 2 Cor 11:7; 12:13 ↩
- 18. 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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