New American Standard Bible 1995

1 Corinthians 9:3-10

3My defenseG627 to thoseG3588 who examineG350 me is thisG3778: 4 1 2Do we not haveG2192 a rightG1849 to eatG2068 and drinkG4095? 5 3 4Do we not haveG2192 a rightG1849 to takeG4013 alongG4013 a 5believingG79 wifeG1135, evenG2532 as the restG3062 of the apostlesG652 and the 6brothersG80 of the LordG2962 and 7CephasG2786? 6OrG2228 do onlyG3441 8 9BarnabasG921 and I not haveG2192 a rightG1849 to refrainG3361 from workingG2038? 7WhoG5101 at anyG4218 timeG4218 servesG4754 10as a soldierG4754 at his ownG2398 expenseG3800? WhoG5101 11plantsG5452 a vineyardG290 and does not eatG2068 the fruitG2590 of it? OrG2228 whoG5101 tendsG4165 a flockG4167 and does not 12useG2068 the milkG1051 of the flockG4167?

8I am not speakingG2980 theseG3778 thingsG3778 13accordingG2596 to 14humanG444 judgmentG444, am I? OrG2228 does not the LawG3551 alsoG2532 sayG3004 theseG3778 thingsG3778? 9For it is writtenG1125 in the LawG3551 of MosesG3475, “15You shall not muzzleG2778 the oxG1016 while he is threshingG248.” GodG2316 is not concernedG3199 about 16oxenG1016, is He? 10OrG2228 is He speakingG3004 altogetherG3843 for our sakeG1223? YesG1063, 17for our sakeG1223 it was writtenG1125, becauseG3754 18the plowmanG722 oughtG3784 to plowG722 in hopeG1680, and the thresherG248 to thresh in hopeG1680 of sharingG3348 the crops.

Notes

1. 1 Corinthians 9:4 Lit It is not that we have no right to eat and drink, is it? ↩
2. 1 Corinthians 9:4 1 Cor 9:14; 1 Thess 2:6, 9; 2 Thess 3:8f ↩
3. 1 Corinthians 9:5 Lit It is not that we have no right to take along...Cephas, is it? ↩
4. 1 Corinthians 9:5 1 Cor 7:7f ↩
5. 1 Corinthians 9:5 Lit sister, as wife ↩
6. 1 Corinthians 9:5 Matt 12:46 ↩
7. 1 Corinthians 9:5 Matt 8:14; John 1:42 ↩
8. 1 Corinthians 9:6 Lit I and Barnabas ↩
9. 1 Corinthians 9:6 Acts 4:36 ↩
10. 1 Corinthians 9:7 2 Cor 10:4; 1 Tim 1:18; 2 Tim 2:3f ↩
11. 1 Corinthians 9:7 Deut 20:6; Prov 27:18; 1 Cor 3:6, 8 ↩
12. 1 Corinthians 9:7 Lit eat of ↩
13. 1 Corinthians 9:8 Rom 3:5 ↩
14. 1 Corinthians 9:8 Lit man ↩
15. 1 Corinthians 9:9 Deut 25:4; 1 Tim 5:18 ↩
16. 1 Corinthians 9:9 Deut 22:1-4; Prov 12:10 ↩
17. 1 Corinthians 9:10 Rom 4:23f ↩
18. 1 Corinthians 9:10 2 Tim 2:6 ↩