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1 Corinthians 9:3-18

3My defenseG627 to thoseG3588 who examineG350 me is thisG3778: 412Do we not haveG2192 a rightG1849 to eatG2068 and drinkG4095? 534Do 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 89BarnabasG921 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. 1119IfG1487 we sowedG4687 spiritualG4152 thingsG4152 in you, is it tooG3173 muchG3173 ifG1487 we reapG2325 materialG4559 thingsG4559 from you? 12IfG1487 othersG243 shareG3348 the rightG1849 over you, do we not moreG3123? NeverthelessG235, we 20did not useG5530 thisG3778 rightG1849, but we endureG4722 allG3956 thingsG3956 21soG2443 that we will causeG1325 noG3361G5100 hindranceG1464 to the 22gospelG2098 of ChristG5547. 1323Do you not knowG3609 that thoseG3588 who 24performG2038 sacredG2413 servicesG2413 eatG2068 the food of the templeG2413, and thoseG3588 who attendG3918 regularlyG3918 to the altarG2379 haveG4829 their shareG4829 25from the altarG2379? 14SoG3779 alsoG2532 26the LordG2962 directedG1299 thoseG3588 who proclaimG2605 the 27gospelG2098 to 28getG2198 their livingG2198 from the gospelG2098.

15But I have 29usedG5530 noneG3762 of theseG3778 thingsG3778. And I am not writingG1125 theseG3778 thingsG3778 soG3779 that it will be doneG1096 soG3779 in my caseG1722; for it would be betterG2570G3123 for me to dieG599 thanG2228 have anyG5100 man makeG2758 30my boastG2745 an emptyG2758 one. 16For ifG1437 I preachG2097 the gospelG2097, I have nothingG3756 to boastG2745 of, for 31I amG1945 underG1945 compulsionG318; for woeG3759 is me ifG1437 I do not preachG2097 32the gospelG2097. 17For ifG1487 I doG4238 thisG3778 voluntarilyG1635, I haveG2192 a 33rewardG3408; but ifG1487 againstG210 my willG210, I have a 34stewardshipG3622 entrustedG4100 to me. 18WhatG5101 thenG3767 is my 35rewardG3408? That, when I preachG2097 the gospelG2097, I may offerG5087 the gospelG2098 36withoutG77 chargeG77, soG1519 as 37not to makeG2710 fullG2710 useG2710 of my rightG1849 in the gospelG2098.

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Notes

  1. 1. 1 Corinthians 9:4 Lit It is not that we have no right to eat and drink, is it? ↩
  2. 2. 1 Corinthians 9:4 1 Cor 9:14; 1 Thess 2:6, 9; 2 Thess 3:8f ↩
  3. 3. 1 Corinthians 9:5 Lit It is not that we have no right to take along...Cephas, is it? ↩
  4. 4. 1 Corinthians 9:5 1 Cor 7:7f ↩
  5. 5. 1 Corinthians 9:5 Lit sister, as wife ↩
  6. 6. 1 Corinthians 9:5 Matt 12:46 ↩
  7. 7. 1 Corinthians 9:5 Matt 8:14; John 1:42 ↩
  8. 8. 1 Corinthians 9:6 Lit I and Barnabas ↩
  9. 9. 1 Corinthians 9:6 Acts 4:36 ↩
  10. 10. 1 Corinthians 9:7 2 Cor 10:4; 1 Tim 1:18; 2 Tim 2:3f ↩
  11. 11. 1 Corinthians 9:7 Deut 20:6; Prov 27:18; 1 Cor 3:6, 8 ↩
  12. 12. 1 Corinthians 9:7 Lit eat of ↩
  13. 13. 1 Corinthians 9:8 Rom 3:5 ↩
  14. 14. 1 Corinthians 9:8 Lit man ↩
  15. 15. 1 Corinthians 9:9 Deut 25:4; 1 Tim 5:18 ↩
  16. 16. 1 Corinthians 9:9 Deut 22:1-4; Prov 12:10 ↩
  17. 17. 1 Corinthians 9:10 Rom 4:23f ↩
  18. 18. 1 Corinthians 9:10 2 Tim 2:6 ↩
  19. 19. 1 Corinthians 9:11 Rom 15:27; 1 Cor 9:14 ↩
  20. 20. 1 Corinthians 9:12 Acts 18:3; 20:33; 1 Cor 9:15, 18 ↩
  21. 21. 1 Corinthians 9:12 2 Cor 6:3; 11:12 ↩
  22. 22. 1 Corinthians 9:12 1 Cor 4:15; 9:14, 16, 18, 23; 2 Cor 2:12 ↩
  23. 23. 1 Corinthians 9:13 Rom 6:16 ↩
  24. 24. 1 Corinthians 9:13 Lev 6:16, 26; 7:6, 31ff; Num 5:9f; 18:8-20, 31; Deut 18:1 ↩
  25. 25. 1 Corinthians 9:13 Lit with ↩
  26. 26. 1 Corinthians 9:14 Matt 10:10; Luke 10:7; 1 Tim 5:18 ↩
  27. 27. 1 Corinthians 9:14 1 Cor 4:15; 9:12, 16, 18, 23; 2 Cor 2:12 ↩
  28. 28. 1 Corinthians 9:14 Luke 10:8; 1 Cor 9:4 ↩
  29. 29. 1 Corinthians 9:15 Acts 18:3; 20:33; 1 Cor 9:12, 18 ↩
  30. 30. 1 Corinthians 9:15 2 Cor 11:10 ↩
  31. 31. 1 Corinthians 9:16 Acts 9:15; Rom 1:14 ↩
  32. 32. 1 Corinthians 9:16 1 Cor 4:15; 9:12, 14, 18, 23; 2 Cor 2:12 ↩
  33. 33. 1 Corinthians 9:17 John 4:36; 1 Cor 3:8; 9:18 ↩
  34. 34. 1 Corinthians 9:17 1 Cor 4:1; Gal 2:7; Eph 3:2; Phil 1:16; Col 1:25 ↩
  35. 35. 1 Corinthians 9:18 John 4:36; 1 Cor 3:8; 9:17 ↩
  36. 36. 1 Corinthians 9:18 Acts 18:3; 2 Cor 11:7; 12:13 ↩
  37. 37. 1 Corinthians 9:18 1 Cor 7:31; 9:12 ↩

Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 9

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