New American Standard Bible 1995

1 Corinthians 9:7-23

7WhoG5101 at anyG4218 timeG4218 servesG4754 1as a soldierG4754 at his ownG2398 expenseG3800? WhoG5101 2plantsG5452 a vineyardG290 and does not eatG2068 the fruitG2590 of it? OrG2228 whoG5101 tendsG4165 a flockG4167 and does not 3useG2068 the milkG1051 of the flockG4167?

8I am not speakingG2980 theseG3778 thingsG3778 4accordingG2596 to 5humanG444 judgmentG444, am I? OrG2228 does not the LawG3551 alsoG2532 sayG3004 theseG3778 thingsG3778? 9For it is writtenG1125 in the LawG3551 of MosesG3475, “6You shall not muzzleG2778 the oxG1016 while he is threshingG248.” GodG2316 is not concernedG3199 about 7oxenG1016, is He? 10OrG2228 is He speakingG3004 altogetherG3843 for our sakeG1223? YesG1063, 8for our sakeG1223 it was writtenG1125, becauseG3754 9the plowmanG722 oughtG3784 to plowG722 in hopeG1680, and the thresherG248 to thresh in hopeG1680 of sharingG3348 the crops. 11 10IfG1487 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 11did not useG5530 thisG3778 rightG1849, but we endureG4722 allG3956 thingsG3956 12soG2443 that we will causeG1325 noG3361 G5100 hindranceG1464 to the 13gospelG2098 of ChristG5547. 13 14Do you not knowG3609 that thoseG3588 who 15performG2038 sacredG2413 servicesG2413 eatG2068 the food of the templeG2413, and thoseG3588 who attendG3918 regularlyG3918 to the altarG2379 haveG4829 their shareG4829 16from the altarG2379? 14SoG3779 alsoG2532 17the LordG2962 directedG1299 thoseG3588 who proclaimG2605 the 18gospelG2098 to 19getG2198 their livingG2198 from the gospelG2098.

15But I have 20usedG5530 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 betterG2570 G3123 for me to dieG599 thanG2228 have anyG5100 man makeG2758 21my boastG2745 an emptyG2758 one. 16For ifG1437 I preachG2097 the gospelG2097, I have nothingG3756 to boastG2745 of, for 22I amG1945 underG1945 compulsionG318; for woeG3759 is me ifG1437 I do not preachG2097 23the gospelG2097. 17For ifG1487 I doG4238 thisG3778 voluntarilyG1635, I haveG2192 a 24rewardG3408; but ifG1487 againstG210 my willG210, I have a 25stewardshipG3622 entrustedG4100 to me. 18WhatG5101 thenG3767 is my 26rewardG3408? That, when I preachG2097 the gospelG2097, I may offerG5087 the gospelG2098 27withoutG77 chargeG77, soG1519 as 28not to makeG2710 fullG2710 useG2710 of my rightG1849 in the gospelG2098.

19For though I amG1510 29freeG1658 from allG3956 men, I have madeG1402 myselfG1683 30a slaveG1402 to allG3956, soG2443 that I may 31winG2770 moreG4183. 20 32To the JewsG2453 I becameG1096 as a JewG2453, soG2443 that I might winG2770 JewsG2453; to thoseG3588 whoG3588 are underG5259 33the LawG3551, as underG5259 34the LawG3551 though 35not beingG1510 myselfG846 underG5259 36the LawG3551, soG2443 that I might winG2770 thoseG3588 whoG3588 are underG5259 37the LawG3551; 21to thoseG3588 who are 38withoutG459 lawG459, 39as withoutG459 lawG459, though not beingG1510 withoutG459 the lawG459 of GodG2316 but 40underG1772 the lawG1772 of ChristG5547, soG2443 that I might winG2770 thoseG3588 who are withoutG459 lawG459. 22To the 41weakG772 I becameG1096 weakG772, that I might winG2770 the weakG772; I have becomeG1096 42allG3956 thingsG3956 to allG3956 menG3956, 43soG2443 that I may by allG3843 meansG3843 saveG4982 someG5100. 23I doG4160 allG3956 thingsG3956 for the sakeG1223 of the gospelG2098, soG2443 that I may becomeG1096 a fellowG4791 partakerG4791 of it.

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Notes

1. 1 Corinthians 9:7 2 Cor 10:4; 1 Tim 1:18; 2 Tim 2:3f ↩
2. 1 Corinthians 9:7 Deut 20:6; Prov 27:18; 1 Cor 3:6, 8 ↩
3. 1 Corinthians 9:7 Lit eat of ↩
4. 1 Corinthians 9:8 Rom 3:5 ↩
5. 1 Corinthians 9:8 Lit man ↩
6. 1 Corinthians 9:9 Deut 25:4; 1 Tim 5:18 ↩
7. 1 Corinthians 9:9 Deut 22:1-4; Prov 12:10 ↩
8. 1 Corinthians 9:10 Rom 4:23f ↩
9. 1 Corinthians 9:10 2 Tim 2:6 ↩
10. 1 Corinthians 9:11 Rom 15:27; 1 Cor 9:14 ↩
11. 1 Corinthians 9:12 Acts 18:3; 20:33; 1 Cor 9:15, 18 ↩
12. 1 Corinthians 9:12 2 Cor 6:3; 11:12 ↩
13. 1 Corinthians 9:12 1 Cor 4:15; 9:14, 16, 18, 23; 2 Cor 2:12 ↩
14. 1 Corinthians 9:13 Rom 6:16 ↩
15. 1 Corinthians 9:13 Lev 6:16, 26; 7:6, 31ff; Num 5:9f; 18:8-20, 31; Deut 18:1 ↩
16. 1 Corinthians 9:13 Lit with ↩
17. 1 Corinthians 9:14 Matt 10:10; Luke 10:7; 1 Tim 5:18 ↩
18. 1 Corinthians 9:14 1 Cor 4:15; 9:12, 16, 18, 23; 2 Cor 2:12 ↩
19. 1 Corinthians 9:14 Luke 10:8; 1 Cor 9:4 ↩
20. 1 Corinthians 9:15 Acts 18:3; 20:33; 1 Cor 9:12, 18 ↩
21. 1 Corinthians 9:15 2 Cor 11:10 ↩
22. 1 Corinthians 9:16 Acts 9:15; Rom 1:14 ↩
23. 1 Corinthians 9:16 1 Cor 4:15; 9:12, 14, 18, 23; 2 Cor 2:12 ↩
24. 1 Corinthians 9:17 John 4:36; 1 Cor 3:8; 9:18 ↩
25. 1 Corinthians 9:17 1 Cor 4:1; Gal 2:7; Eph 3:2; Phil 1:16; Col 1:25 ↩
26. 1 Corinthians 9:18 John 4:36; 1 Cor 3:8; 9:17 ↩
27. 1 Corinthians 9:18 Acts 18:3; 2 Cor 11:7; 12:13 ↩
28. 1 Corinthians 9:18 1 Cor 7:31; 9:12 ↩
29. 1 Corinthians 9:19 1 Cor 9:1 ↩
30. 1 Corinthians 9:19 2 Cor 4:5; Gal 5:13 ↩
31. 1 Corinthians 9:19 Matt 18:15; 1 Pet 3:1 ↩
32. 1 Corinthians 9:20 Acts 16:3; 21:23-26; Rom 11:14 ↩
33. 1 Corinthians 9:20 Or law ↩
34. 1 Corinthians 9:20 Or law ↩
35. 1 Corinthians 9:20 Gal 2:19 ↩
36. 1 Corinthians 9:20 Or law ↩
37. 1 Corinthians 9:20 Or law ↩
38. 1 Corinthians 9:21 Rom 2:12, 14 ↩
39. 1 Corinthians 9:21 Gal 2:3; 3:2 ↩
40. 1 Corinthians 9:21 1 Cor 7:22; Gal 6:2 ↩
41. 1 Corinthians 9:22 Rom 14:1; 15:1; 2 Cor 11:29 ↩
42. 1 Corinthians 9:22 1 Cor 10:33 ↩
43. 1 Corinthians 9:22 Rom 11:14 ↩

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