New American Standard Bible 2020
1 Corinthians 9:12
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.
1 Corinthians 9:12 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)If others be partakers of this power over you, are not we rather? Nevertheless we have not used this power; but suffer all things, lest we should hinder the gospel of Christ.
- New International Version (NIV)If others have this right of support from you, shouldn’t we have it all the more? But we did not use this right. On the contrary, we put up with anything rather than hinder the gospel of Christ.
- English Standard Version (ESV)If others share this rightful claim on you, do not we even more? Nevertheless, we have not made use of this right, but we endure anything rather than put an obstacle in the way of the gospel of Christ.
- New King James Version (NKJV)If others are partakers of this right over you, are we not even more? Nevertheless we have not used this right, but endure all things lest we hinder the gospel of Christ.
Context of 1 Corinthians 9:12
10Or is He speaking entirely for our sake? Yes, it was written for our sake, because the plowman ought to plow in hope, and the thresher to thresh in hope of sharing in the crops. 11If we sowed spiritual things in you, is it too much if we reap material things from you? If others share the right over you, do we not more? Nevertheless, we did not use this right, but we endure all things so that we will cause no hindrance to the gospel of Christ. 13Do you not know that those who perform sacred services eat the food of the temple, and those who attend regularly to the altar have their share from the altar? 14So also the Lord directed those who proclaim the gospel to get their living from the gospel.
Read all of 1 Corinthians 91 Corinthians 9:12 word by word
εἰ ἄλλοι τῆς ὑμῶν ἐξουσίας μετέχουσιν, οὐ μᾶλλον ἡμεῖς; ἀλλ᾽ οὐκ ἐχρησάμεθα τῇ ἐξουσίᾳ ταύτῃ, ἀλλὰ πάντα στέγομεν ἵνα μή τινα ἐγκοπὴν δῶμεν τῷ εὐαγγελίῳ τοῦ Χριστοῦ.¶Read the interlinear
- Ifεἰei · ifG1487
- othersἄλλοςallos · anotherG243
- shareμετέχωmetechō · to shareG3348
- the rightἐξουσίαexousia · authorityG1849
- over you, do we not moreμᾶλλονmallon · moreG3123
- Neverthelessἀλλάalla · butG235
- did not useχράωchraomai · to useG5530
- thisοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
- but we endureστέγωstegō · to endureG4722
- allπᾶςpas · allG3956
- soἵναhina · in order that/toG2443
- we will causeδίδωμιdidōmi · to giveG1325
- noμήmē · notG3361
- noτιςtis · oneG5100
- hindranceἐγκοπήegkopē · hindranceG1464
- gospelεὐαγγέλιονeuaggelion · gospelG2098
- of ChristΧριστόςChristos · ChristG5547
Cross-references for 1 Corinthians 9:12
- 2 Corinthians 11:20For you tolerate it if anyone enslaves you, if anyone devours you, if anyone takes advantage of you, if anyone exalts himself, if anyone hits you in the face.
- 1 Corinthians 9:2If I am not an apostle to others, at least I am to you; for you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.
- 1 Corinthians 4:14I do not write these things to shame you, but to admonish you as my beloved children.
- 1 Corinthians 9:15But I have used none of these things. And I have not written these things so that it will be done so in my case; for it would be better for me to die than that. No one shall make my boast an empty one!
- Acts 20:31Therefore, be on the alert, remembering that night and day for a period of three years I did not cease to admonish each one with tears.
- 2 Corinthians 11:7Or did I commit a sin by humbling myself so that you might be exalted, because I preached the gospel of God to you without charge?
- 2 Corinthians 12:13For in what respect were you treated as inferior to the rest of the churches, except that I myself did not become a burden to you? Forgive me this wrong!
- 1 Thessalonians 2:6nor did we seek honor from people, either from you or from others, though we could have asserted our authority as apostles of Christ.
- 2 Thessalonians 3:8nor did we eat anyone’s bread without paying for it, but with labor and hardship we kept working night and day so that we would not be a burden to any of you;
- 1 Corinthians 4:11Up to this present hour we are both hungry and thirsty, and are poorly clothed and roughly treated and homeless;
- 1 Corinthians 6:7Actually, then, it is already a defeat for you, that you have lawsuits with one another. Why not rather suffer the wrong? Why not rather be defrauded?
- Genesis 24:56However, he said to them, “Do not delay me, since the Lord has prospered my way. Send me away so that I may go to my master.”
- Nehemiah 4:8So all of them conspired together to come to fight against Jerusalem and to cause confusion in it.
- Luke 11:52Woe to you lawyers! For you have taken away the key of knowledge; you yourselves did not enter, and you hindered those who were entering.”
- Romans 15:22For this reason I have often been prevented from coming to you;
- 2 Corinthians 11:12But what I am doing I will also continue to do, so that I may eliminate the opportunity from those who want an opportunity to be regarded just as we are in the matter about which they are boasting.
Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 9:12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12If others be partakers of this power - If those who in any matter serve you have a right to a recompense for that service, surely we who have served you in the most essential matters have a right to our support while thus employed in your service. We have not used this power - Though we had this right, we have not availed ourselves of it, but have worked with our hands to bear our own charges, lest any of you should think that we preached the Gospel…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12If others - Other teachers living with you. There can be no doubt that the teachers in Corinth urged this right, and received a support. Be partakers of this power - Of this right to a support and maintenance. Are not we rather - We the apostles; we who have labored for your conversion; who have founded your church; who have been the first, and the most laborious in instructing you, and imparting to you spiritual blessings? Have not we a better claim than…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12Paul believed he deserved support from the Corinthians more than other Christian workers because he first shared the good news about Jesus with them. However, he chose not to use this right to avoid criticism (see 9:6, 14–15, 18; compare Acts 18:3; 2 Cor 11:7–9; 12:13–14).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1212. others--whether true apostles (1Co 9:5) or false ones (2Co 11:20). we rather--considering our greater labors for you (2Co 11:23). suffer all things--without complaining of it. We desire to conceal (literally, "hold as a water-tight vessel") any distress we suffer from straitened circumstances. The same Greek is in 1Co 13:7. lest we ... hinder ... gospel--not to cause a hindrance to its progress by giving a handle for the imputation of self-seeking, if…Read the comment
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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 ↩
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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