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1 Corinthians 9

New American Standard Bible 2020

Paul’s Use of Freedom

1AmG1510 I not 1freeG1658? AmG1510 I not an 2apostleG652? Have I not 3seenG3708 JesusG2424 our LordG2962? Are you not 4my workG2041 in the LordG2962? 2IfG1487 I amG1510 not an apostleG652 to othersG243, atG235G1065 leastG235G1065 I amG1510 to you; for you are the 5sealG4973 of my 6apostleshipG651 in the LordG2962.

3My defenseG627 to thoseG3588 who examineG350 me is thisG3778: 478Do we not haveG2192 a rightG1849 to eatG2068 and drinkG4095? 5910Do we not haveG2192 a rightG1849 to takeG4013 alongG4013 a 11believingG79 wifeG1135, evenG2532 as the restG3062 of the apostlesG652 and the 12brothersG80 of the LordG2962, and 1314CephasG2786? 6OrG2228 do onlyG3441 1516BarnabasG921 and I haveG2192 noG3756 rightG1849 to refrainG3361 from 17workingG2038? 7WhoG5101 at anyG4218 timeG4218 servesG4754 18asG4754 aG4754 soldierG4754 at his ownG2398 expenseG3800? WhoG5101 19plantsG5452 a vineyardG290 and does not eatG2068 its fruitG2590? OrG2228 whoG5101 tendsG4165 a flockG4167 and does not 20consumeG2068 someG1537 of the milkG1051 of the flockG4167?

8I am not just assertingG2980 theseG3778 thingsG3778 21accordingG2596 to humanG444 judgmentG444, am I? OrG2228 does the LawG3551 not sayG3004 theseG3778 thingsG3778 asG2532 wellG2532? 9For it is writtenG1125 in the LawG3551 of MosesG3475: “22You shall not muzzleG2778 the oxG1016 while it is threshingG248.” GodG2316 is not concernedG3199 aboutG3199 23oxenG1016, is He? 10OrG2228 is He speakingG3004 entirelyG3843 for our sakeG1223? YesG1063, it was writtenG1125 24for our sakeG1223, becauseG3754 25the plowmanG722 oughtG3784 to plowG722 in hopeG1680, and the thresherG248 to thresh in hopeG1680 of sharingG3348 in the crops. 1126IfG1487 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 27did not useG5530 thisG3778 rightG1849, but we endureG4722 allG3956 thingsG3956 28soG2443 thatG2443 we will causeG1325 noG3361G5100 hindranceG1464 to the 29gospelG2098 of ChristG5547. 1330Do you not knowG3609 that thoseG3588 who 31performG2038 sacredG2413 servicesG2413 eatG2068 the food of the templeG2413, and thoseG3588 who attendG3918 regularlyG3918 to the altarG2379 haveG4829 their shareG4829 32from the altarG2379? 14SoG3779 alsoG2532 33the LordG2962 directedG1299 thoseG3588 who proclaimG2605 the 34gospelG2098 to 35getG2198 their livingG2198 from the gospelG2098.

15But I have 36usedG5530 noneG3762 of theseG3778 thingsG3778. And I have not writtenG1125 theseG3778 thingsG3778 soG2443 thatG2443 it will be doneG1096 soG3779 in my caseG1722; for it would be betterG2570G3123 for me to dieG599 thanG2228 that. NoG3762 oneG3762 shall makeG2758 37my boastG2745 an emptyG2758 one! 16For ifG1437 I preachG2097 the gospelG2097, I have nothingG3756 to boastG2745 about, for 38I amG1945 underG1945 compulsionG318; for woeG3759 to me ifG1437 I do not preachG2097 39the gospelG2097. 17For ifG1487 I doG4238 thisG3778 voluntarilyG1635, I haveG2192 a 40rewardG3408; but ifG1487 againstG210 my willG210, I have been entrustedG4100 with a 41commissionG3622 nonetheless. 18WhatG5101, thenG3767, is my 42rewardG3408? That, when I preachG2097 the gospelG2097, I may offerG5087 the gospelG2098 43withoutG77 chargeG77, soG1519 asG1519 44not to makeG2710 fullG2710 useG2710 ofG2710 my rightG1849 in the gospelG2098.

19For though I amG1510 45freeG1658 from allG3956 peopleG3956, I have madeG1402 myselfG1683 46a slaveG1402 to allG3956, soG2443 thatG2443 I may 47gainG2770 moreG4183. 2048To the JewsG2453 I becameG1096 as a JewG2453, soG2443 thatG2443 I might gainG2770 JewsG2453; to thoseG3588 whoG3588 are underG5259 the LawG3551, I became as one underG5259 the LawG3551, though 49not beingG1510 underG5259 the LawG3551 myselfG846, soG2443 thatG2443 I might gainG2770 thoseG3588 whoG3588 are underG5259 the LawG3551; 21to thoseG3588 who are 50withoutG459 theG459 LawG459, I became 51as one withoutG459 theG459 LawG459, though not beingG1510 withoutG459 theG459 lawG459 of GodG2316 but 52underG1772 the lawG1772 of ChristG5547, soG2443 thatG2443 I might gainG2770 thoseG3588 who are withoutG459 theG459 LawG459. 22To the 53weakG772 I becameG1096 weakG772, that I might gainG2770 the weakG772; I have becomeG1096 54allG3956 thingsG3956 to allG3956 peopleG3956, 55soG2443 thatG2443 I may by allG3843 meansG3843 saveG4982 someG5100. 23I doG4160 allG3956 thingsG3956 for the sakeG1223 of the gospelG2098, soG2443 thatG2443 I may becomeG1096 a fellowG4791 partakerG4791 of it.

2456Do you not knowG3609 that thoseG3588 who runG5143 in a raceG4712 allG3956 runG5143, but only oneG1520 receivesG2983 57the prizeG1017? 58RunG5143 inG3779 suchG3779 aG3779 wayG3779 that you may winG2638. 25EveryoneG3956 who 59competesG75 inG75 theG75 gamesG75 exercisesG1467 self-controlG1467 in allG3956 thingsG3956. SoG3767 they do it to obtainG2983 a perishableG5349 60wreathG4735, but we an imperishableG862. 26ThereforeG5106 I 61runG5143 inG3779 suchG3779 aG3779 wayG3779 as not to run aimlesslyG84; I boxG4438 inG3779 suchG3779 aG3779 wayG3779, as 62to avoid 63hittingG1194 airG109; 27but I strictlyG5299 disciplineG5299 64my bodyG4983 and makeG1396 it my slaveG1396, soG3361 thatG3361, after I have preachedG2784 to othersG243, I myselfG846 will notG3361 be disqualifiedG96.

Notes

  1. 1. 1 Corinthians 9:1 1 Cor 9:19; 10:29 ↩
  2. 2. 1 Corinthians 9:1 Acts 14:14; Rom 1:1; 2 Cor 12:12; 1 Thess 2:6; 1 Tim 2:7; 2 Tim 1:11 ↩
  3. 3. 1 Corinthians 9:1 Acts 9:3, 17; 18:9; 22:14, 18; 23:11; 1 Cor 15:8 ↩
  4. 4. 1 Corinthians 9:1 1 Cor 3:6; 4:15 ↩
  5. 5. 1 Corinthians 9:2 John 3:33; 2 Cor 3:2f ↩
  6. 6. 1 Corinthians 9:2 Acts 1:25 ↩
  7. 7. 1 Corinthians 9:4 Lit It is not that we have no right to eat and drink, is it? ↩
  8. 8. 1 Corinthians 9:4 1 Cor 9:14; 1 Thess 2:6, 9; 2 Thess 3:8f ↩
  9. 9. 1 Corinthians 9:5 Lit It is not that we have no right to take along...Cephas, is it? ↩
  10. 10. 1 Corinthians 9:5 1 Cor 7:7f ↩
  11. 11. 1 Corinthians 9:5 Lit sister, as a wife ↩
  12. 12. 1 Corinthians 9:5 Matt 12:46 ↩
  13. 13. 1 Corinthians 9:5 Peter’s Aramaic name ↩
  14. 14. 1 Corinthians 9:5 Matt 8:14; John 1:42 ↩
  15. 15. 1 Corinthians 9:6 Lit I and Barnabas ↩
  16. 16. 1 Corinthians 9:6 Acts 4:36 ↩
  17. 17. 1 Corinthians 9:6 I.e., to support themselves ↩
  18. 18. 1 Corinthians 9:7 2 Cor 10:4; 1 Tim 1:18; 2 Tim 2:3f ↩
  19. 19. 1 Corinthians 9:7 Deut 20:6; Prov 27:18; 1 Cor 3:6, 8 ↩
  20. 20. 1 Corinthians 9:7 Lit eat from ↩
  21. 21. 1 Corinthians 9:8 Rom 3:5 ↩
  22. 22. 1 Corinthians 9:9 Deut 25:4; 1 Tim 5:18 ↩
  23. 23. 1 Corinthians 9:9 Deut 22:1-4; Prov 12:10 ↩
  24. 24. 1 Corinthians 9:10 Rom 4:23f ↩
  25. 25. 1 Corinthians 9:10 2 Tim 2:6 ↩
  26. 26. 1 Corinthians 9:11 Rom 15:27; 1 Cor 9:14 ↩
  27. 27. 1 Corinthians 9:12 Acts 18:3; 20:33; 1 Cor 9:15, 18 ↩
  28. 28. 1 Corinthians 9:12 2 Cor 6:3; 11:12 ↩
  29. 29. 1 Corinthians 9:12 1 Cor 4:15; 9:14, 16, 18, 23; 2 Cor 2:12 ↩
  30. 30. 1 Corinthians 9:13 Rom 6:16 ↩
  31. 31. 1 Corinthians 9:13 Lev 6:16, 26; 7:6, 31ff; Num 5:9f; 18:8-20, 31; Deut 18:1 ↩
  32. 32. 1 Corinthians 9:13 Lit with ↩
  33. 33. 1 Corinthians 9:14 Matt 10:10; Luke 10:7; 1 Tim 5:18 ↩
  34. 34. 1 Corinthians 9:14 1 Cor 4:15; 9:12, 16, 18, 23; 2 Cor 2:12 ↩
  35. 35. 1 Corinthians 9:14 Luke 10:8; 1 Cor 9:4 ↩
  36. 36. 1 Corinthians 9:15 Acts 18:3; 20:33; 1 Cor 9:12, 18 ↩
  37. 37. 1 Corinthians 9:15 2 Cor 11:10 ↩
  38. 38. 1 Corinthians 9:16 Acts 9:15; Rom 1:14 ↩
  39. 39. 1 Corinthians 9:16 1 Cor 4:15; 9:12, 14, 18, 23; 2 Cor 2:12 ↩
  40. 40. 1 Corinthians 9:17 John 4:36; 1 Cor 3:8; 9:18 ↩
  41. 41. 1 Corinthians 9:17 1 Cor 4:1; Gal 2:7; Eph 3:2; Phil 1:16; Col 1:25 ↩
  42. 42. 1 Corinthians 9:18 John 4:36; 1 Cor 3:8; 9:17 ↩
  43. 43. 1 Corinthians 9:18 Acts 18:3; 2 Cor 11:7; 12:13 ↩
  44. 44. 1 Corinthians 9:18 1 Cor 7:31; 9:12 ↩
  45. 45. 1 Corinthians 9:19 1 Cor 9:1 ↩
  46. 46. 1 Corinthians 9:19 2 Cor 4:5; Gal 5:13 ↩
  47. 47. 1 Corinthians 9:19 Matt 18:15; 1 Pet 3:1 ↩
  48. 48. 1 Corinthians 9:20 Acts 16:3; 21:23-26; Rom 11:14 ↩
  49. 49. 1 Corinthians 9:20 Gal 2:19 ↩
  50. 50. 1 Corinthians 9:21 Rom 2:12, 14 ↩
  51. 51. 1 Corinthians 9:21 Gal 2:3; 3:2 ↩
  52. 52. 1 Corinthians 9:21 1 Cor 7:22; Gal 6:2 ↩
  53. 53. 1 Corinthians 9:22 Rom 14:1; 15:1; 2 Cor 11:29 ↩
  54. 54. 1 Corinthians 9:22 1 Cor 10:33 ↩
  55. 55. 1 Corinthians 9:22 Rom 11:14 ↩
  56. 56. 1 Corinthians 9:24 1 Cor 9:13 ↩
  57. 57. 1 Corinthians 9:24 Phil 3:14; Col 2:18 ↩
  58. 58. 1 Corinthians 9:24 Gal 2:2; 2 Tim 4:7; Heb 12:1 ↩
  59. 59. 1 Corinthians 9:25 Eph 6:12; 1 Tim 6:12; 2 Tim 2:5; 4:7 ↩
  60. 60. 1 Corinthians 9:25 2 Tim 4:8; James 1:12; 1 Pet 5:4; Rev 2:10; 3:11 ↩
  61. 61. 1 Corinthians 9:26 Gal 2:2; 2 Tim 4:7; Heb 12:1 ↩
  62. 62. 1 Corinthians 9:26 Lit not hitting ↩
  63. 63. 1 Corinthians 9:26 1 Cor 14:9 ↩
  64. 64. 1 Corinthians 9:27 Rom 8:13 ↩

Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 9

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