1 Corinthians 9
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1 Corinthians 9:13-22

131Do you not knowG3609 that thoseG3588 who 2performG2038 sacredG2413 servicesG2413 eatG2068 the food of the templeG2413, and thoseG3588 who attendG3918 regularlyG3918 to the altarG2379 haveG4829 their shareG4829 3from the altarG2379? 14SoG3779 alsoG2532 4the LordG2962 directedG1299 thoseG3588 who proclaimG2605 the 5gospelG2098 to 6getG2198 their livingG2198 from the gospelG2098.

15But I have 7usedG5530 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 8my boastG2745 an emptyG2758 one! 16For ifG1437 I preachG2097 the gospelG2097, I have nothingG3756 to boastG2745 about, for 9I amG1945 underG1945 compulsionG318; for woeG3759 to me ifG1437 I do not preachG2097 10the gospelG2097. 17For ifG1487 I doG4238 thisG3778 voluntarilyG1635, I haveG2192 a 11rewardG3408; but ifG1487 againstG210 my willG210, I have been entrustedG4100 with a 12commissionG3622 nonetheless. 18WhatG5101, thenG3767, is my 13rewardG3408? That, when I preachG2097 the gospelG2097, I may offerG5087 the gospelG2098 14withoutG77 chargeG77, soG1519 asG1519 15not to makeG2710 fullG2710 useG2710 ofG2710 my rightG1849 in the gospelG2098.

19For though I amG1510 16freeG1658 from allG3956 peopleG3956, I have madeG1402 myselfG1683 17a slaveG1402 to allG3956, soG2443 thatG2443 I may 18gainG2770 moreG4183. 2019To 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 20not beingG1510 underG5259 the LawG3551 myselfG846, soG2443 thatG2443 I might gainG2770 thoseG3588 whoG3588 are underG5259 the LawG3551; 21to thoseG3588 who are 21withoutG459 theG459 LawG459, I became 22as one withoutG459 theG459 LawG459, though not beingG1510 withoutG459 theG459 lawG459 of GodG2316 but 23underG1772 the lawG1772 of ChristG5547, soG2443 thatG2443 I might gainG2770 thoseG3588 who are withoutG459 theG459 LawG459. 22To the 24weakG772 I becameG1096 weakG772, that I might gainG2770 the weakG772; I have becomeG1096 25allG3956 thingsG3956 to allG3956 peopleG3956, 26soG2443 thatG2443 I may by allG3843 meansG3843 saveG4982 someG5100.

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Notes

  1. 1. 1 Corinthians 9:13 Rom 6:16 ↩
  2. 2. 1 Corinthians 9:13 Lev 6:16, 26; 7:6, 31ff; Num 5:9f; 18:8-20, 31; Deut 18:1 ↩
  3. 3. 1 Corinthians 9:13 Lit with ↩
  4. 4. 1 Corinthians 9:14 Matt 10:10; Luke 10:7; 1 Tim 5:18 ↩
  5. 5. 1 Corinthians 9:14 1 Cor 4:15; 9:12, 16, 18, 23; 2 Cor 2:12 ↩
  6. 6. 1 Corinthians 9:14 Luke 10:8; 1 Cor 9:4 ↩
  7. 7. 1 Corinthians 9:15 Acts 18:3; 20:33; 1 Cor 9:12, 18 ↩
  8. 8. 1 Corinthians 9:15 2 Cor 11:10 ↩
  9. 9. 1 Corinthians 9:16 Acts 9:15; Rom 1:14 ↩
  10. 10. 1 Corinthians 9:16 1 Cor 4:15; 9:12, 14, 18, 23; 2 Cor 2:12 ↩
  11. 11. 1 Corinthians 9:17 John 4:36; 1 Cor 3:8; 9:18 ↩
  12. 12. 1 Corinthians 9:17 1 Cor 4:1; Gal 2:7; Eph 3:2; Phil 1:16; Col 1:25 ↩
  13. 13. 1 Corinthians 9:18 John 4:36; 1 Cor 3:8; 9:17 ↩
  14. 14. 1 Corinthians 9:18 Acts 18:3; 2 Cor 11:7; 12:13 ↩
  15. 15. 1 Corinthians 9:18 1 Cor 7:31; 9:12 ↩
  16. 16. 1 Corinthians 9:19 1 Cor 9:1 ↩
  17. 17. 1 Corinthians 9:19 2 Cor 4:5; Gal 5:13 ↩
  18. 18. 1 Corinthians 9:19 Matt 18:15; 1 Pet 3:1 ↩
  19. 19. 1 Corinthians 9:20 Acts 16:3; 21:23-26; Rom 11:14 ↩
  20. 20. 1 Corinthians 9:20 Gal 2:19 ↩
  21. 21. 1 Corinthians 9:21 Rom 2:12, 14 ↩
  22. 22. 1 Corinthians 9:21 Gal 2:3; 3:2 ↩
  23. 23. 1 Corinthians 9:21 1 Cor 7:22; Gal 6:2 ↩
  24. 24. 1 Corinthians 9:22 Rom 14:1; 15:1; 2 Cor 11:29 ↩
  25. 25. 1 Corinthians 9:22 1 Cor 10:33 ↩
  26. 26. 1 Corinthians 9:22 Rom 11:14 ↩

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