New American Standard Bible 2020

1 Corinthians 9:3-14

3My defenseG627 to thoseG3588 who examineG350 me is thisG3778: 4 1 2Do we not haveG2192 a rightG1849 to eatG2068 and drinkG4095? 5 3 4Do 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 7 8CephasG2786? 6OrG2228 do onlyG3441 9 10BarnabasG921 and I haveG2192 noG3756 rightG1849 to refrainG3361 from 11workingG2038? 7WhoG5101 at anyG4218 timeG4218 servesG4754 12asG4754 aG4754 soldierG4754 at his ownG2398 expenseG3800? WhoG5101 13plantsG5452 a vineyardG290 and does not eatG2068 its fruitG2590? OrG2228 whoG5101 tendsG4165 a flockG4167 and does not 14consumeG2068 someG1537 of the milkG1051 of the flockG4167?

8I am not just assertingG2980 theseG3778 thingsG3778 15accordingG2596 to humanG444 judgmentG444, am I? OrG2228 does the LawG3551 not sayG3004 theseG3778 thingsG3778 asG2532 wellG2532? 9For it is writtenG1125 in the LawG3551 of MosesG3475: “16You shall not muzzleG2778 the oxG1016 while it is threshingG248.” GodG2316 is not concernedG3199 aboutG3199 17oxenG1016, is He? 10OrG2228 is He speakingG3004 entirelyG3843 for our sakeG1223? YesG1063, it was writtenG1125 18for our sakeG1223, becauseG3754 19the plowmanG722 oughtG3784 to plowG722 in hopeG1680, and the thresherG248 to thresh in hopeG1680 of sharingG3348 in the crops. 11 20IfG1487 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 21did not useG5530 thisG3778 rightG1849, but we endureG4722 allG3956 thingsG3956 22soG2443 thatG2443 we will causeG1325 noG3361 G5100 hindranceG1464 to the 23gospelG2098 of ChristG5547. 13 24Do you not knowG3609 that thoseG3588 who 25performG2038 sacredG2413 servicesG2413 eatG2068 the food of the templeG2413, and thoseG3588 who attendG3918 regularlyG3918 to the altarG2379 haveG4829 their shareG4829 26from the altarG2379? 14SoG3779 alsoG2532 27the LordG2962 directedG1299 thoseG3588 who proclaimG2605 the 28gospelG2098 to 29getG2198 their livingG2198 from the gospelG2098.

Notes

1. 1 Corinthians 9:4 Lit It is not that we have no right to eat and drink, is it? ↩
2. 1 Corinthians 9:4 1 Cor 9:14; 1 Thess 2:6, 9; 2 Thess 3:8f ↩
3. 1 Corinthians 9:5 Lit It is not that we have no right to take along...Cephas, is it? ↩
4. 1 Corinthians 9:5 1 Cor 7:7f ↩
5. 1 Corinthians 9:5 Lit sister, as a wife ↩
6. 1 Corinthians 9:5 Matt 12:46 ↩
7. 1 Corinthians 9:5 Peter’s Aramaic name ↩
8. 1 Corinthians 9:5 Matt 8:14; John 1:42 ↩
9. 1 Corinthians 9:6 Lit I and Barnabas ↩
10. 1 Corinthians 9:6 Acts 4:36 ↩
11. 1 Corinthians 9:6 I.e., to support themselves ↩
12. 1 Corinthians 9:7 2 Cor 10:4; 1 Tim 1:18; 2 Tim 2:3f ↩
13. 1 Corinthians 9:7 Deut 20:6; Prov 27:18; 1 Cor 3:6, 8 ↩
14. 1 Corinthians 9:7 Lit eat from ↩
15. 1 Corinthians 9:8 Rom 3:5 ↩
16. 1 Corinthians 9:9 Deut 25:4; 1 Tim 5:18 ↩
17. 1 Corinthians 9:9 Deut 22:1-4; Prov 12:10 ↩
18. 1 Corinthians 9:10 Rom 4:23f ↩
19. 1 Corinthians 9:10 2 Tim 2:6 ↩
20. 1 Corinthians 9:11 Rom 15:27; 1 Cor 9:14 ↩
21. 1 Corinthians 9:12 Acts 18:3; 20:33; 1 Cor 9:15, 18 ↩
22. 1 Corinthians 9:12 2 Cor 6:3; 11:12 ↩
23. 1 Corinthians 9:12 1 Cor 4:15; 9:14, 16, 18, 23; 2 Cor 2:12 ↩
24. 1 Corinthians 9:13 Rom 6:16 ↩
25. 1 Corinthians 9:13 Lev 6:16, 26; 7:6, 31ff; Num 5:9f; 18:8-20, 31; Deut 18:1 ↩
26. 1 Corinthians 9:13 Lit with ↩
27. 1 Corinthians 9:14 Matt 10:10; Luke 10:7; 1 Tim 5:18 ↩
28. 1 Corinthians 9:14 1 Cor 4:15; 9:12, 16, 18, 23; 2 Cor 2:12 ↩
29. 1 Corinthians 9:14 Luke 10:8; 1 Cor 9:4 ↩