New American Standard Bible 2020

1 Corinthians 9:7-23

7WhoG5101 at anyG4218 timeG4218 servesG4754 1asG4754 aG4754 soldierG4754 at his ownG2398 expenseG3800? WhoG5101 2plantsG5452 a vineyardG290 and does not eatG2068 its fruitG2590? OrG2228 whoG5101 tendsG4165 a flockG4167 and does not 3consumeG2068 someG1537 of the milkG1051 of the flockG4167?

8I am not just assertingG2980 theseG3778 thingsG3778 4accordingG2596 to humanG444 judgmentG444, am I? OrG2228 does the LawG3551 not sayG3004 theseG3778 thingsG3778 asG2532 wellG2532? 9For it is writtenG1125 in the LawG3551 of MosesG3475: “5You shall not muzzleG2778 the oxG1016 while it is threshingG248.” GodG2316 is not concernedG3199 aboutG3199 6oxenG1016, is He? 10OrG2228 is He speakingG3004 entirelyG3843 for our sakeG1223? YesG1063, it was writtenG1125 7for our sakeG1223, becauseG3754 8the plowmanG722 oughtG3784 to plowG722 in hopeG1680, and the thresherG248 to thresh in hopeG1680 of sharingG3348 in the crops. 11 9IfG1487 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 10did not useG5530 thisG3778 rightG1849, but we endureG4722 allG3956 thingsG3956 11soG2443 thatG2443 we will causeG1325 noG3361 G5100 hindranceG1464 to the 12gospelG2098 of ChristG5547. 13 13Do you not knowG3609 that thoseG3588 who 14performG2038 sacredG2413 servicesG2413 eatG2068 the food of the templeG2413, and thoseG3588 who attendG3918 regularlyG3918 to the altarG2379 haveG4829 their shareG4829 15from the altarG2379? 14SoG3779 alsoG2532 16the LordG2962 directedG1299 thoseG3588 who proclaimG2605 the 17gospelG2098 to 18getG2198 their livingG2198 from the gospelG2098.

15But I have 19usedG5530 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 betterG2570 G3123 for me to dieG599 thanG2228 that. NoG3762 oneG3762 shall makeG2758 20my boastG2745 an emptyG2758 one! 16For ifG1437 I preachG2097 the gospelG2097, I have nothingG3756 to boastG2745 about, for 21I amG1945 underG1945 compulsionG318; for woeG3759 to me ifG1437 I do not preachG2097 22the gospelG2097. 17For ifG1487 I doG4238 thisG3778 voluntarilyG1635, I haveG2192 a 23rewardG3408; but ifG1487 againstG210 my willG210, I have been entrustedG4100 with a 24commissionG3622 nonetheless. 18WhatG5101, thenG3767, is my 25rewardG3408? That, when I preachG2097 the gospelG2097, I may offerG5087 the gospelG2098 26withoutG77 chargeG77, soG1519 asG1519 27not to makeG2710 fullG2710 useG2710 ofG2710 my rightG1849 in the gospelG2098.

19For though I amG1510 28freeG1658 from allG3956 peopleG3956, I have madeG1402 myselfG1683 29a slaveG1402 to allG3956, soG2443 thatG2443 I may 30gainG2770 moreG4183. 20 31To 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 32not beingG1510 underG5259 the LawG3551 myselfG846, soG2443 thatG2443 I might gainG2770 thoseG3588 whoG3588 are underG5259 the LawG3551; 21to thoseG3588 who are 33withoutG459 theG459 LawG459, I became 34as one withoutG459 theG459 LawG459, though not beingG1510 withoutG459 theG459 lawG459 of GodG2316 but 35underG1772 the lawG1772 of ChristG5547, soG2443 thatG2443 I might gainG2770 thoseG3588 who are withoutG459 theG459 LawG459. 22To the 36weakG772 I becameG1096 weakG772, that I might gainG2770 the weakG772; I have becomeG1096 37allG3956 thingsG3956 to allG3956 peopleG3956, 38soG2443 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.

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

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