I Corinthians Chapter 9
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darby (darby) - eBible.org Darby 1890 plaintext
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Am I not free? am I not an apostle? have I not seen Jesus our Lord? are not ye my work in [the] Lord?
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If I am not an apostle to others, yet at any rate I am to you: for the seal of mine apostleship are ye in [the] Lord.
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My defence to those who examine me is this:
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Have we not a right to eat and to drink?
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have we not a right to take round a sister [as] wife, as also the other apostles, and the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?
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Or I alone and Barnabas, have we not a right not to work?
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Who ever carries on war at his own charges? who plants a vineyard and does not eat of its fruit? or who herds a flock and does not eat of the milk of the flock?
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Do I speak these things as a man, or does not the law also say these things?
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For in the law of Moses it is written, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that is treading out corn. IsGod occupied about the oxen,
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or does he say [it] altogether for our sakes? For for our sakes it has been written, that the plougher should plough in hope, and he that treads out corn, in hope of partaking of [it].
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If we have sown to you spiritual things, [is it a] great [thing] if we shall reap your carnal things?
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If others partake of this right over you, should not rather we? But we have not used this right, but we bear all things, that we may put no hindrance in the way of the glad tidings of the Christ.
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Do ye not know that they who labour [at] sacred things eat of the [offerings offered in the] temple; they that attend at the altar partake with the altar?
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So also the Lord has ordained to those that announce the glad tidings to live of the glad tidings.
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But I have used none of these things. Now I have not written these things that it should be thus in my case; for [it were] good for me rather to die than that any one should make vain my boast.
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For if I announce the glad tidings, I have nothing to boast of; for a necessity is laid upon me; for it is woe to me if I should not announce the glad tidings.
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For if I do this voluntarily, I have a reward; but if not of my own will, I am entrusted with an administration.
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What is the reward then that I have? That in announcing the glad tidings I make the glad tidings costless [to others], so as not to have made use, as belonging to me, of my right in [announcing] the glad tidings.
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For being free from all, I have made myself bondman to all, that I might gain the most [possible].
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And I became to the Jews as a Jew, in order that I might gain the Jews: to those under law, as under law, not being myself under law, in order that I might gain those under law:
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to those without law, as without law, (not as without law toGod, but as legitimately subject to Christ,) in order that I might gain [those] without law.
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I became to the weak, [as] weak, in order that I might gain the weak. To all I have become all things, in order that at all events I might save some.
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And I do all things for the sake of the glad tidings, that I may be fellow-partaker with them.
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Know ye not that they who run in [the] race-course run all, but one receives the prize? Thus run in order that ye may obtain.
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But every one that contends [for a prize] is temperate in all things: they then indeed that they may receive a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible.
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I therefore thus run, as not uncertainly; so I combat, as not beating the air.
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But I buffet my body, and lead it captive, lest [after] having preached to others I should be myself rejected.
vul1914 (vul1914) - Vulgate 1914 UTF-8 (sacredbible.org)
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Non sum liber? Non sum Apostolus? Nonne Christum Iesum Dominum nostrum vidi? Nonne opus meum vos estis in Domino?
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Et si aliis non sum Apostolus, sed tamen vobis sum: nam signaculum Apostolatus mei vos estis in Domino.
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mea defensio apud eos, qui me interrogant, hæc est:
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Numquid non habemus potestatem manducandi, et bibendi?
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Numquid non habemus potestatem mulierem sororem circumducendi sicut et ceteri Apostoli, et fratres Domini, et Cephas?
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Aut ego solus, et Barnabas, non habemus potestatem hoc operandi?
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Quis militat suis stipendiis umquam? Quis plantat vineam, et de fructu eius non edit? Quis pascit gregem, et de lacte gregis non manducat?
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Numquid secundum hominem hæc dico? An et lex hæc non dicit?
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Scriptum est enim in lege Moysi: Non alligabis os bovi trituranti. Numquid de bobus cura est Deo?
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An propter nos utique hoc dicit? Nam propter nos scripta sunt. quoniam debet in spe qui arat, arare: et qui triturat, in spe fructus percipiendi.
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Si nos vobis spiritualia seminavimus, magnum est si nos carnalia vestra metamus?
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Si alii potestatis vestræ participes sunt, quare non potius nos? Sed non usi sumus hac potestate: sed omnia sustinemus, ne quod offendiculum demus Evangelio Christi.
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Nescitis quoniam qui in sacrario operantur, quæ de sacrario sunt, edunt: et qui altari deserviunt, cum altari participant?
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Ita et Dominus ordinavit iis, qui Evangelium annunciant, de Evangelio vivere.
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Ego autem nullo horum usus sum. Non autem scripsi hæc ut ita fiant in me: bonum est enim mihi magis mori, quam ut gloriam meam quis evacuet.
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Nam si evangelizavero, non est mihi gloria: necessitas enim mihi incumbit: væ enim mihi est, si non evangelizavero.
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Si enim volens hoc ago, mercedem habeo: si autem invitus, dispensatio mihi credita est.
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Quæ est ergo merces mea? Ut Evangelium prædicans, sine sumptu ponam Evangelium, ut non abutar potestate mea in Evangelio.
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Nam cum liber essem ex omnibus, omnium me servum feci, ut plures lucrifacerem.
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Et factus sum Iudæis tamquam Iudæus, ut Iudæos lucrarer.
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iis qui sub lege sunt, quasi sub lege essem (cum ipse non essem sub lege) ut eos, qui sub lege erant, lucrifacerem. iis, qui sine lege erant, tamquam sine lege essem (cum sine lege Dei non essem: sed in lege essem Christi) ut lucrifacerem eos, qui sine lege erant.
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Factus sum infirmis infirmus, ut infirmos lucrifacerem. Omnibus omnia factus sum, ut omnes facerem salvos.
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Omnia autem facio propter Evangelium: ut particeps eius efficiar.
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Nescitis quod ii, qui in stadio currunt, omnes quidem currunt, sed unus accipit bravium? Sic currite ut comprehendatis.
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Omnis autem, qui in agone contendit, ab omnibus se abstinet, et illi quidem ut corruptibilem coronam accipiant: nos autem incorruptam.
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Ego igitur sic curro, non quasi in incertum: sic pugno, non quasi aerem verberans:
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sed castigo corpus meum, et in servitutem redigo: ne forte cum aliis prædicaverim, ipse reprobus efficiar.
ylt (ylt) - Bible.com YLT98 plain UTF-8
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Am not I an apostle? am not I free? Jesus Christ our Lord have I not seen? my work are not ye in the Lord?
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if to others I am not an apostle--yet doubtless to you I am; for the seal of my apostleship are ye in the Lord.
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My defence to those who examine me in this;
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have we not authority to eat and to drink?
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have we not authority a sister--a wife--to lead about, as also the other apostles, and the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?
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or only I and Barnabas, have we not authority--not to work?
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who doth serve as a soldier at his own charges at any time? who doth plant a vineyard, and of its fruit doth not eat? or who doth feed a flock, and of the milk of the flock doth not eat?
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According to man do I speak these things? or doth not also the law say these things?
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for in the law of Moses it hath been written, `thou shalt not muzzle an ox treading out corn;' for the oxen doth God care?
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or because of us by all means doth He say <FI>it<Fi> ? yes, because of us it was written, because in hope ought the plower to plow, and he who is treading <FI>ought<Fi> of his hope to partake in hope.
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If we to you the spiritual things did sow--great <FI>is it<Fi> if we your fleshly things do reap?
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if others do partake of the authority over you--not we more? but we did not use this authority, but all things we bear, that we may give no hindrance to the good news of the Christ.
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Have ye not known that those working about the things of the temple--of the temple do eat, and those waiting at the altar--with the altar are partakers?
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so also did the Lord direct to those proclaiming the good news: of the good news to live.
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And I have used none of these things; neither did I write these things that it may be so done in my case, for <FI>it is<Fi> good for me rather to die, than that any one may make my glorying void;
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for if I may proclaim good news, it is no glorying for me, for necessity is laid upon me, and woe is to me if I may not proclaim good news;
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for if willing I do this, I have a reward; and if unwillingly--with a stewardship I have been entrusted!
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What, then, is my reward? --that proclaiming good news, without charge I shall make the good news of the Christ, not to abuse my authority in the good news;
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for being free from all men, to all men I made myself servant, that the more I might gain;
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and I became to the Jews as a Jew, that Jews I might gain; to those under law as under law, that those under law I might gain;
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to those without law, as without law--(not being without law to God, but within law to Christ) --that I might gain those without law;
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I became to the infirm as infirm, that the infirm I might gain; to all men I have become all things, that by all means I may save some.
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And this I do because of the good news, that a fellow-partaker of it I may become;
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have ye not known that those running in a race--all indeed run, but one doth receive the prize? so run ye, that ye may obtain;
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and every one who is striving, is in all things temperate; these, indeed, then, that a corruptible crown they may receive, but we an incorruptible;
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I, therefore, thus run, not as uncertainly, thus I fight, as not beating air;
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but I chastise my body, and bring <FI>it<Fi> into servitude, lest by any means, having preached to others--I myself may become disapproved.
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Explain Like I'm 5
A long, long time ago, there was nothing at all - no earth, no sky, no animals, no people. It was all dark and empty. But God was there! God is so powerful that He can make anything just by speaking. So God said "Let there be light!" and BOOM! There was light everywhere! God saw that the light was beautiful and good. He called the light "day" and the darkness "night." This was the very first day when God started making our wonderful world!
Explain Like I'm 10
Before anything existed - no planets, stars, or life - God decided to create the universe. The earth started out as a dark, empty place covered with water. But God's Spirit was there, ready to bring order and beauty to everything. When God spoke and said "Let there be light," light immediately appeared because God's words have incredible power. God looked at the light and was pleased with what He had made. He organized time by separating light (day) from darkness (night), creating the first 24-hour period. This shows us that God is organized and purposeful in everything He does.
Explain Like I'm 15
Genesis 1:1-5 establishes fundamental theological truths about God and creation. The Hebrew word "bara" (created) indicates creation from nothing (ex nihilo), demonstrating God's absolute sovereignty and power. The phrase "without form and void" (tohu wa-bohu) describes a state of chaos that God transforms into order. The Spirit of God "hovering" or "brooding" over the waters suggests active, caring involvement in creation. The creation of light before the sun (created on day 4) indicates that God Himself is the ultimate source of light and energy. The establishment of day and night creates the framework of time, showing that God operates within orderly patterns while transcending them. This passage refutes both atheistic materialism and pantheism, establishing that God is both transcendent (separate from creation) and immanent (actively involved in it).