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1 Corinto 9
Ang Salita ng Diyos

Ang mga Karapatan ng Isang Apostol

9 Ako ba ay hindi apostol? Hindi ba ako malaya? Hindi ko ba nakita si Jesucristo na ating Panginoon? Hindi ba kayo ay mga bunga ng aking gawa?

2 Kung sa ibang tao ako ay hindi apostol, gayunman, sa inyo ako ay isang apostol sapagkat kayo ang tatak ng aking pagka-apostol sa Panginoon.

3 Ito ang aking tugon sa mga sumisiyasat sa akin. 4 Wala ba kaming karapatang kumain at uminom? 5 Wala ba kaming karapatang magsama ng asawang manananampalataya tulad ng ibang mga apostol at ng mga kapatid sa Panginoon at ni Cefas? 6 Ako lang ba at si Bernabe ang walang karapatang hindi maghanapbuhay?

7 Sinong kawal, na sa panahon ng kaniyang pagiging kawal, ang naglingkod sa sarili niyang gugol? Sinong nagtatanim sa ubasan ang hindi kumakain ng bunga noon? Sinong nag-aalaga ng tupa ang hindi umiinom ng gatas ng tupa? 8 Sinasabi ko ba ang mga bagay na ito bilang isang tao? Hindi ba sinasabi rin ito ng kautusan? 9 Ito ay sapagkat isinulat ni Moises sa kautusan:

Huwag mong bubusalan ang baka na ginagamit sa paggigiik ng mais.

Ang baka ba ang pinagmamalasakitan ng Diyos?

10 Hindi ba ito ay sinabi niya nang dahil sa atin? Dahil sa atin ito ay isinulat: Ang nag-aararo ay dapat mag-araro sa pag-asa, at ang naggigiik ng mais sa pag-asa ay dapat maging kabahagi ng kaniyang pag-asa. 11 Yamang nakapaghasik kami sa inyo ng mga espirituwal na bagay, malaking bagay ba kung umani kami ng mga bagay na para sa katawan? 12 Yamang ang iba ay kabahagi sa karapatan sa inyo, hindi ba kami rin?

Gayunman, hindi namin ginamit ang karapatang ito. Sa halip, binata namin ang lahat ng bagay upang hindi namin mahadlangan ang ebanghelyo ni Cristo.

13 Hindi ba ninyo nalalaman na ang mga gumagawa ng mga banal na bagay sa templo ay kumakain mula sa mga bagay na nasa templo? Hindi ba sila na mga naglilingkod sa dambana, ay kabahagi samga handog sa dambana? 14 Sa gayunding paraan, itinalagang Panginoon na sila na nangangaral ng ebanghelyo ay mamumuhay sa ebanghelyo.

15 Ngunit alinman sa mga bagay na ito ay hindi ko ginamit. Hindi ko isinulat ang mga bagay na ito upang ito ay gawin sa akin sapagkat para sa akin mabuti pa na ako ay mamatay kaysa mawalan ng saysay ang dahilan ng aking pagmamalaki. 16 Ito ay sapagkat kahit na ipinapangaral ko ang ebanghelyo, wala akong anumang maipagmamalaki dahil kinakailangan kong ipangaral ito. Ngunit sa aba ko, kapag hindi ko ipangaral ang ebanghelyo. 17 Kapag ito ay ginawa ko nang kusang loob, mayroon akong gantimpala. Kapag ginawa ko ito nang labag sa aking kalooban, isang tungkulin pa rin ito na ipinagkatiwala sa akin. 18 Ano ngayon ang gantimpala ko? Ang gantimpala ko ay kung ipangaral ko ang ebanghelyo ni Cristo, ipinangangaral ko ang ebanghelyo ng walang bayad. Upang sa gayon ay hindi ko gagamitin ang sarili kong kapamahalaan sa ebanghelyo.

19 Ito ay sapagkat kahit na ako ay malaya mula sa kani­numan, gayunman, ginawa ko ang aking sarili na alipin ng lahat upang lalo pang marami ang madala ko. 20 Sa mga Judio ako ay naging Judio upang mahikayat ko ang mga Judio. Sa mga nasa ilalim ng kautusan ako ay naging tulad ng mga nasa ilalim upang madala ko sila na nasa ilalim ng kautusan. 21 Sa mga walang kautusan, ako ay naging tulad sa mga walang kautusan upang madala ko sila na walang kautusan.Hindi sa ako ay walang kautusan patungo sa Diyos subalit ako ay sa ilalim ng kautusan patungo kay Cristo. 22 Sa mga mahihina ako ay naging mahina upang madala ko ang mga mahihina. Naging ganito ako sa lahat ng bagay upang mailigtas ko sa bawat kaparaanan kahit ang ilan. 23 Ito ay ginagawa ko alang-alang sa ebanghelyo nang sa gayon ako ay maging kapwa kabahagi ng ebanghelyo.

24 Hindi ba ninyo nalalaman na sa paligsahan sa pagtakbo ang lahat ay tumatakbo ngunit iisa ang nagkakamit ng gantimpala? Kung gayon, pagbutihin ninyo ang pagtakbo upang makamit ang gantimpala. 25 Ang bawat isang sumasali sa paligsahan ay may pagpipigil sa sarili sa lahat ng bagay. Ginagawa nila iyon upang magkamit sila ng putong na nasisira ngunit tayo ay putong na hindi nasisira. 26 Kaya nga, ako ay tumatakbo hindi tulad sa walang katiyakan. Sa ganitong paraan ako ay nakikipaglaban, hindi tulad ng isang sumusuntok sa hangin. 27 Sinusupil ko ang aking katawan at pinasusuko ito upang sa aking pangangaral sa iba ay hindi ako masumpungang hindi karapat-dapat.

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1 Corinthians 9
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Waiving rights for the gospel

9 Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Haven’t I seen Jesus our Lord? Aren’t you my work in the Lord? 2 If I’m not an apostle to others, at least I am to you! You are the seal that shows I’m an apostle. 3 This is my defense against those who criticize me. 4 Don’t we have the right to eat and drink? 5 Don’t we have the right to travel with a wife who believes like the rest of the apostles, the Lord’s brothers, and Cephas? 6 Or is it only I and Barnabas who don’t have the right to not work for our living? 7 Who joins the army and pays their own way? Who plants a vineyard and doesn’t eat its fruit? Who shepherds a flock and doesn’t drink its milk? 8 I’m not saying these things just based on common sense, am I? Doesn’t the Law itself say these things? 9 In Moses’ Law it’s written: You will not muzzle the ox when it is threshing.[a] Is God worried about oxen, 10 or did he say this entirely for our sake? It was written for our sake because the one who plows and the one who threshes should each do so with the hope of sharing the produce. 11 If we sowed spiritual things in you, is it so much to ask to harvest some material things from you?

12 If others have these rights over you, don’t we deserve them all the more? However, we haven’t made use of this right, but we put up with everything so we don’t put any obstacle in the way of the gospel of Christ. 13 Don’t you know that those who serve in the temple get to eat food from the temple, and those who serve at the altar share part of what is sacrificed on the altar? 14 In the same way, the Lord commanded that those who preach the gospel should get their living from the gospel. 15 But I haven’t taken advantage of this. And I’m not writing this so that it will be done for me. It’s better for me to die than to lose my right to brag about this! 16 If I preach the gospel, I have no reason to brag, since I’m obligated to do it. I’m in trouble if I don’t preach the gospel. 17 If I do this voluntarily, I get rewarded for it. But if I’m forced to do it, then I’ve been charged with a responsibility. 18 What reward do I get? That when I preach, I offer the good news free of charge. That’s why I don’t use the rights to which I’m entitled through the gospel.

19 Although I’m free from all people, I make myself a slave to all people, to recruit more of them. 20 I act like a Jew to the Jews, so I can recruit Jews. I act like I’m under the Law to those under the Law, so I can recruit those who are under the Law (though I myself am not under the Law). 21 I act like I’m outside the Law to those who are outside the Law, so I can recruit those outside the Law (though I’m not outside the law of God but rather under the law of Christ). 22 I act weak to the weak, so I can recruit the weak. I have become all things to all people, so I could save some by all possible means. 23 All the things I do are for the sake of the gospel, so I can be a partner with it.

24 Don’t you know that all the runners in the stadium run, but only one gets the prize? So run to win. 25 Everyone who competes practices self-discipline in everything. The runners do this to get a crown of leaves that shrivel up and die, but we do it to receive a crown that never dies. 26 So now this is how I run—not without a clear goal in sight. I fight like a boxer in the ring, not like someone who is shadowboxing. 27 Rather, I’m landing punches on my own body and subduing it like a slave. I do this to be sure that I myself won’t be disqualified after preaching to others.

Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 9:9 Deut 25:4
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1 Corinthians 9
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A Pattern of Self-Denial

9 Am (A)I not an apostle? Am I not free? (B)Have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? (C)Are you not my work in the Lord? 2 If I am not an apostle to others, yet doubtless I am to you. For you are (D)the [a]seal of my apostleship in the Lord.

3 My defense to those who examine me is this: 4 (E)Do we have no [b]right to eat and drink? 5 Do we have no right to take along [c]a believing wife, as do also the other apostles, (F)the brothers of the Lord, and (G)Cephas? 6 Or is it only Barnabas and I (H)who have no right to refrain from working? 7 Who ever (I)goes to war at his own expense? Who (J)plants a vineyard and does not eat of its fruit? Or who (K)tends a flock and does not drink of the milk of the flock?

8 Do I say these things as a mere man? Or does not the law say the same also? 9 For it is written in the law of Moses, (L)“You shall not muzzle an ox while it treads out the grain.” Is it oxen God is concerned about? 10 Or does He say it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written, that (M)he who plows should plow in hope, and he who threshes in hope should be partaker of his hope. 11 (N)If we have sown spiritual things for you, is it a great thing if we reap your material things? 12 If others are partakers of this right over you, are we not even more?

(O)Nevertheless we have not used this right, but endure all things (P)lest we hinder the gospel of Christ. 13 (Q)Do you not know that those who minister the holy things eat of the things of the (R)temple, and those who serve at the altar partake of the offerings of the altar? 14 Even so (S)the Lord has commanded (T)that those who preach the gospel should live from the gospel.

15 But (U)I have used none of these things, nor have I written these things that it should be done so to me; for (V)it would be better for me to die than that anyone should make my boasting void. 16 For if I preach the gospel, I have nothing to boast of, for (W)necessity is laid upon me; yes, woe is me if I do not preach the gospel! 17 For if I do this willingly, (X)I have a reward; but if against my will, (Y)I have been entrusted with a stewardship. 18 What is my reward then? That (Z)when I preach the gospel, I may present the gospel [d]of Christ without charge, that I (AA)may not abuse my authority in the gospel.

Serving All Men

19 For though I am (AB)free from all men, (AC)I have made myself a servant to all, (AD)that I might win the more; 20 and (AE)to the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might win Jews; to those who are under the law, as under the [e]law, that I might win those who are under the law; 21 (AF)to (AG)those who are without law, as without law (AH)(not being without [f]law toward God, but under [g]law toward Christ), that I might win those who are without law; 22 (AI)to the weak I became [h]as weak, that I might win the weak. (AJ)I have become all things to all men, (AK)that I might by all means save some. 23 Now this I do for the gospel’s sake, that I may be partaker of it with you.

Striving for a Crown

24 Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? (AL)Run in such a way that you may [i]obtain it. 25 And everyone who competes for the prize [j]is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a perishable crown, but we for (AM)an imperishable crown. 26 Therefore I run thus: (AN)not with uncertainty. Thus I fight: not as one who beats the air. 27 (AO)But I discipline my body and (AP)bring it into subjection, lest, when I have preached to others, I myself should become (AQ)disqualified.

Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 9:2 certification
  2. 1 Corinthians 9:4 authority
  3. 1 Corinthians 9:5 Lit. a sister, a wife
  4. 1 Corinthians 9:18 NU omits of Christ
  5. 1 Corinthians 9:20 NU adds though not being myself under the law
  6. 1 Corinthians 9:21 NU God’s law
  7. 1 Corinthians 9:21 NU Christ’s law
  8. 1 Corinthians 9:22 NU omits as
  9. 1 Corinthians 9:24 win
  10. 1 Corinthians 9:25 exercises self-control
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Paul’s Rights as an Apostle

9 Am I not free?(A) Am I not an apostle?(B) Have I not seen Jesus our Lord?(C) Are you not the result of my work in the Lord?(D) 2 Even though I may not be an apostle to others, surely I am to you! For you are the seal(E) of my apostleship in the Lord.

3 This is my defense to those who sit in judgment on me. 4 Don’t we have the right to food and drink?(F) 5 Don’t we have the right to take a believing wife(G) along with us, as do the other apostles and the Lord’s brothers(H) and Cephas[a]?(I) 6 Or is it only I and Barnabas(J) who lack the right to not work for a living?

7 Who serves as a soldier(K) at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard(L) and does not eat its grapes? Who tends a flock and does not drink the milk? 8 Do I say this merely on human authority? Doesn’t the Law say the same thing? 9 For it is written in the Law of Moses: “Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.”[b](M) Is it about oxen that God is concerned?(N) 10 Surely he says this for us, doesn’t he? Yes, this was written for us,(O) because whoever plows and threshes should be able to do so in the hope of sharing in the harvest.(P) 11 If we have sown spiritual seed among you, is it too much if we reap a material harvest from you?(Q) 12 If others have this right of support from you, shouldn’t we have it all the more?

But we did not use this right.(R) On the contrary, we put up with anything rather than hinder(S) the gospel of Christ.

13 Don’t you know that those who serve in the temple get their food from the temple, and that those who serve at the altar share in what is offered on the altar?(T) 14 In the same way, the Lord has commanded that those who preach the gospel should receive their living from the gospel.(U)

15 But I have not used any of these rights.(V) And I am not writing this in the hope that you will do such things for me, for I would rather die than allow anyone to deprive me of this boast.(W) 16 For when I preach the gospel, I cannot boast, since I am compelled to preach.(X) Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel! 17 If I preach voluntarily, I have a reward;(Y) if not voluntarily, I am simply discharging the trust committed to me.(Z) 18 What then is my reward? Just this: that in preaching the gospel I may offer it free of charge,(AA) and so not make full use of my rights(AB) as a preacher of the gospel.

Paul’s Use of His Freedom

19 Though I am free(AC) and belong to no one, I have made myself a slave to everyone,(AD) to win as many as possible.(AE) 20 To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win the Jews.(AF) To those under the law I became like one under the law (though I myself am not under the law),(AG) so as to win those under the law. 21 To those not having the law I became like one not having the law(AH) (though I am not free from God’s law but am under Christ’s law),(AI) so as to win those not having the law. 22 To the weak I became weak, to win the weak.(AJ) I have become all things to all people(AK) so that by all possible means I might save some.(AL) 23 I do all this for the sake of the gospel, that I may share in its blessings.

The Need for Self-Discipline

24 Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize?(AM) Run(AN) in such a way as to get the prize. 25 Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown(AO) that will not last, but we do it to get a crown that will last forever.(AP) 26 Therefore I do not run like someone running aimlessly;(AQ) I do not fight like a boxer beating the air.(AR) 27 No, I strike a blow to my body(AS) and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize.(AT)

Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 9:5 That is, Peter
  2. 1 Corinthians 9:9 Deut. 25:4
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