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1 Corinto 9
Magandang Balita Biblia
1 Corinto 9
Magandang Balita Biblia
Mga Karapatan at Tungkulin ng Isang Apostol
9 Hindi ba ako malaya? Hindi ba ako apostol? Hindi ba't nakita ko si Jesus na ating Panginoon? Hindi ba kayo ang bunga ng aking paglilingkod sa kanya? 2 Ang iba'y ayaw kilalanin ang aking pagka-apostol, subalit para sa inyo, ako'y isang apostol, at kayo ang katibayang ako'y apostol nga ng Panginoon.
3 Ito ang sagot ko sa mga pumupuna sa akin. 4 Wala ba kaming karapatang tustusan ng iglesya sa aming pangangailangan?[a] 5 Wala ba kaming karapatang magsama ng asawang Cristiano, tulad ng ginagawa ng ibang mga apostol, at ng mga kapatid ng Panginoon, at gayundin ni Pedro? 6 Kami lamang ba ni Bernabe ang walang karapatang tumigil sa paghahanapbuhay? 7 Ang kawal ba ang gumagastos para sa kanyang pangangailangan habang naglilingkod siya? Sinong tao ang nagtatanim ng ubas at hindi nakikinabang sa mga bunga nito? Sinong pastol ang nag-aalaga ng tupa at hindi nakikinabang sa gatas nito?
8 Ang sinasabi ko ay hindi nababatay sa kaisipan lamang ng tao. Ganoon din ang sinasabi ng Kautusan. 9 Sapagkat(A) nasusulat sa Kautusan ni Moises, “Huwag mong bubusalan ang bibig ng baka habang ito'y gumigiik.” Mga baka nga kaya ang inaalala ng Diyos? 10 Hindi ba tayo ang tinutukoy niya? Alang-alang sa atin kaya iyon isinulat, sapagkat ang magsasakang nag-aararo at ang naghihiwalay ng mga butil sa uhay ay gumagawa sa pag-asang may bahagi sila sa aanihin. 11 Naghasik(B) kami sa inyo ng pagpapalang espirituwal; malaking bagay ba naman kung umani kami ng mga materyal na pakinabang mula sa inyo? 12 Kung ang iba'y may ganitong karapatan, lalo na kami!
Ngunit hindi namin ginamit ang karapatang ito. Tiniis namin ang lahat upang hindi kami maging hadlang sa Magandang Balita tungkol kay Cristo. 13 Hindi(C) ba ninyo alam na ang mga naglilingkod sa Templo ay tumatanggap ng pagkain mula sa Templo, at ang mga naglilingkod sa dambana ay may bahagi sa mga handog na nasa dambana? 14 Sa(D) ganyan ding paraan, ipinag-utos ng Panginoon na ang mga nangangaral ng Magandang Balita ay dapat matustusan ang ikabubuhay sa pamamagitan ng Magandang Balita.
15 Ngunit hindi ko ginamit ang alinman sa mga karapatang ito, at hindi ko kayo sinusulatan ngayon upang hingan ng tulong. Mas iibigin ko pang mamatay kaysa mawala sa akin ang bagay na maipagmamalaki ko! 16 Hindi ngayo't nangangaral ako ng Magandang Balita ay maaari na akong magmalaki. Sapagkat iyan ay tungkuling iniatang sa akin, sumpain ako kung hindi ko ipangaral ang Magandang Balita! 17 Kung ginagawa ko ito nang kusang-loob, ako'y may maaasahang kabayaran, ngunit ginagawa ko ito bilang pagtupad sa tungkuling ipinagkatiwala sa akin ng Diyos. 18 Ano ngayon ang aking kabayaran? Ang maipangaral ko nang walang-bayad ang Magandang Balita, at ang hindi ko paggamit ng karapatang nauukol sa akin bilang tagapangaral.
19 Malaya ako at di alipin ninuman; ngunit nagpaalipin ako sa lahat upang makahikayat ako ng mas marami sa Panginoon. 20 Sa piling ng mga Judio, ako'y namuhay tulad ng isang Judio upang mahikayat ko sila. Kahit hindi ako saklaw ng Kautusan, nagpailalim ako rito alang-alang sa mga nasa ilalim ng Kautusan, upang mailapit ko sila sa Diyos. 21 Sa piling naman ng mga Hentil, na hindi saklaw ng Kautusan, ako'y naging parang Hentil upang sila'y mahikayat ko rin. Subalit hindi ito nangangahulugang hindi ko sinusunod ang mga utos ng Diyos, sapagkat ako'y nasa ilalim ng kautusan ni Cristo. 22 Sa piling ng mahihina, ako'y naging parang mahina rin upang mahikayat ko sila. Ako'y nakibagay sa lahat ng tao upang sa lahat ng paraan ay makapagligtas ako ng kahit ilan man lamang.
23 Ginagawa ko ang lahat ng ito alang-alang sa Magandang Balita, upang makabahagi ako sa mga pagpapala nito. 24 Alam ninyong ang mga kalahok sa paligsahan ay tumatakbong lahat, ngunit iisa lamang ang nagkakamit ng gantimpala! Kaya't pagbutihin ninyo ang pagtakbo upang kamtan ninyo ang gantimpala. 25 Lahat(E) ng manlalarong nagsasanay ay may disiplina sa lahat ng bagay upang magkamit ng isang gantimpalang panandalian lamang. Ngunit ang gantimpalang hinahangad natin ay panghabang panahon. 26 Hindi ako tumatakbo nang walang patutunguhan at hindi ako sumusuntok sa hangin. 27 Subalit pinahihirapan ko ang aking katawan at sinusupil ito, upang sa gayo'y hindi ako maalis sa paligsahan pagkatapos kong mangaral sa iba.
Footnotes
- 1 Corinto 9:4 tustusan...pangangailangan: Sa Griego ay kumain at uminom .
1 Corinthians 9
New International Version
1 Corinthians 9
New International Version
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 Corinthians 9:5 That is, Peter
- 1 Corinthians 9:9 Deut. 25:4
1 Corinthians 9
King James Version
1 Corinthians 9
King James Version
9 Am I am not an apostle? am I not free? have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? are not ye my work in the Lord?
2 If I be not an apostle unto others, yet doubtless I am to you: for the seal of mine apostleship are ye in the Lord.
3 Mine answer to them that do examine me is this,
4 Have we not power to eat and to drink?
5 Have we not power to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as other apostles, and as the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?
6 Or I only and Barnabas, have not we power to forbear working?
7 Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock?
8 Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also?
9 For it is written in the law of Moses, thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen?
10 Or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope.
11 If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we shall reap your carnal things?
12 If others be partakers of this power over you, are not we rather? Nevertheless we have not used this power; but suffer all things, lest we should hinder the gospel of Christ.
13 Do ye not know that they which minister about holy things live of the things of the temple? and they which wait at the altar are partakers with the altar?
14 Even so hath the Lord ordained that they which preach the gospel should live of the gospel.
15 But I have used none of these things: neither have I written these things, that it should be so done unto me: for it were better for me to die, than that any man should make my glorying void.
16 For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of: for necessity is laid upon me; yea, woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel!
17 For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but if against my will, a dispensation of the gospel is committed unto me.
18 What is my reward then? Verily that, when I preach the gospel, I may make the gospel of Christ without charge, that I abuse not my power in the gospel.
19 For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more.
20 And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law;
21 To them that are without law, as without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law.
22 To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.
23 And this I do for the gospel's sake, that I might be partaker thereof with you.
24 Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.
25 And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.
26 I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air:
27 But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.
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