1 Korinterne 9
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Paulus kræver ikke sin ret
9 Har jeg ikke min frihed? Er jeg ikke apostel? Har jeg ikke med egne øjne set Jesus, vores Herre? Er I ikke resultatet af min tjeneste for Herren? 2 Hvis jeg ikke har fungeret som apostel over for andre, så har jeg i hvert fald for jer. Det, at I tilhører Herren, er beviset på min tjeneste som apostel.
3 Til dem, som gerne vil tage mig i forhør, vil jeg sige følgende til mit forsvar: 4 Har Barnabas og jeg ikke ret til kost og logi, når vi besøger en menighed? 5 Hvis jeg havde en kone, havde jeg så ikke ret til at tage hende med overalt, sådan som de andre apostle, Jesu brødre og Peter gør? 6 Er det kun Barnabas og mig, der er tvunget til at have et arbejde ved siden af vores tjeneste? 7 Betaler en soldat sin egen løn? Ejer nogen en frugtplantage uden at have ret til at spise af frugten? Har en hyrde ikke ret til at drikke af mælken fra de får og geder, han vogter?
8 Er det, jeg siger her, kun mennesketanker? Siger Guds lov ikke det samme? 9 I den lov, som Gud gav Moses, står der faktisk: „I må ikke binde munden til på en okse, mens den tærsker korn.”[a] Tror I, at Gud kun tænkte på okserne med den befaling? 10 Mon ikke han også tænkte på os? Naturligvis! De, der pløjer, skal have lov til at pløje med forventning om at få del i høsten engang. Det samme gælder dem, der tærsker. 11 Vi har sået en åndelig udsæd i jeres hjerter. Er det da for meget forlangt, at I til gengæld deler jeres materielle goder med os, 12 sådan som I gør for andre, der besøger jer? Har I ikke endnu mere grund til at gøre det samme for os?
Men vi har valgt ikke at gøre krav på vores ret til at modtage betaling. I stedet prøver vi at klare os selv, så godt vi kan. Vi ønsker på ingen måde at lægge hindringer i vejen for det budskab om Kristus, som vi forkynder.
13 Ved I ikke, at de, der gør tjeneste i helligdommen, spiser af den mad, der bliver bragt som offergaver til Gud? Ved I ikke, at de, der foretager ofrene på Guds alter, får del i det, der ofres? 14 På samme måde har Herren Jesus bestemt, at de, der forkynder budskabet om ham, skal kunne leve af det.
15 Men jeg har aldrig gjort brug af en eneste af disse rettigheder, og jeg skriver heller ikke det her for at antyde, at jeg nu vil til at gøre det. Jeg vil nemlig hellere dø af sult end kræve betaling for at forkynde budskabet om Jesus. 16 At forkynde om Jesus er jo ikke noget, jeg kan rose mig af. Det er lagt hen til mig som en nødvendighed. Ve mig, hvis jeg ikke gør det! 17 Hvis jeg selv havde valgt at forkynde budskabet, så kunne jeg forvente løn for det. Men sådan er det jo ikke. Det er Gud, der har udvalgt mig og betroet mig den opgave. 18 Og ved I, hvad min løn er? Det er den glæde, jeg har ved at forkynde uden betaling og uden at gøre krav på alle mine rettigheder.
19 Fordi jeg således ikke er forpligtet over for nogen bestemt, kan jeg tjene alle mennesker, og mit mål er at vinde så mange som muligt for Kristus. 20 Når jeg er sammen med jøder, der jo lever under loven, gør jeg som dem, selvom jeg ikke selv er underlagt loven. Det gør jeg i håbet om at vinde dem for Kristus. 21 Når jeg er sammen med dem, der ikke kender til loven, bekymrer jeg mig ikke om den, for jeg ønsker at vinde dem for Kristus. Dog er det ikke sådan, at jeg er uden nogen lov fra Gud, for jeg er underlagt Kristi kærlighedslov.[b] 22 Når jeg er sammen med de svage, opfører jeg mig, som om jeg selv var svag, for at jeg kan vinde de svage. På den måde prøver jeg så vidt muligt at identificere mig med alle mennesker i håb om, at i det mindste nogle af dem vil få det evige liv. 23 Alt dette gør jeg på grund af det budskab, jeg har fået betroet, og for at få del i de velsignelser, det indeholder.
Det kræver disciplin at vinde sejren
24 Tænk på dem, der løber om kap på et atletikstadion. De er alle med fra starten, men kun én vinder førstepræmien. Løb for at vinde! 25 Idrætsfolk må give afkald på mange ting for at vinde sejren. De gør det for at få en sejrskrans,[c] som hurtigt visner, men vi gør det for at få en sejrskrans, som aldrig visner. 26 Altså løber jeg direkte mod målet, fast besluttet på at vinde. Jeg bokser ikke ud i luften. 27 Jeg holder min krop i ave og tøjler den, for at ikke jeg, der har forkyndt for andre, skal risikere at blive diskvalificeret og ikke nå frem til målet.
Footnotes
- 9,9 5.Mos. 25,4.
- 9,21 Jf. Gal. 6,2; Joh. 13,34-35.
- 9,25 I datidens atletikløb fik vinderen en laurbærkrans på hovedet som æresbevisning.
1 Corinthians 9
New King James Version
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 Corinthians 9:2 certification
- 1 Corinthians 9:4 authority
- 1 Corinthians 9:5 Lit. a sister, a wife
- 1 Corinthians 9:18 NU omits of Christ
- 1 Corinthians 9:20 NU adds though not being myself under the law
- 1 Corinthians 9:21 NU God’s law
- 1 Corinthians 9:21 NU Christ’s law
- 1 Corinthians 9:22 NU omits as
- 1 Corinthians 9:24 win
- 1 Corinthians 9:25 exercises self-control
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
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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