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1 Korinthierbrevet 9
Svenska Folkbibeln
1 Korinthierbrevet 9
Svenska Folkbibeln
Apostelns bruk av sin frihet
9 Är jag inte fri? Är jag inte apostel? Har jag inte sett Jesus, vår Herre? Är inte ni mitt verk i Herren? 2 Om jag inte är apostel för andra, så är jag det i alla fall för er. Ni själva är i Herren sigillet på mitt apostlaämbete.
3 Mitt försvar mot dem som anklagar mig är detta: 4 Har vi inte rätt till mat och dryck? 5 Har vi inte rätt att föra med oss en troende hustru, vi liksom de andra apostlarna och Herrens bröder och Kefas? 6 Eller är det bara jag och Barnabas som inte har rätt att vara fria från arbete? 7 Vem gör väl krigstjänst och betalar själv sina utgifter? Vem planterar en vingård utan att äta frukten från den? Eller vem vallar en hjord utan att få sin mjölk av den? 8 Är det bara som folk säger? Säger inte lagen samma sak? 9 Det står skrivet i Mose lag: Du skall inte binda för munnen på oxen som tröskar. [a] Är det oxarna Gud bekymrar sig om? 10 Säger han det inte för vår skull? Jo, för vår skull blev det skrivet att den som plöjer och den som tröskar skall göra det i hopp om att få sin del. 11 När vi har sått ett andligt utsäde bland er, är det då för mycket begärt att vi skördar något av ert jordiska goda? 12 Om andra har rätt att få del av det som är ert, har inte vi det ännu mer? Men vi har inte utnyttjat denna rättighet utan finner oss i allt för att inte lägga hinder i vägen för Kristi evangelium.
13 Vet ni inte att de som tjänstgör i templet äter av det som kommer från templet, och att de som gör tjänst vid altaret får sin del av det som offras på altaret? 14 Så har också Herren befallt[b] att de som predikar evangeliet skall leva av evangeliet. 15 Men jag för min del har inte utnyttjat en sådan förmån. Jag skriver inte detta för att jag skall få någon. Hellre vill jag dö än att någon tar min berömmelse ifrån mig. 16 Ty om jag predikar evangelium har jag inget att berömma mig av, eftersom jag är tvingad till det. Ve mig om jag inte predikar evangelium! 17 Om jag gjorde det frivilligt, hade jag ju lön. Men om jag gör det därför att jag är tvungen, så är jag betrodd med uppgiften som förvaltare.[c] 18 Vad har jag då för lön? Jo, att som förkunnare av evangelium få lägga fram det utan kostnad och inte utnyttja den rätt evangeliet ger mig.
19 Eftersom jag är fri och oberoende av alla, har jag gjort mig till allas tjänare för att vinna desto fler. 20 För judarna har jag blivit som en jude för att vinna judar. För dem som står under lagen har jag, som inte själv står under lagen, blivit som den som står under lagen för att vinna dem som står under lagen. 21 För dem som är utan lag har jag blivit som den som är utan lag, för att vinna dem som är utan lag, fast jag själv inte är utan Guds lag utan lever i Kristi lag. 22 För de svaga har jag blivit svag för att vinna de svaga. För alla har jag blivit allt, för att jag i varje fall skall frälsa några. 23 Allt gör jag för evangeliets skull, för att jag själv skall få del av det.
24 Vet ni inte att av alla löparna som springer på en tävlingsbana är det bara en som får priset? Spring så att ni vinner det. 25 Men alla som tävlar underkastar sig i allt hård träning - de för att vinna en segerkrans som vissnar, vi för att vinna en som aldrig vissnar. 26 Jag löper alltså inte utan att ha målet i sikte. Jag boxas inte likt en som slår i tomma luften. 27 I stället slår jag min kropp och tvingar den till lydnad, för att jag inte själv på något sätt skall komma till korta vid provet, när jag predikar för andra.
Footnotes
- 1 Korinthierbrevet 9:9 5 Mos 25:4.
- 1 Korinthierbrevet 9:14 Så har också Herren befallt Se Matt 10:10, Luk 10:7.
- 1 Korinthierbrevet 9:17 betrodd med uppgiften som förvaltare och har alltså lika litet anledning till berömmelse.
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
Common English Bible
1 Corinthians 9
Common English Bible
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 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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