1 Corinthians 9:8-11
World English Bible
8 Do I speak these things according to the ways of men? Or doesn’t the law also say the same thing? 9 For it is written in the law of Moses, “You shall not muzzle an ox while it treads out the grain.”
1 Corinthians 9:8-11
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8 Am I saying this from a human perspective? Doesn’t the law also say the same thing? 9 For it is written in the law of Moses, Do not muzzle an ox(A) while it treads out grain.[a](B) Is God really concerned about oxen? 10 Isn’t he really saying it for our sake? Yes, this is written for our sake,(C) because he who plows ought to plow in hope,(D) and he who threshes should thresh in hope of sharing the crop.(E) 11 If we have sown spiritual things for you, is it too much if we reap material benefits from you?
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- 9:9 Dt 25:4
1 Corinthians 9:13-14
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13 Don’t you know that those who serve around sacred things eat from the things of the temple, and those who wait on the altar have their portion with the altar? 14 Even so the Lord ordained that those who proclaim the Good News should live from the Good News.
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1 Corinthians 9:13-14
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13 Don’t you know that those who perform the temple services eat the food from the temple, and those who serve at the altar(A) share in the offerings of the altar? 14 In the same way, the Lord has commanded that those who preach the gospel should earn their living by the gospel.(B)
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