Verse 7
1 Corinthians 9:7
Bible in Basic English
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Who ever goes to war without looking to someone to be responsible for his payment? who puts in vines and does not take the fruit of them? or who takes care of sheep without drinking of their milk?
Original Language Text
greek
τίς στρατεύεται ἰδίοις ὀψωνίοις ποτέ; τίς φυτεύει ἀμπελῶνα καὶ ⸂τὸν καρπὸν⸃ αὐτοῦ οὐκ ἐσθίει; ⸀τίς ποιμαίνει ποίμνην καὶ ἐκ τοῦ γάλακτος τῆς ποίμνης οὐκ ἐσθίει;
English Translation
Who goes to war at their own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat of its fruit? Who shepherds a flock and does not eat of the milk of the flock?
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Chapter 9 Context
1
Am I not free? am I not an Apostle? have I not seen Yashua (Jesus) our Lord? are you not my work in...
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If to others I am not an Apostle, at least I am one to you: for the fact that you are Christians is...
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3
My answer to those who are judging me is this.
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4
Have we no right to take food and drink?
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5
Have we no right to take about with us a Christian wife, like the rest of the Apostles, and the brot...
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Or I only and Barnabas, have we no right to take a rest from work?
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Who ever goes to war without looking to someone to be responsible for his payment? who puts in vines...
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Am I talking as a man? does not the law say the same?
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9
For it says in the law of Moses, It is not right to keep the ox from taking the grain when he is cru...
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10
Or has he us in mind? Yes, it was said for us; because it is right for the ploughman to do his ploug...
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11
If we have been planting the things of the Spirit for you, does it seem a great thing for you to giv...
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12
If others have a part in this right over you, have we not even more? But we did not make use of our...
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13
Do you not see that the servants of the holy things get their living from the Temple, and the servan...
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14
Even so did the Lord give orders that the preachers of the good news might get their living from the...
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15
But I have not made use of any of these things: and I am not writing this in the hope that it may be...
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16
For if I am a preacher of the good news, I have no cause for pride in this; because I am forced to d...
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17
But if I do it gladly, I have a reward; and if not, I am under orders to do it.
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18
What then is my reward? This, that when I am giving the good news, I may give it without payment, no...
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19
For though I was free from all men, I made myself a servant to all, so that more might have salvatio...
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20
And to the Jews I was as a Jew, so that I might give the good news to them; to those under the law I...
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21
To those without the law I was as one without the law, not as being without law to God (Elohim), but...
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22
To the feeble, I was as one who is feeble, so that they might have salvation: I have been all things...
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23
And I do all things for the cause of the good news, so that I may have a part in it.
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24
Do you not see that in a running competition all take part, but only one gets the reward? So let you...
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25
And every man who takes part in the sports has self-control in all things. Now they do it to get a c...
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So then I am running, not uncertainly; so I am fighting, not as one who gives blows in the air:
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But I give blows to my body, and keep it under control, for fear that, after having given the good n...
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