1 Corinthians 9

1 Corinthians 9:1

• Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen

• Jesus
• Jesus Christ,
• Jesus Christ

• our Lord? Are you not my work in the

• Lord.
• Lord?

1 Corinthians 9:2

• If to others
• if to others

• I

• am
• ’m

• not an

• apostle,
• apostle, at

• least Iam to

• you. For
• you! For
• you, for
• you; for
• you.
• you!

• you
• You

• are the

• seal of
• proof that

• my
• I am an

• apostleship in the
• apostolate, in the
• apostolate in the
• apostle in the

• Lord.

1 Corinthians 9:3

• My
• This is my

• defense to those who
• defense against those who

• examine
• would examine
• sit in judgment on

• me.
• me:

1 Corinthians 9:4

• Do
• have
• Have

• we
• n’t we

• not have the
• have the

• right to

• eat and
• eat and to
• our food and
• food and

• drink.
• drink?

1 Corinthians 9:5

• Do we not have the

• right to
• right to the

• company of a believing

• wife, like the
• wife like the

• other
• rest of the

• apostles, and the
• apostles and the

• brothers of the

• Lord and
• Lord, and

• Cephas?

1 Corinthians 9:6

• Or are
• Are
• And are

• Barnabas and I the only ones who must work to earn our living?

1 Corinthians 9:7

• Who ever serves as a
• Who ever serves in the
• Who serves as a
• Who ever goes to

• soldier at
• army at
• war at

• his
• their

• own expense? Who plants a

• vineyard and
• vineyard, and

• does

• not
• n’t

• eat
• eat of
• eat any of

• its

• fruit? Or who
• fruit? Who
• grapes? Who

• tends a
• shepherds a
• takes care of a

• flock, and
• flock and

• does

• not
• n’t

• drink the
• drink of the

• milk?
• milk.
• milk of the flock?
• milk from the flock?

1 Corinthians 9:8

• [Translation pending]

1 Corinthians 9:9

• For it
• For in the law of Moses it
• For in the Law of Moses it
• It
• Yes, it

• is written in the

• law of
• Law of

• Moses, “You shall not

• muzzle an
• muzzle the

• ox while
• ox when

• it

• is treading out the
• treads out the

• grain.’
• grain.”

• Is

• it
• it about

• oxen that

• God is
• God

• concerned about?
• concerned?

1 Corinthians 9:10

• [Translation pending]

1 Corinthians 9:11

• If we
• We
• Since we

• have sown
• sowed
• have planted
• planted

• spiritual

• seed among
• things among
• things in
• things for
• seed for

• you.
• you,

• is
• Is

• it
• it a

• too
• great

• much if we

• reap
• reap a

• material

• things from
• harvest from
• benefits from

• you.
• you?

1 Corinthians 9:12

• If others
• Others

• have the right to get something from

• you.
• you,

• So surely we have this

• right
• right,

• too. But we

• have
• did
• do

• not
• n’t

• use this
• use of this
• made use of this
• used this

• right, but
• right. No,

• we

• endure
• put up with

• everything ourselves so that we will not stop anyone from obeying the Good News of Christ.

1 Corinthians 9:13

• Don’t you

• know that those who
• realize that those who

• work in the
• serve in the
• perform the
• work at the
• are employed in the

• Temple
• temple

• get their food from the

• temple, and those who
• Temple. And those who
• temple? And those who
• Temple, and those who
• Temple, and that those who
• temple, and that those who

• serve at the altar

• share in the
• share in what

• is sacrificed on the
• is offered on the
• is offered at the

• altar.
• altar?

1 Corinthians 9:14

• In the same

• way the
• way, the

• Lord
• Lord has

• commanded that those who
• ordered that those who

• preach the
• proclaim the
• tell the

• gospel
• Gospel
• Good News
• good news

• should

• get
• earn
• receive

• their

• living from the
• living by the
• living from this

• gospel.
• Gospel.
• good news.
• Good News.
• work.

1 Corinthians 9:15

• [Translation pending]

1 Corinthians 9:16

• [Translation pending]

1 Corinthians 9:17

• If I
• For if I

• do this
• do this of

• my own
• voluntarily,
• willingly,

• I
• will, I

• have a

• reward; but, if
• reward, but if
• reward. But if
• reward; but if against

• unwillingly,
• my will,

• I

• have been
• am

• entrusted with a
• entrusted

• stewardship.
• responsibility.

1 Corinthians 9:18

• What then
• So what

• is my

• reward? That when
• reward? That, when

• I

• preach,
• preach

• I

• offer the
• may present the

• gospel free of

• charge,
• charge
• charge, and

• so as
• so

• not to
• not

• make full use of my

• right in the
• authority in the
• rights in the

• gospel.
• Good News.

1 Corinthians 9:19

• For though I
• Although I
• I
• Even though I

• am
• am a
• was
• ’m

• free from all

• men,
• people,

• I

• have made
• make
• have enslaved
• brought

• myself a
• myself under
• myself a slave to all,

• so that
• bondage to all, that

• I

• might
• may

• win
• win the
• win over as
• gain the

• more.
• more;
• as many as possible.

1 Corinthians 9:20

• To the Jews
• And to the Jews
• and to the Jews

• I became like a

• Jew, to
• Jew to

• win
• win the

• Jews; to those under the
• Jews. To those under the

• law I

• became like one under the
• became as one under the

• law (though
• law—though

• I myself am not under the law—to

• win those under the
• win

• Law;
• law;
• law.

1 Corinthians 9:21

• to those who are without law, as without

• law (
• law—

• not being without

• law of
• law toward

• God, but under
• God but under the

• law of
• law toward

• Christ), that
• Christ) that

• I might win those who are without

• law;
• law.

1 Corinthians 9:22

• to the weak
• To the weak
• To those who are weak
• To those who are weak,

• I

• became
• became as

• weak that
• weak, that

• I might

• win the
• gain the

• weak:
• weak;
• weak.

• I have become all things to all men, that I

• may by all
• might by all

• means save some.

1 Corinthians 9:23

• I
• All this I
• Now I

• do for the
• do all this for the
• do all this because of the

• sake of the
• good
• Good
• gospel

• gospel, that
• gospel, so

• I

• may
• can
• want to
• can be a

• share in
• share with them in

• its

• blessings.
• benefits.

1 Corinthians 9:24

• Do you not know that those who

• run in a
• run in the

• race all run, but one receives the prize? Run in such a way that youmay

• win.
• win!
• obtain it.
• win it.

1 Corinthians 9:25

• Every athlete
• Everyone who

• exercises
• competes exercises

• self-control in all
• self-control in

• things.
• things;

• they
• They

• do it to

• receive a
• win a

• perishable
• corruptible

• crown, but
• wreath, but

• we an
• we for an

• imperishable one.
• imperishable.
• incorruptible;
• incorruptible.

1 Corinthians 9:26

• So I
• Therefore I

• do

• not
• n’t

• run

• aimlessly,
• aimlessly;

• I do

• not
• n’t

• box like one beating the

• air!
• air;
• air:
• air.
• air,

1 Corinthians 9:27

• But I
• but I
• I
• No, I
• Instead I
• Instead, I
• It

• discipline
• bruise
• is
• beat
• punish

• my
• my own

• body and

• make
• bring

• it
• it,
• it my
• it into
• it under

• slave, so that, after
• slave, so that after

• preaching to

• others,
• others

• I myself

• should
• will not
• should not

• be
• become

• disqualified.
• rejected.