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1 Corinthians 9 :: New English Translation (NET)

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:1 - Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you not my work in the Lord?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 9:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:2 - If I am not an apostle to others, at least I am to you, for you are the confirming sign of my apostleship in the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:3 - This is my defense to those who examine me.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:4 - Do we not have the right to financial support?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:5 - Do we not have the right to the company of a believing wife, like the other apostles and the Lord's brothers and Cephas?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:6 - Or do only Barnabas and I lack the right not to work?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 9:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:7 - Who ever serves in the army at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat its fruit? Who tends a flock and does not consume its milk?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 9:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:8 - Am I saying these things only on the basis of common sense, or does the law not say this as well?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 9:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:9 - For it is written in the law of Moses, "Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain." God is not concerned here about oxen, is he?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 9:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:10 - Or is he not surely speaking for our benefit? It was written for us, because the one plowing and threshing ought to work in hope of enjoying the harvest.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 9:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:11 - If we sowed spiritual blessings among you, is it too much to reap material things from you?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 9:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:12 - If others receive this right from you, are we not more deserving? But we have not made use of this right. Instead we endure everything so that we may not be a hindrance to the gospel of Christ.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 9:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:13 - Don't you know that those who serve in the temple eat food from the temple, and those who serve at the altar receive a part of the offerings?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 9:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:14 - In the same way the Lord commanded those who proclaim the gospel to receive their living by the gospel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 9:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:15 - But I have not used any of these rights. And I am not writing these things so that something will be done for me. In fact, it would be better for me to die than - no one will deprive me of my reason for boasting!

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 9:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:16 - For if I preach the gospel, I have no reason for boasting, because I am compelled to do this. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:17 - For if I do this voluntarily, I have a reward. But if I do it unwillingly, I am entrusted with a responsibility.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 9:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:18 - What then is my reward? That when I preach the gospel I may offer the gospel free of charge, and so not make full use of my rights in the gospel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 9:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:19 - For since I am free from all I can make myself a slave to all, in order to gain even more people.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 9:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:20 - To the Jews I became like a Jew to gain the Jews. To those under the law I became like one under the law (though I myself am not under the law) to gain those under the law.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 9:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:21 - To those free from the law I became like one free from the law (though I am not free from God's law but under the law of Christ) to gain those free from the law.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:22 - To the weak I became weak in order to gain the weak. I have become all things to all people, so that by all means I may save some.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 9:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:23 - I do all these things because of the gospel, so that I can be a participant in it.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 9:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:24 - Do you not know that all the runners in a stadium compete, but only one receives the prize? So run to win.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 9:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:25 - Each competitor must exercise self-control in everything. They do it to receive a perishable crown, but we an imperishable one.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 9:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:26 - So I do not run uncertainly or box like one who hits only air.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 9:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:27 - Instead I subdue my body and make it my slave, so that after preaching to others I myself will not be disqualified.
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