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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>1 Corinthians 9 NET Bible</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/1_corinthians/9.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/1_corinthians/9-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NET Bible</a> > 1 Corinthians 9</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../1_corinthians/8.htm" title="1 Corinthians 8">◄</a> 1 Corinthians 9 <a href="../1_corinthians/10.htm" title="1 Corinthians 10">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">NET Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/net/esv/1_corinthians/9.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="title">The Rights of an Apostle</p><p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/9-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you not my work in the Lord? <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/9-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/9-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>This is my defense to those who examine me. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/9-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Do we not have the right to financial support? <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/9-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Do we not have the right to the company of a believing wife, like the other apostles and the Lord’s brothers and Cephas? <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/9-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Or do only Barnabas and I lack the right not to work? <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/9-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>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? <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/9-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Am I saying these things only on the basis of common sense, or does the law not say this as well? <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/9-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>For it is written in the law of Moses, “<b><i>Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain</i></b>.” God is not concerned here about oxen, is he? <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/9-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/9-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>If we sowed spiritual blessings among you, is it too much to reap material things from you? <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/9-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>If others receive this right from you, are we not more deserving?</p><p class="bodytext">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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/9-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>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? <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/9-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>In the same way the Lord commanded those who proclaim the gospel to receive their living by the gospel. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/9-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>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! <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/9-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>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! <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/9-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>For if I do this voluntarily, I have a reward. But if I do it unwillingly, I am entrusted with a responsibility. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/9-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>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.</p> <p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/9-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>For since I am free from all I can make myself a slave to all, in order to gain even more people. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/9-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/9-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/9-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>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.</p> <p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/9-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>I do all these things because of the gospel, so that I can be a participant in it.</p> <p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/9-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Do you not know that all the runners in a stadium compete, but only one receives the prize? So run to win. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/9-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Each competitor must exercise self-control in everything. They do it to receive a perishable crown, but we an imperishable one.</p> <p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/9-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>So I do not run uncertainly or box like one who hits only air. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/9-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Instead I subdue my body and make it my slave, so that after preaching to others I myself will not be disqualified.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><a href="http://netbible.com/">NET Bible copyright © 1996-2006 by Biblical Studies Press, L.L.C. http://netbible.com.<br />Used by permission. 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