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Am not I an apostle? Have not I seen Christ Jesus our Lord? Are not you my work in the Lord? <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/9-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>And if unto others I be not an apostle, but yet to you I am. For you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord. </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/9-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>My defence with them that do examine me is this. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/9-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Have not we power to eat and to drink? <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/9-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Have we not power to carry about a woman, a sister, as well as the rest of the apostles, and the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas? <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/9-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Or I only and Barnabas, have not we power to do this? <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/9-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Who serveth as a soldier at any time, at his own charges? Who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? Who feedeth the flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock? </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/9-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Speak I these things according to man? Or doth not the law also say these things? <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/9-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>For it is written in the law of Moses: Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen? <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/9-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Or doth he say this indeed for our sakes? For these things are written for our sakes: that he that plougheth, should plough in hope; and he that thrasheth, in hope to receive fruit. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/9-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great matter if we reap your carnal things? <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/9-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>If others be partakers of this power over you, why not we rather? Nevertheless, we have not used this power: but we bear all things, lest we should give any hindrance to the gospel of Christ. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/9-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Know you not, that they who work in the holy place, eat the things that are of the holy place; and they that serve the altar, partake with the altar? <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/9-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>So also the Lord ordained that they who preach the gospel, should live by the gospel. </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/9-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>But I have used none of these things. Neither have I written these things, that they should be so done unto me: for it is good for me to die, rather than that any man should make my glory void. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/9-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>For if I preach the gospel, it is no glory to me, for a necessity lieth upon me: for woe is unto me if I preach not the gospel. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/9-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but if against my will, a dispensation is committed to me: <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/9-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>What is my reward then? That preaching the gospel, I may deliver the gospel without charge, that I abuse not my power in the gospel. </p> <p class="hdg">Paul a Servant to All</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/9-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>For whereas I was free as to all, I made myself the servant of all, that I might gain the more. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/9-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>And I became to the Jews, a Jew, that I might gain the Jews: <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/9-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>To them that are under the law, as if I were under the law, (whereas myself was not under the law,) that I might gain them that were under the law. To them that were without the law, as if I were without the law, (whereas I was not without the law of God, but was in the law of Christ,) that I might gain them that were without the law. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/9-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>To the weak I became weak, that I might gain the weak. I became all things to all men, that I might save all. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/9-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>And I do all things for the gospel's sake: that I may be made partaker thereof. </p> <p class="hdg">Run Your Race to Win</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/9-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Know you not that they that run in the race, all run indeed, but one receiveth the prize ? So run that you may obtain. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/9-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>And every one that striveth for the mastery, refraineth himself from all things: and they indeed that they may receive a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible one. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/9-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>I therefore so run, not as at an uncertainty: I so fight, not as one beating the air: <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/9-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>But I chastise my body, and bring it into subjection: lest perhaps, when I have preached to others, I myself should become a castaway. </p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Douay-Rheims Bible<br /><br /><a href="//bereanbible.com">Section Headings Courtesy BereanBible.com<br />© 2013, 2014 Used by Permission</a><span class="p"><br /><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../1_corinthians/8.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Corinthians 8"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Corinthians 8" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../1_corinthians/10.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Corinthians 10"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Corinthians 10" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpad/1_corinthians/9-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe src="//biblemenus.com/adframe120.htm" width="122" height="602" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe><br /><br /></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnm2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>