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1 Corinthians 9

1 Corinthians 9:7

WHO GOETH A WARFARE ANY TIME AT HIS OWN CHARGES? WHO PLANTS A VINEYARD AND EATETH NOT OF THE FRUIT THEREOF? OR WHO FEEDETH A FLOCK AND EATETH NOT OF THE MILK OF THE FLOCK? Paul had stated the guiding principle of his life to be: All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient, chap.... [ Continue Reading ]

1 Corinthians 9:10

OR SAITH HE IT ALTOGETHER FOR OUR SAKES? FOR OUR SAKES, NO DOUBT, THIS IS WRITTEN, THAT HE THAT PLOWS SHOULD PLOW IN HOPE, AND THAT HE THAT THRESHES IN HOPE SHOULD BE PARTAKER OF HIS HOPE.... [ Continue Reading ]

1 Corinthians 9:12

IF OTHERS BE PARTAKERS OF THIS POWER OVER YOU, ARE NOT WE RATHER? NEVERTHELESS WE HAVE NOT USED THIS POWER, BUT SUFFER ALL THINGS, LEST WE SHOULD HINDER THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST. The apostle by a Scripture-passage here substantiates the principle that the servants of the Lord have a right to expect the... [ Continue Reading ]

1 Corinthians 9:13

DO YE NOT KNOW THAT THEY WHICH MINISTER ABOUT HOLY THINGS LIVE OF THE THINGS OF THE TEMPLE, AND THEY WHICH WAIT AT THE ALTAR ARE PARTAKERS WITH THE ALTAR?... [ Continue Reading ]

1 Corinthians 9:15

BUT I HAVE USED NONE OF THESE THINGS, NEITHER HAVE I WRITTEN THESE THINGS THAT IT SHOULD BE SO DONE UNTO ME; FOR IT WERE BETTER FOR ME TO DIE THAN THAT ANY MAN SHOULD MAKE MY GLORYING VOID. Lest any member of the Corinthian congregation misunderstand him and make it a point to harp upon the necessit... [ Continue Reading ]

1 Corinthians 9:18

WHAT IS MY REWARD, THEN? VERILY THAT, WHEN I PREACH THE GOSPEL, I MAY MAKE THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST WITHOUT CHARGE, THAT I ABUSE NOT MY POWER IN THE GOSPEL. Paul here again obviates a possible misunderstanding. He was far too humble to feel himself worthy of preaching the Gospel, much less would he have... [ Continue Reading ]

1 Corinthians 9:20

AND UNTO THE JEWS I BECAME A JEW THAT I MIGHT GAIN THE JEWS; TO THEM THAT ARE UNDER THE LAW, AS UNDER THE LAW, THAT I MIGHT GAIN THEM THAT ARE UNDER THE LAW;... [ Continue Reading ]

1 Corinthians 9:21

TO THEM THAT ARE WITHOUT LAW, AS WITHOUT LAW, (BEING NOT WITHOUT LAW TO GOD, BUT UNDER THE LAW TO CHRIST,) THAT I MIGHT GAIN THEM THAT ARE WITHOUT LAW.... [ Continue Reading ]

1 Corinthians 9:23

AND THIS I DO FOR THE GOSPEL'S SAKE THAT I MIGHT BE PARTAKER THEREOF WITH YOU. Here Paul's policy of self-denial is explained in detail. Taking up the thought of 1 Corinthians 9:1 again, he states: For, while I am free from all men, I have made myself a servant to all men, in order that I might gain... [ Continue Reading ]

1 Corinthians 9:27

BUT I KEEP UNDER MY BODY AND BRING IT INTO SUBJECTION, LEST THAT BY ANY MEANS, WHEN I HAVE PREACHED TO OTHERS, I MYSELF SHOULD BE A CASTAWAY. An attitude and a habit of self-denial such as Paul practiced is not acquired with ease, but it demands the application of the sternest self-discipline, and h... [ Continue Reading ]

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