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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?
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?
Verse 1 Corinthians 9:13. _THEY WHICH MINISTER ABOUT HOLY THINGS_] All the officers about the temple, whether priests, Levites, Nethinim, c., had a right to their support while employed in its servic...
DO YE NOT KNOW ... - In this verse Paul illustrates the doctrine that the ministers of religion were, entitled to a support from the fact that those who were appointed to offer sacrifice receive a mai...
6. PAUL'S GRACIOUS EXAMPLE. CHAPTER 9 _ 1. The Apostle's rights. (1 Corinthians 9:1)._ 2. He waives his rights for the Gospel's sake. (1 Corinthians 9:15). 3. The race-course and the crown. ...
1 CORINTHIANS 9. This chapter is not a digression, and is not primarily concerned with a vindication of Paul's apostolic status and rights. He enforces his plea that the enlightened should not ride ro...
Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you not my work in the Lord? Even if I am not an apostle to others, I certainly am to you; you are the seal of my apostleship in...
THE UNCLAIMED PRIVILEGES (1 Corinthians 9:1-14)...
DO YE NOT KNOW. Know ye not. See 1 Corinthians 3:16. KNOW. App-132. MINISTER. Same word as "work" 1 Corinthians 9:6. HOLY THINGS. Greek. _hieros._ Only here and 2 Timothy
_Do ye not know that they which minister about holy things_ Fifth argument. The Jewish priests are maintained by the sacrifices of the worshippers. See Leviticus 6:17; Numbers 5:8-10, and especially N...
1 Corinthians 9:1-14. ST PAUL’S DEFENCE OF HIS APOSTOLIC AUTHORITY This chapter is devoted to a defence of the Apostolic authority of St Paul, but there is an under-current of thought connecting it wi...
ΤᾺ ἘΚ ΤΟΥ͂ ἹΕΡΟΥ͂ אBDFG Vulg. Rec. omits τά with ACE Peshito. The MSS. of the Vetus Lat. differ. ΠΑΡΕΔΡΕΎΟΝΤΕΣ אABCDEFG. Rec. προσεδρεύοντες. 13. ΟΥ̓Κ ΟἼΔΑΤΕ ὍΤΙ ΟἹ ΤᾺ ἹΕΡΑ ἘΡΓΑΖΌΜΕΝΟΙ. Fifth argumen...
_PAUL RESTRICTED HIS RIGHTS 1 CORINTHIANS 9:7-14:_ By way of comparison Paul said he had a right to support from the church. He also said he had a right to be married and to have his wife travel about...
ΟΎΚ (G3756), отр. вводит вопрос, на который ожидается утвердительный ответ, ΕΡΓΑΖΌΜΕΝΟΙ _praes. med. (dep.) part. от_ ΈΡΓΆΖΟΜΑΙ (G2038) работать; здесь: отправлять религиозные службы. Part, в роли _s...
APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS _Text_ 1 Corinthians 9:12-18. Nevertheless we did not use this right; but we bear all things, that we may cause no hindrance to the gospel of Christ. 13 Know ye not that they tha...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 1 Recitation of Rights (1 Corinthians 9:1-14) 9 Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are not you my workmanship in the Lord? 2If to others I...
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? MINISTER ABOUT HOLY THINGS - the Jewish pr...
1 The Corinthians questioned the apostleship of Paul. The phrase, "the twelve apostles" has been used to throw doubt on his commission, for if there were but twelve apostles, Paul could not have been...
9:13 things (e-11) Or 'perform the sacred rites.' temple; (f-19) Or 'of what is sacred.' It is well to distinguish _ naos_ (as ch. 3.16), 'the house,' including both parts of the house (i.e. the holy...
LIVE (RV 'eat') _of the things_ OF THE TEMPLE] i.e. its tithes and offerings. PARTAKERS WITH THE ALTAR] Part of the offering was burnt on the altar; part fell to the priest: cp. Numbers 18; Deuteronom...
_(b) Food offered to Idols (ii) St. Paul's own Example_ St. Paul has appealed to the 'enlightened' converts at Corinth to give up for the sake of others a practice which they might otherwise have had...
SERVANTS OF CHRIST 1 CORINTHIANS _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 9 THE RIGHTS OF AN *APOSTLE 9:1-27 PAUL IS A REAL *APOSTLE 9:1-2 V1 You know that I am free. You know that I am an *apostle. I have seen...
DO YE NOT KNOW. — The Apostle now turns to appeal to an argument which would have weight with them as Christians. The rights of the ministry to be supported by the Church have already been established...
CHAPTER 13 MAINTENANCE OF THE MINISTRY IN the preceding chapter Paul has disposed of the question put to him regarding meats offered in sacrifice to idols. He has taken occasion to point out that in...
After the personal “aside” of 1 Corinthians 9:11 f., Paul returns to his main proof, deriving a further reason for the disputed ἐξουσία from the Temple service. “Do you not know” you men of knowledge...
1 Corinthians 9:7-15 _a_. § 28. THE CLAIM OF MINISTERS TO PUBLIC MAINTENANCE. Paul asserts his right to live at the charge of the Christian community, in order to show the Cor [1295] how he has waived...
RIGHTS AND THEIR SURRENDER 1 Corinthians 9:1 Paul's claim to an equality with Peter and the other Apostles was violently disputed by his enemies at Corinth, because in several matters he differed fro...
The words, "my defence to them that examine me is this," reveal the opposition to him in Corinth. The two words, "defence" and "examine," are purely legal, and are in the language of the courts of jus...
Physical Rewards for Spiritual Service Spiritual blessings are beyond value, so paying the laborer who brought such was a good exchange. Other cases of spiritual debt being repaid with material goods...
(9) Do ye not know that they which minister about holy things live [of the (l) things] of the temple? and they which wait at the altar are (m) partakers with the altar? (9) Last of all he brings fort...
“Do ye not know that they which minister about holy things live of the temple? and they which wait at the altar are partakers with the altar?” In heathen as well as in Jewish worship, it was customary...
3. THE EXAMPLE OF ABNEGATION GIVEN BY PAUL. 9:1-22. IT is easy, from what we have just said, to understand the link which connects the following passage with the question treated by the apostle. It is...
(7) Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock? (8) Say I these thin...
As usual, the introductory words (1 Corinthians 1:1-3) of the epistle give us no little intimation of that which is to follow. The apostle speaks of himself as such "called [to be] an apostle of Jesus...
13._Know ye not, _Apart from the question that he discusses, he appears to have dwelt the longer in taking notice of this point, with the view of reproaching the Corinthians indirectly for their malig...
The apostle was exposed to the accusations of false teachers, who asserted that he carried on his evangelisation and his labours from interested motives, and that he took the property of Christians, a...
DO YE NOT KNOW, THAT THEY WHICH MINISTER ABOUT HOLY THINGS,.... Not the priests in the temples of the Heathen deities, as the Ethiopic version suggests; but the priests in the temple at Jerusalem, who...
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? Ver. 13. _Live of the things of, &c._] Yea...
_Do ye not know_, &c. In further support of the justice of the claim in question, I might remind you of the provision which God made for the priests and Levites under the Mosaic law; _that they which...
THEY WHICH MINISTER-AND THEY WHICH WAIT; the priests and the Levites, who, under the Old Testament, conducted and waited upon the religious services at the temple. ARE PARTAKERS WITH THE ALTAR; they...
Because of the lowliness and grace on the part of the apostle, such as chapter 8 shows in the consideration of his brethren, there were some who would use this as an occasion to belittle him. He made...
LIVE: Or, feed...
KNOW YE NOT THAT THEY THAT MINISTER ABOUT SACRED THINGS EAT OF THE THINGS OF THE TEMPLE, AND THEY THAT WAIT UPON THE ALTAR HAVE THEIR PORTION WITH THE ALTAR? 'Know ye not' -yet another jab at their...
1-14 It is not new for a minister to meet with unkind returns for good-will to a people, and diligent and successful services among them. To the cavils of some, the apostle answers, so as to set fort...
You may understand what is the mind and will of God under the New Testament, by reflecting upon what appeareth to you to have been his mind and will under the Old Testament: God had a ministry under t...
Know ye not that they that minister about sacred things eat of the things of the temple [the offerings, etc.], _and they that wait upon the altar have their portion with the altar?_ [Numbers 18:8-13;...
Tertullian Against Marcion Book V When he teaches that every man ought to live of his own industry,[320]...
1 Corinthians 9:13 you G1492 not G3756 know G1492 (G5758) that G3754 minister G2038 (G5740) things G2413
'Do you not know that those who minister about sacred things eat of the things of the temple, and they who wait on the altar have their portion with the altar? Even so did the Lord ordain that those w...
PAUL NOW POINTS OUT THAT HE REFUSES TO USE HIS FREEDOM IN ANY WAY THAT WOULD CAUSE YOUNG CHRISTIANS TO BE LED ASTRAY. HIS NEXT EXAMPLE REFERS TO HIS NOT RECEIVING GIFTS FOR HIS MINISTRY AMONG THEM WHI...
1 Corinthians 9:13. KNOW YE NOT THAT THEY WHICH MINISTER ABOUT SACRED THINGS EAT OF THE THINGS OF THE TEMPLE? of the sacrificial offerings, expressly allocated to the priests. The Gentile converts are...
It was impossible for Christians in almost any Greek or Roman colony, and least of all at Corinth, to avoid coming frequently in contact with idolatrous practices in various and ensnaring forms. In wr...
SACRED THINGS (τα ιερα).OF THE TEMPLE (του ιερου). Play on the same word ιερου (sacred). See Numbers 18:8-20 for the details. This is a very pertinent illustration.THEY WHICH WAIT UPON THE ALTAR...
CONTENTS: Paul vindicates his apostleship. The method and reward of true ministry and the support of the ministry. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Cephas, Barnabas, Moses. CONCLUSION: It is no new thing for...
1 Corinthians 9:1. _Am I not an apostle? Am I not free? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are not you my work in the Lord?_ Having illustrated the legal customs of the jews respecting meats, he introduc...
SURELY YOU KNOW. The Temple teaches the same lesson. Part of the sacrifice was burnt on the altar, and part went to the Priests and Levites....
_Am I not an apostle?_ Am I not free? Have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? SIGNS OF APOSTLESHIP Why should Paul, departing from his usual custom, speak here of himself and his claims? Undoubtedly...
_Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges?_ THE BAFFLE OF LIFE We have here-- I. An inspiriting metaphor. When life is represented as a warfare, some peaceful minds may feel a little alarmed,...
CHAPTER 9 SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTER i. He proceeds to show by his own example how offences are to be avoided, and he says that he had refused to accept payment, or the maintenance due to a preacher of...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ 1 Corinthians 9:1.—Notice the reversed order of clauses in the better-attested reading. FREE.—_I.c. quâ_ man; he is always Christ’s “bondservant”; it is of his own choice that he subm...
EXPOSITION 1 CORINTHIANS 9:1 The rights and the self denial of an apostle. 1 CORINTHIANS 9:1 An apostle's right to maintenance....
Shall we turn in our Bibles to I Corinthians, chapter 9. I could do a lot of things I don't do. The reason why I don't do them is I do not want to be an offense unto a weaker brethren and destroy his...
1 Corinthians 10:18; 1 Samuel 2:28; Deuteronomy 10:9; Deuteronomy 18:1;...
Minister [ε ρ γ α ζ ο μ ε ν ο ι]. Lit, work or perform. Never in classical Greek of being engaged in sacred rites. Wait [π α ρ ε δ ρ ε υ ο ν τ ε ς]. Etymologically akin to paredrov sitting beside. Se...
A fifth argument is here produced for the ministers' maintenance, which is taken from the example of the Levites, who lived upon the things that were offered in the temple, and at the altar, and had....