Wesley's Explanatory Notes
1 Corinthians 9:9
Doth God — In this direction. Take care for oxen — Only? Hath he not a farther meaning? And so undoubtedly he hath in all the other Mosaic laws of this kind.
Doth God — In this direction. Take care for oxen — Only? Hath he not a farther meaning? And so undoubtedly he hath in all the other Mosaic laws of this kind.
1 CORINTHIANS 9:9 khmw,seij Although the reading fimw,seij has somewhat stronger external support (î46 a A B3 C Db, c K L P almost all minuscules), a majority of the Committee preferred...
Verse 1 Corinthians 9:9. _THOU SHALT NOT MUZZLE THE MOUTH OF THE OX_] See this largely explained in _Clarke's note on "_Deuteronomy 25:4_"_. _DOTH GOD TAKE CARE FOR OXEN?_] This question is to be un...
FOR IT IS WRITTEN - Deuteronomy 25:4. IN THE LAW OF MOSES - See the note at Luke 24:44. THOU SHALT NOT MUZZLE THE MOUTH ... - To muzzle means, “to bind the mouth; to fasten the mouth to prevent eati
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...
THE UNCLAIMED PRIVILEGES (1 Corinthians 9:1-14)...
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...
IS. has been. MOSES. Occurs twice in this Epistle, here and 1 Corinthians 10:2. Compare Matthew 8:4. MUZZLE. Greek. _phimoo._ See Luke 4:38 (hold... peace). TREADETH OUT THE CORN. threshet
_Doth God take care for oxen?_ Luther and Estius are here fully of one mind against those who suppose the Apostle to mean that God does _not_care for oxen. "God cares for all," says the former, and th...
ΚΗΜΏΣΕΙΣ BDFG. φιμώσεις rec. with אACE. 9. ΓΆΡ. ‘The law _does_ say so, for it is written,’ &c. ΚΗΜΏΣΕΙΣ. The word is derived from κημός, a muzzle. It is somewhat rarer than the rec. φιμώσεις, but i...
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...
_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...
ΓΈΓΡΑΠΤΑΙ _perf. ind. pass. от_ ΓΡΆΦΩ (G1125) писать. _Perf._ подчеркивает законодательный авторитет написанного (ММ), ΚΗΜΏΣΕΙΣ _fut. ind. act. от_ ΚΗΜΌΩ (G5392) надевать узду. _Fut._ используется по...
THOU SHALT NOT MUZZLE THE MOUTH OF THE OX— See on Deuteronomy 25:4 and Raphelius on the place....
APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS _Text_ 1 Corinthians 9:1-12 a. Am I not free? am I not an apostle? have I not seen Jesus our Lord? are not ye my work in the Lord? 2 If to others I am not an apostle, yet at leas...
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...
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? OX THAT TREADETH OUT THE CORN (Deuteronomy 25:4). In the Ea...
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...
9:9 For (a-1) These two 'fors' are an example of the rapidity of the apostle's style. To make the sense hang together, we should have to add, in the first case, 'not as a man merely,' or, 'surely it d...
FOR IT IS WRITTEN IN THE LAW] RV 'Is it not also written in the law?' THOU SHALT NOT MUZZLE THE.. OX] Deuteronomy 25:4. The ox threshed out the corn either by simply walking upon it, or by dragging a...
_(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...
THE OX THAT TREADETH OUT THE CORN. — Better, _the ox while treading out the corn._ In this verse the question of the previous one is answered. The Law does say the same: “For it is written in the Law...
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...
1 Corinthians 9:8-10 _a_. μὴ κατὰ ἄνθρωπον κ. τ. λ.; “Am I saying these things as any man might do” in accordance with human practice (as just seen in 7)? κατὰ ἄνθρ., in contrast with what ὁ νόμος λέγ...
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...
Paul's Rights As An Apostle The church should feed its workers. As an apostle, Paul claimed the right to receive food and drink for his labors. It would seem most of the apostles were married. Paul an...
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 (i) oxen? (i) Was it God's proper intention to provide for oxen, wh...
VV. 8, 9. “Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also? 9. For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for ox...
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...
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...
FOR IT IS WRITTEN IN THE LAW OF MOSES,.... Deuteronomy 25:4 THOU SHALT NOT MUZZLE THE MOUTH OF THE OX THAT TREADETH OUT THE CORN. The manner of threshing, or beating out the corn among the Jews, was...
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? Ver. 9. _Doth God take care for oxen?_] He doth, doubtless, J...
_Say I these things as a man_ Have I only human authority and reasons for what I say? _or saith not the law_ The revealed will of God; _the same? For it is written_ Deuteronomy 25:4, _Thou shalt not m...
NOT MUZZLE THE MOUTH OF THE OX; the ox had a right to support from those for whom he labored, and they could not withhold it without sinning against God, who required it of them. TAKE CARE FOR OXEN;...
The Scriptural proof and its application:...
FOR IT IS WRITTEN IN THE LAW OF MOSES, THOU SHALT NOT MUZZLE THE MOUTH OF THE OX THAT TREADS OUT THE CORN. DOTH GOD TAKE CARE FOR OXEN?...
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...
FOR IT IS WRITTEN IN THE LAW OF MOSES, THOU SHALT NOT MUZZLE THE OX WHEN HE TREADETH OUT THE CORN. IS IT FOR THE OXEN THAT GOD CARETH, 'For it is written'. Deuteronomy 25:4 'IS IT FOR THE OXEN THAT...
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...
Art being not so improved formerly as now, nor in all places as in some places; they were wont anciently, both in the land of Judea, and since in Greece, and (as is said) at this day in some places of...
For it is written in the law of Moses [Deuteronomy 25:4], _Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn_. [Grain in the East has never been threshed by machinery. Though flails are used,...
Tertullian An Answer to the Jews But the new law's wont was to point to clemency, and to convert to tranquillity the pristine ferocity of "glaives" and "lances," and to remodel the pristine execution...
1 Corinthians 9:9 For G1063 written G1125 (G5769) in G1722 law G3551 Moses G3475 shall G5392 not G3756 muzz
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...
'Do I speak these things after the manner of men? Or does the law not also say the same? For it is written in the law of Moses, You shall not muzzle the ox when he treads out the corn. Is it for the o...
1 Corinthians 9:9. FOR IT IS WRITTEN IN THE LAW OF HOSES (Deuteronomy 25:4), THOU SHALT NOT MUZZLE THE OX, etc. a favourite illustration of our apostle, for he recurs to it in 1 Timothy 5:18; and no w...
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...
THOU SHALT NOT MUZZLE THE OX WHEN HE TREADETH OUT THE CORN (ου φιμωσεις βουν αλοωντα). Quotation from Deuteronomy 25:4. Prohibition by ου and the volitive future indicative. Φιμοω, to muzzle (from φ...
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...
WE READ. Deuteronomy 25:4. The people of the East threshed their grain by making cattle walk on the heads of grain to free the individual grains from the stalk. See note on Matthew 3:12. NOW, IS GOD?...
_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...
_For it is written in the law of Moses_, &c. Deuteronomy 25:4. The reason doubtless was that it was right that the animals who laboured should also eat. Hence God forbade that the mouths of the oxen t...
_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 Timothy 5:18; Deuteronomy 25:4; Deuteronomy 5:14; Jonah 4:11;...
Muzzle [φ ι μ ω σ ε ι ς]. See on Matthew 22:12; Matthew 22:34; Mark 4:39. Some texts read khmwseiv a muzzle, from khmov a muzzle See Deuteronomy 25:4.