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1 Corinthians 9:10

Of course this was written for us. To teach us that we ought to support those who work to help us. Material gain is not in itself a bad motive! Both the man who plows and the man who reaps expect to get a share of the crop. Not money, but the love of money is a source of all kinds of evil (1 Timothy 6:10). The difference between the hired man and the shepherd (John 10:11-13) is not receiving a profit (both receive a profit from the sheep), but in attitude. The hired man has no love for the sheep; the shepherd does!

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  • A Textual Commentary On The Greek New Testament by Bruce M. Metzger

    1 CORINTHIANS 9:10 evpV evlpi,di tou/ mete,cein The reading that best explains the origin of the others is evpV evlpi,di tou/ mete,cein (î46 a* (A) B C P 33 69 vg syrp, h copsa, bo, fay arm _al_...

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 1 Corinthians 9:10. _AND HE THAT THRESHETH IN HOPE SHOULD BE PARTAKER OF_ _HIS HOPE._] Instead of ὁ αλοων της ελπιδος αυτου μετεχειν, επ' ελπιδι, many of the best MSS. and versions read the pa...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    OR SAITH HE IT ALTOGETHER FOR OUR SAKES? - The word “altogether” (πάντως pantōs) cannot mean that this was the “sole” and “only” design of the law, to teach that ministers of the gospel were entitle...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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. ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    THE UNCLAIMED PRIVILEGES (1 Corinthians 9:1-14)...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    FOR OUR SAKES. on account of (Greek. _dia_. App-104. 1 Corinthians 9:2) us. IS. was. PLOWETH. Greek. _arotriao._ Only here and Luke 17:7. SHOULD. ought to. IN. upon. App-104. THRESHETH. See...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope_ In this verse we may observe (1) that the word translated _treadeth out_in 1 Corinthians 9:9 is here rendered threshing, because the usual Ea...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    ἘΠ' ἘΛΠΊΔΙ ΤΟΥ͂ ΜΕΤΈΧΕΙΝ אABC Peshito. And so (with _fructus_ added) Vulg. Rec. τῆς ἐλπίδος αὐτοῦ μετέχειν ἐπ' ἐλπίδι with E. 10. ΔΙ' ἩΜΑ͂Σ. ‘On account of us preachers of the Gospel.’ ΓΆΡ. ‘Yes, fo...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    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...

  • Charles Box Commentaries

    _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...

  • Charles Rose Commentaries

    ΔΙ' ΉΜΆΣ (G1223; G1473) из-за нас, ради нас. Либо ссылка на людей вообще, либо конкретно на учителей, ΠΆΝΤΩΣ (G117) _adv._ точно, полностью, то есть в любом случае (Grosheide). ΓΆΡ (G1063) так. В от...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    ALTOGETHER— _On the whole._ It cannot be thought that God had no regard at all to the brute creatures, in such precepts as these; and therefore it is better to render παντως, by _on the whole,_ than _...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    Or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope. ALTOG...

  • Concordant Commentary on the New Testament by A. E. Knoch

    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...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    9:10 For (a-10) 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 i...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    _(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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    ALTOGETHER] or, 'really,' 'certainly.' HE THAT THRESHETH IN HOPE, etc.] RV 'He that thresheth to thresh in hope of partaking.' The same principle which applies to oxen holds good of human labourers, a...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    THAT HE THAT PLOWETH SHOULD PLOW IN HOPE. — There is considerable variation in the MSS. here. The best rendering of the text is, _that the plougher is bound to plough in hope, and the thresher_ (_to t...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

    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...

  • Godet's commentary on Luke, John, Romans, 1 Corinthians

    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...

  • Godet's commentary on Luke, John, Romans, 1 Corinthians

    “Or saith He it not altogether for our sakes? Yea, for our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that plougheth should plough in hope; and that he that thresheth should partake of the object hoped...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (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...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    10._Because he that ploweth ought to plow in hope. _There is a twofold reading in this passage, even in the Greek manuscripts, but the one that is more generally received is — _He that thrasheth_, _in...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    OR SAITH HE IT ALTOGETHER FOR OUR SAKES,.... That is, God says this, or delivers out this law, forbidding the muzzling the ox, while it treads out the corn; not merely for the sake of the ox, but chie...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Or saith he _it_ altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, _this_ is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope. Ver...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _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...

  • Justin Edwards' Family Bible New Testament (1851)

    FOR OUR SAKES-THIS IS WRITTEN; to show that it is the will of God that ministers of the gospel should receive support from the people for whom they labor, and that all who labor are entitled to a just...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    The Scriptural proof and its application:...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    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....

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Mark Dunagan Commentaries

    OR SAITH HE IT ASSUREDLY FOR OUR SAKE? YEA, FOR OUR SAKE IT WAS WRITTEN: BECAUSE HE THAT PLOWETH OUGHT TO PLOW IN HOPE, AND HE THAT THRESHETH, TO THRESH IN HOPE OF PARTAKING. 'for our sake it was wr...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    Not that the law, DEUTERONOMY 25:4, did primarily reveal God's will for the maintenance of ministers; for undoubtedly it did primarily oblige them, according to the letter of it, not to deal cruelly a...

  • McGarvey and Pendleton Commentaries

    or saith he it assuredly for our sake? Yea, for our sake it was written: because he that ploweth ought to plow in hope, and he that thresheth, to thresh in hope of partaking. [Those fond of carping an...

  • NT Verse References in the Ante-Nicene Fathers

    Tertullian Against Marcion Book II to the refreshment[220] Origen Commentary on Matthew Book XII Now the law dies to him who has gone up to the condition of blessedness, and no longer lives under t...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    1 Corinthians 9:10 Or G2228 say G3004 (G5719) altogether G3843 for G1223 our G2248 sakes G1223 For G1223

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    '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...

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    1 Corinthians 9:10. OR ... FOR OUR SAKE? to teach this general lesson, THAT HE THAT PLOWETH OUGHT TO PLOW IN HOPE... OF PARTAKING. [1] IF WE SOWED UNTO YOU SPIRITUAL THINGS, IS IT A GREAT MATTER THAT...

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    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...

  • Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament

    HE THAT PLOUGHETH (ο αροτριων). Late verb αροτριαω, to plough, for the old αροω from αροτρον (plough), in LXX and rare in papyri.IN HOPE OF PARTAKING (επ' ελπιδ του μετεχειν). The infinitive αλοαι...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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,...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The Great Commentary of Cornelius à Lapide

    _Or saith He it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes no doubt this is written._ The argument is here, as so often in S. Paul's writings, from the mystical, not the literal sense; or rather it is an...

  • The Great Commentary of Cornelius à Lapide

    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...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION 1 CORINTHIANS 9:1 The rights and the self denial of an apostle. 1 CORINTHIANS 9:1 An apostle's right to maintenance....

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Corinthians 3:9; 2 Corinthians 4:15; 2 Timothy 2:6; John 4:35;...

  • Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament (4 Volume Set)

    Altogether [π α ν τ ω ς]. Better, as Rev., in margin, as He doubtless doth, or, as American Rev., assuredly. In hope [ε π ε λ π ι δ ι]. See on Romans 8:21. Resting on hope. Compare Aeschylus : "When...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    He who ploweth ought to plow in hope — Of reaping. This seems to be a proverbial expression. And he that thresheth in hope — Ought not to be disappointed, ought to eat the fruit of his labours. And ou...

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