1 CorinthiansChristianityAccepted ScriptureKoine GreekShare1 Corinthians 9Webster - EnglishMoreVersion - 9 availableWorld English BibleKing James VersionAmerican Standard VersionDarby BibleYoung's Literal TranslationWebster BibleGeneva BibleDouay-Rheims ChallonerReina-Valera 1909WEBKJVASVDarbyYLTWebsterGenevaDouayRV1909LanguageEnglishEspañol‹1 Corinthians 11 Corinthians 21 Corinthians 31 Corinthians 41 Corinthians 51 Corinthians 61 Corinthians 71 Corinthians 81 Corinthians 91 Corinthians 101 Corinthians 111 Corinthians 121 Corinthians 131 Corinthians 141 Corinthians 151 Corinthians 16›1 Corinthians 9ListenPlay this chapter in spoken English.Save chapterListen to chapter1Am I not an apostle? am I not free? have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? are ye not my work in the Lord? 2If I am not an apostle to others, yet doubtless I am to you: for ye are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord. 3My answer to them that examine me is this, 4Have we not power to eat and to drink? 5Have we not power to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as other apostles, and [as] the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas? 6Or I only and Barnabas, have we not power to forbear working? 7Who goeth a warfare at any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of its fruit? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock? 8Do I say these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also? 9For 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? 10Or saith he [this] 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. 11If we have sown to you spiritual things, [is it] a great thing if we shall reap your carnal things? 12If others are 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. 13Do ye not know that they who minister about holy things live [from the things] of the temple, and they who wait at the altar are partakers with the altar? 14Even so hath the Lord ordained that they who preach the gospel should live by the gospel. 15But I have used none of these things: neither have I written these things, that it should be so done to me: for [it were] better for me to die, than that any man should make my glorying void. 16For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to boast of: for necessity is laid upon me; and woe is to me, if I preach not the gospel! 17For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but if against my will, a dispensation [of the gospel] is committed to me. 18What is my reward then? [Verily] that, when I preach the gospel, I may make the gospel of Christ without charge, that I may not abuse my power in the gospel. 19For though I am free from all [men], yet I have made myself servant to all, that I might gain the more. 20And to the Jews I became as 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; 21To 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. 22To the weak I became as weak, that I might gain the weak: I have become all things to all [men], that I might by all means save some. 23And this I do for the gospel's sake, that I may be partaker of it with [you]. 24Know ye not, that they who run in a race, all run, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain. 25And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they [do it] to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible. 26I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so I fight, not as one that beateth the air: 27But I keep under my body, and bring [it] into subjection: lest by any means when I have preached to others, I myself should be a cast-away. ‹Previous chapter1 Corinthians 8Next chapter1 Corinthians 10›Similar passagesBy tradition and source labelFind similarCompare selectedCompare with similarAsk Deep ThoughtSelect passages to search for parallels.Versions1 Corinthians 9 across 9 versionsShow all 9WEB - World English BibleKJV - King James VersionASV - American Standard VersionDarby - Darby BibleYLT - Young's Literal TranslationWebster - Webster BibleGeneva - Geneva BibleDouay - Douay-Rheims ChallonerRV1909 - Reina-Valera 1909Tap any verse to select it, then compare selected passages or ask Deep Thought. Public Domain