1 Corinthians 9:8

Do I say these things merely on human authority? or does not the law say the same?

Revised King James New Testament

In The King James Version

Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also?

In Context

7Who serves as a soldier at his own expense? who plants a vineyard, and does not eat of its fruit? or who feeds a flock, and does not drink of the milk of the flock?

9For it is written in the law of Moses, You shall not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treads out the grain. Is God concerned about oxen?

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Cross References

Romans 6:19I speak after the manner of men, because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as you have yielded your members as slaves to uncleanness and to ever increasing iniquity; so now yield your members as slaves to righteousness, leading to holiness.

1 Corinthians 14:34Let the women keep silent in the churches: for it is not permitted for them to speak; but they should be subordinate, as the law says.

1 Thessalonians 4:8Therefore, he who rejects this, does not reject man, but God, who has also given you his Holy Spirit.

Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 9:4-15

Rights of a Christian Minister. ( a. d. 57.) 3 Mine answer to them that do examine me is this, 4 Have we not power to eat and to drink? 5 Have we not power to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as other apostles, and as the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas? 6 Or I only and Barnabas, have not we power to forbear working? 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… Read the whole commentary →

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