1 Corinthians 9:8

Am I making use of merely worldly illustrations? Does not the Law speak in the same tone?

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

7What soldier ever serves at his own cost? Who plants a vineyard and yet does not eat any of the grapes? Or who tends a herd of cattle and yet does not taste their milk?

9For in the Law of Moses it is written, "Thou shalt not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain."

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Cross References

Romans 6:19your human infirmity leads me to employ these familiar figures--and just as you once surrendered your faculties into bondage to Impurity and ever-increasing disregard of Law, so you must now surrender them into bondage to Righteousness ever advancing towards perfect holiness.

1 Corinthians 14:34Let married women be silent in the Churches, for they are not permitted to speak. They must be content with a subordinate place, as the Law also says;

1 Thessalonians 4:8Therefore a defiant spirit in such a case provokes not man but God, who puts His Holy Spirit into your hearts.

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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