1 Corinthians 9 (NET)

1 Corinthians 9:1¹Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you not my work in the Lord?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 9:171 Cor 3:61 Cor 9:191 Tim 2:7Acts 23:11Acts 9:32 Tim 1:11Gal 1:15-17Rom 1:1Titus 1:1-3

1 Corinthians 9:2²If I am not an apostle to others, at least I am to you, for you are the confirming sign of my apostleship in the Lord.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Cor 12:122 Cor 3:1-3John 6:27

1 Corinthians 9:3³This is my defense to those who examine me.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Cor 14:372 Cor 10:7-82 Cor 12:16-192 Cor 13:102 Cor 13:32 Cor 13:52 Tim 4:16Acts 22:1Acts 25:16Phil 1:17

1 Corinthians 9:4⁴Do we not have the right to financial support?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Thess 2:62 Thess 3:8-9Luke 10:71 Cor 9:7-141 Thess 2:9Gal 6:6Matt 10:101 Tim 5:17-18

1 Corinthians 9:5⁵Do we not have the right to the company of a believing wife, like the other apostles and the Lord’s brothers and Cephas?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:John 1:421 Cor 7:391 Cor 7:7Acts 1:14Gal 1:19Heb 13:4Matt 8:141 Cor 1:121 Cor 7:151 Tim 3:2

1 Corinthians 9:6⁶Or do only Barnabas and I lack the right not to work?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Thess 3:7-9Acts 13:1-21 Thess 2:9Acts 18:3Acts 4:361 Cor 4:11-12Acts 11:22Acts 14:12Acts 15:36-37Acts 20:34-35

1 Corinthians 9:7⁷Who ever serves in the army at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat its fruit? Who tends a flock and does not consume its milk?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 27:18Deut 20:62 Tim 2:3-41 Cor 3:6-81 Tim 1:18Acts 20:28Jer 23:2-3Prov 27:27Song 8:121 Pet 5:2

1 Corinthians 9:8⁸Am I saying these things only on the basis of common sense, or does the law not say this as well?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Cor 14:341 Cor 7:401 Thess 2:131 Thess 4:8Isa 8:20Rom 3:31Rom 6:19

1 Corinthians 9:9⁹For it is written in the law of Moses, “Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.” God is not concerned here about oxen, is he?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 25:41 Tim 5:18Ps 104:27Jonah 4:11Ps 145:15-16Deut 22:1-4Deut 5:14Luke 12:24-28Num 22:28-35Ps 147:8-9

1 Corinthians 9:10¹⁰Or is he not surely speaking for our benefit? It was written for us, because the one plowing and threshing ought to work in hope of enjoying the harvest.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Tim 2:6Rom 15:4Rom 4:23-241 Cor 3:92 Cor 4:15John 4:35-38Luke 17:7-8Matt 24:22

1 Corinthians 9:11¹¹If we sowed spiritual blessings among you, is it too much to reap material things from you?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rom 15:27Gal 6:62 Cor 11:15Matt 10:102 Kgs 5:13Mal 3:8-9

1 Corinthians 9:12¹²If others receive this right from you, are we not more deserving? But we have not made use of this right. Instead we endure everything so that we may not be a hindrance to the gospel of Christ.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Cor 9:151 Cor 9:182 Cor 11:121 Thess 2:6-92 Cor 11:7-101 Cor 9:21 Cor 4:11-121 Cor 4:14-151 Cor 6:72 Cor 11:20

1 Corinthians 9:13¹³Don’t you know that those who serve in the temple eat food from the temple, and those who serve at the altar receive a part of the offerings?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Lev 6:26Num 18:8-20Num 5:9-101 Cor 10:181 Sam 2:28Deut 18:1-5Deut 10:9Lev 6:16-18Lev 7:6-8

1 Corinthians 9:14¹⁴In the same way the Lord commanded those who proclaim the gospel to receive their living by the gospel.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 10:101 Tim 5:17-181 Cor 9:4Gal 6:6Luke 10:7

1 Corinthians 9:15¹⁵But I have not used any of these rights. And I am not writing these things so that something will be done for me. In fact, it would be better for me to die than—no one will deprive me of my reason for boasting!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Thess 2:92 Thess 3:81 Cor 9:122 Cor 11:9-12Acts 18:3Acts 20:24Acts 20:341 Cor 4:122 Cor 12:13-18Acts 8:3

1 Corinthians 9:16¹⁶For if I preach the gospel, I have no reason for boasting, because I am compelled to do this. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rom 1:14Jer 20:9Col 4:17Luke 9:62Acts 26:16-20Acts 4:20Amos 3:8Acts 9:15Acts 9:6Rom 15:17

1 Corinthians 9:17¹⁷For if I do this voluntarily, I have a reward. But if I do it unwillingly, I am entrusted with a responsibility.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gal 2:71 Cor 3:81 Chr 28:9Col 1:25Matt 10:411 Chr 29:51 Chr 29:91 Cor 3:141 Cor 4:11 Pet 5:2-4

1 Corinthians 9:18¹⁸What then is my reward? That when I preach the gospel I may offer the gospel free of charge, and so not make full use of my rights in the gospel.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Cor 11:7-91 Cor 8:91 Thess 2:62 Thess 3:8-91 Cor 10:332 Cor 12:13-181 Cor 7:311 Cor 9:6-72 Cor 4:5Rom 14:15

1 Corinthians 9:19¹⁹For since I am free from all I can make myself a slave to all, in order to gain even more people.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gal 5:13Matt 18:151 Cor 10:33Jas 5:19-201 Tim 4:16Matt 20:26-281 Cor 9:20-222 Tim 2:102 Cor 4:5Rom 15:2

1 Corinthians 9:20²⁰To the Jews I became like a Jew to gain the Jews. To those under the law I became like one under the law (though I myself am not under the law) to gain those under the law.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 16:3Gal 5:18Acts 21:20-26Acts 17:2-3Acts 18:18Gal 4:21Gal 4:5Rom 11:14Rom 3:19Rom 6:14-15

1 Corinthians 9:21²¹To those free from the law I became like one free from the law (though I am not free from God’s law but under the law of Christ) to gain those free from the law.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rom 2:12Gal 3:2Rom 2:141 Cor 7:19-22Matt 5:17-20Titus 2:2-121 Thess 4:1-2Acts 16:4Eph 6:1-3Gal 2:12-14

1 Corinthians 9:22²²To the weak I became weak in order to gain the weak. I have become all things to all people, so that by all means I may save some.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Cor 10:33Rom 15:11 Cor 9:19Rom 11:14Gal 6:11 Cor 8:131 Cor 7:16

1 Corinthians 9:23²³I do all these things because of the gospel, so that I can be a participant in it.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Tim 2:101 Cor 9:25-27Mark 8:351 John 1:3Gal 2:5Heb 3:142 Cor 2:41 Cor 9:121 Pet 5:12 Tim 2:6

1 Corinthians 9:24²⁴Do you not know that all the runners in a stadium compete, but only one receives the prize? So run to win.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Phil 3:14Heb 12:12 Tim 4:7-8Rev 3:11Phil 2:161 Cor 9:26Gal 5:7Jer 12:5Gal 2:2Jas 1:12

1 Corinthians 9:25²⁵Each competitor must exercise self-control in everything. They do it to receive a perishable crown, but we an imperishable one.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Tim 2:5Rev 2:101 Tim 6:122 Tim 4:7-8Jas 1:12Rev 3:112 Pet 1:61 Pet 1:41 Pet 5:4Eph 6:12-18

1 Corinthians 9:26²⁶So I do not run uncertainly or box like one who hits only air.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Pet 1:102 Tim 2:5Phil 1:21Col 1:292 Tim 1:12Luke 13:241 Pet 5:1Eph 6:121 Cor 14:92 Cor 5:1

1 Corinthians 9:27²⁷Instead I subdue my body and make it my slave, so that after preaching to others I myself will not be disqualified.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rom 8:131 Cor 9:25Col 3:52 Cor 13:5-61 Pet 2:111 Cor 6:12-132 Cor 6:4-51 Cor 8:13Rom 6:18-19Luke 9:25