91 Corinthians 9

CHAP. IX. / 1 He sheweth his libertie, 7 and that the minister ought to liue by the Gospel: 15 yet that himselfe hath of his owne accord abstained, 18 to be either chargeable vnto them: 22 or offensiu

1Am I not an Apostle? am I not free? haue I not seene Iesus Christ our Lord? Are not you my worke in the Lord?Select 1 Corinthians 9:1

2If I bee not an Apostle vnto others, yet doubtlesse I am to you: for the scale of mine Apostleship are yee in the Lord.Select 1 Corinthians 9:2

3Mine answere to them that doe examine me, is this:Select 1 Corinthians 9:3

4Haue wee not power to eate and to drinke?Select 1 Corinthians 9:4

5Haue we not power to lead about a sister a wife as wel as other Apostles, and as the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?Select 1 Corinthians 9:5

6Or I onely and Barnabas, haue not we power to forbeare working?Select 1 Corinthians 9:6

7Who goeth a warfare any time at his owne charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruite thereof? or who feedeth a flocke, and eateth not of the milke of the flocke?Select 1 Corinthians 9:7

8Say I these things as a man? or saith not the Law the same also?Select 1 Corinthians 9:8

9For it is written in the Law of Moyses, Thou shalt not muzzell the mouth of the oxe that treadeth out the corne: doth God take care for oxen?Select 1 Corinthians 9:9

10Or saith hee it altogether for our sakes? for our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that hee that ploweth, should plow in hope: and that hee that thresheth in hope, should bee partaker of his hope.Select 1 Corinthians 9:10

11If we haue sowen vnto you spirituall things, is it a great thing if wee shall reape your carnall things?Select 1 Corinthians 9:11

12If others bee partakers of this power ouer you, are not we rather? Neuerthelesse, we haue not vsed this power: but suffer all things, lest wee should hinder the Gospel of Christ.Select 1 Corinthians 9:12

13Do ye not know that they which minister about holy things, liue of the things of the Temple? and they which wait at the altar, are partakers with the altar?Select 1 Corinthians 9:13

14Euen so hath the Lord ordeined, that they which preach the Gospel, should liue of the Gospel.Select 1 Corinthians 9:14

15But I haue vsed none of these things. Neither haue I written these things, that it should bee so done vnto me: for it were better for me to die, then that any man should make my glorying voyd.Select 1 Corinthians 9:15

16For though I preach the Gospel I haue nothing to glorie of: for neccesitie is laid vpon mee, yea, woe is vnto me, if I preach not the Gospel.Select 1 Corinthians 9:16

17For if I doe this thing willingly, I haue a reward: but if against my will, a dispensation of the Gospel is committed vnto me.Select 1 Corinthians 9:17

18What is my reward then? verily that when I preach the Gospel, I may make the Gospel of Christ without charge, that I abuse not my power in the Gospel.Select 1 Corinthians 9:18

19For though I bee free from all men, yet haue I made my selfe seruant vnto all, that I might gaine the more.Select 1 Corinthians 9:19

20And vnto the Iewes, I became as a Iew, that I might gaine the Iewes: to them that are vnder the Law, as vnder the Law, that I might gaine them that are vnder the Law:Select 1 Corinthians 9:20

21To them that are without Law as without Law (being not without Law to God, but vnder the Law to Christ,) that I might gaine them that are without Law.Select 1 Corinthians 9:21

22To the weake became I as weake, that I might gaine the weake: I am made all things to all men, that I might by all meanes saue some.Select 1 Corinthians 9:22

23And this I doe for the Gospels sake, that I might be partaker thereof with you.Select 1 Corinthians 9:23

24Know yee not that they which runne in a race, runne all, but one receiueth the price? So runne, that yee may obtaine.Select 1 Corinthians 9:24

25And euery man that striueth for the masterie, is temperate in all things: Now they doe it to obtaine a corruptiable crowne, but we an incorruptible.Select 1 Corinthians 9:25

26I therefore so runne, not as vncertainely: so fight I, not as one that beateth the ayre:Select 1 Corinthians 9:26

27But I keep vnder my body, and bring it into subiection: lest that by any meanes when I haue preached to others, I my selfe should be a castaway.Select 1 Corinthians 9:27