46_1CO_09_01 am I not an apostle ? am I not free ? have I not seen Jesus Christ our LORD ? are not ye my work in the LORD ?
46_1CO_09_02 if I be not an apostle unto others , yet doubtless I am to you : for the seal of mine apostleship are ye in the LORD .
46_1CO_09_03 mine answer to them that do examine me Is this ,
46_1CO_09_04 have we not power to eat And to drink ?
46_1CO_09_05 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 ?
46_1CO_09_06 or I only And Barnabas , have not we power to forbear working ?
46_1CO_09_07 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 ?
46_1CO_09_08 say I These things as A man ? or saith not the law the same also ?
46_1CO_09_09 for 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 ?
46_1CO_09_10 or saith he [ it ] 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 .
46_1CO_09_11 if we have sown unto you spiritual things , [ Is it ] A great thing if we shall reap your carnal things ?
46_1CO_09_12 if others be 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 .
46_1CO_09_13 do ye not know that they which minister about holy things live [ of the things ] of the temple ? And they which wait at the altar are partakers with the altar ?
46_1CO_09_14 even So hath the LORD ordained that they which preach the gospel should live of the gospel .
46_1CO_09_15 but I have used none of These things : neither have I written These things , that it should be So done unto me : for [ it were ] Better for me to die , than that any man should make my glorying void .
46_1CO_09_16 for though I preach the gospel , I have nothing to glory of : for necessity Is laid upon me ; yea , woe Is unto me , if I preach not the gospel !
46_1CO_09_17 for if I do this thing willingly , I have A reward : but if against my will , A dispensation [ of the gospel ] Is committed unto me .
46_1CO_09_18 what 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 .
46_1CO_09_19 for though I be free from all [ men ] , yet have I made myself servant unto all , that I might gain the more .
46_1CO_09_20 And unto 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 ;
46_1CO_09_21 to 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 .
46_1CO_09_22 to the weak became I as weak , that I might gain the weak : I am made all things to all [ men ] , that I might by all means save some .
46_1CO_09_23 And this I do for the gospel's sake , that I might be partaker thereof with [ you ] .
46_1CO_09_24 know ye not that they which run in A race run all , but one receiveth the prize ? So run , that ye may obtain .
46_1CO_09_25 And 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 .
46_1CO_09_26 I therefore So run , not as uncertainly ; So fight I , not as one that beateth the air :
46_1CO_09_27 but I keep under my body , And bring [ it ] into subjection : lest that by any means , when I have preached to others , I myself should be A castaway .