strkjv@1Corinthians:9:1
@
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
?
strkjv@1Corinthians:9:2
@
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
.
strkjv@1Corinthians:9:3
@
Mine
answer
to them that do
examine
me
is
this
,
strkjv@1Corinthians:9:4
@ Have
we
not
power
to
eat
and
to
drink
?
strkjv@1Corinthians:9:5
@ 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
?
strkjv@1Corinthians:9:6
@
Or
I
only
and
Barnabas
,
have
not
we
power
to
forbear
working
?
strkjv@1Corinthians:9:7
@
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
?
strkjv@1Corinthians:9:8
@ Say
I
these
things
as
a
man
?
or
saith
not
the
law
the
same
also
?
strkjv@1Corinthians:9:9
@
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
?
strkjv@1Corinthians:9:10
@
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
.
strkjv@1Corinthians:9:11
@
If
we
have
sown
unto
you
spiritual
things
, is it a great
thing
if
we
shall
reap
your
carnal
things
?
strkjv@1Corinthians:9:12
@
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
.
strkjv@1Corinthians:9:13
@ 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
?
strkjv@1Corinthians:9:14
@
Even
so
hath
the
Lord
ordained
that they which
preach
the
gospel
should
live
of
the
gospel
.
strkjv@1Corinthians:9:15
@
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
.
strkjv@1Corinthians:9:16
@
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
!
strkjv@1Corinthians:9:17
@
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
.
strkjv@1Corinthians:9:18
@
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
.
strkjv@1Corinthians:9:19
@
For
though I
be
free
from
all
men, yet have I
made
myself
servant
unto
all
,
that
I might
gain
the
more
.
strkjv@1Corinthians:9:20
@
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
;
strkjv@1Corinthians:9:21
@ 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
.
strkjv@1Corinthians:9:22
@ 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
.
strkjv@1Corinthians:9:23
@
And
this
I
do
for
the
gospels
sake
,
that
I might
be
partaker
thereof
with
you.
strkjv@1Corinthians:9:24
@ Know
ye
not
that
they which
run
in
a
race
run
all
,
but
one
receiveth
the
prize
?
So
run
,
that
ye may
obtain
.
strkjv@1Corinthians:9:25
@
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
.
strkjv@1Corinthians:9:26
@
I
therefore
so
run
,
not
as
uncertainly
;
so
fight
I
,
not
as
one that
beateth
the
air
:
strkjv@1Corinthians:9:27
@
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
.
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