1 Corinthians 9:8

New Testament · SCRIPTURE

1 Corinthians 9:8

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

Do I say this from a human perspective? Doesn’t the Law say the same thing?

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KJV

King James Version

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

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WEB

World English Bible

Do I speak these things according to the ways of men? Or doesn’t the law also say the same thing?

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ASV

American Standard Version

Do I speak these things after the manner of men? or saith not the law also the same?

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BLB

Berean Literal Bible

[Do] I speak these things according to man, or does the Law not also say these things?

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

1 Corinthians 9

⁶ Or are Barnabas and I the only apostles who must work for a living?

⁷ Who serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat of its fruit? Who tends a flock and does not drink of its milk?

⁸ Do I say this from a human perspective? Doesn’t the Law say the same thing?

⁹ For it is written in the Law of Moses: “Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.” Is it about oxen that God is concerned?

¹⁰ Isn’t He actually speaking on our behalf? Indeed, this was written for us, because when the plowman plows and the thresher threshes, they should also expect to share in the harvest.

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