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World English Bible

1 Corinthians 9 (WEBP)

[1] Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Haven’t I seen Jesus Christ, our Lord? Aren’t you my work in the Lord?
[2] If to others I am not an apostle, yet at least I am to you; for you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.
[3] My defense to those who examine me is this:
[4] Have we no right to eat and to drink?
[5] Have we no right to take along a wife who is a believer, even as the rest of the apostles, and the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas?
[6] Or have only Barnabas and I no right to not work?
[7] What soldier ever serves at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard, and doesn’t eat of its fruit? Or who feeds a flock, and doesn’t drink from the flock’s milk?
[8] Do I speak these things according to the ways of men? Or doesn’t the law also say the same thing?
[9] For it is written in the law of Moses, “You shall not muzzle an ox while it treads out the grain.” Is it for the oxen that God cares,
[10] or does he say it assuredly for our sake? Yes, it was written for our sake, because he who plows ought to plow in hope, and he who threshes in hope should partake of his hope.
[11] If we sowed to you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we reap your fleshly things?
[12] If others partake of this right over you, don’t we yet more? Nevertheless we didn’t use this right, but we bear all things, that we may cause no hindrance to the Good News of Christ.
[13] Don’t you know that those who serve around sacred things eat from the things of the temple, and those who wait on the altar have their portion with the altar?
[14] Even so the Lord ordained that those who proclaim the Good News should live from the Good News.
[15] But I have used none of these things, and I don’t write these things that it may be done so in my case; for I would rather die, than that anyone should make my boasting void.
[16] For if I preach the Good News, I have nothing to boast about, for necessity is laid on me; but woe is to me if I don’t preach the Good News.
[17] For if I do this of my own will, I have a reward. But if not of my own will, I have a stewardship entrusted to me.
[18] What then is my reward? That when I preach the Good News, I may present the Good News of Christ without charge, so as not to abuse my authority in the Good News.
[19] For though I was free from all, I brought myself under bondage to all, that I might gain the more.
[20] To the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain Jews; to those who are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain those who are under the law;
[21] to those who are without law, as without law (not being without law toward God, but under law toward Christ), that I might win those who are without law.
[22] To the weak I became as weak, that I might gain the weak. I have become all things to all men, that I may by all means save some.
[23] Now I do this for the sake of the Good News, that I may be a joint partaker of it.
[24] Don’t you know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run like that, so that you may win.
[25] Every man who strives in the games exercises self-control in all things. Now they do it to receive a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible.
[26] I therefore run like that, not aimlessly. I fight like that, not beating the air,
[27] but I beat my body and bring it into submission, lest by any means, after I have preached to others, I myself should be disqualified.

1 Corinthians 9:9
1 Corinthians 9:20 NU adds: though I myself am not under the law

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

1 Corinthians 9 (KJVS)

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

1 Corinthians 9:5 Or, woman
1 Corinthians 9:13 Or, feed

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

1 Corinthians 9 (BYZ)

[1] Οὐκ () εἰμὶ () ἀπόστολος; () Οὐκ () εἰμὶ () ἐλεύθερος; () Οὐχὶ () Ἰησοῦν () χριστὸν () τὸν () κύριον () ἡμῶν () ἑώρακα; () Οὐ () τὸ () ἔργον () μου () ὑμεῖς () ἐστε () ἐν () κυρίῳ; ()
[2] Εἰ () ἄλλοις () οὐκ () εἰμὶ () ἀπόστολος, () ἀλλά () γε () ὑμῖν () εἰμι· () ἡ () γὰρ () σφραγὶς () τῆς () ἐμῆς () ἀποστολῆς () ὑμεῖς () ἐστε () ἐν () κυρίῳ. ()
[3] Ἡ () ἐμὴ () ἀπολογία () τοῖς () ἐμὲ () ἀνακρίνουσιν () αὕτη () ἐστίν. ()
[4] Μὴ () οὐκ () ἔχομεν () ἐξουσίαν () φαγεῖν () καὶ () πιεῖν; ()
[5] Μὴ () οὐκ () ἔχομεν () ἐξουσίαν () ἀδελφὴν () γυναῖκα () περιάγειν, () ὡς () καὶ () οἱ () λοιποὶ () ἀπόστολοι, () καὶ () οἱ () ἀδελφοὶ () τοῦ () κυρίου, () καὶ () Κηφᾶς; ()
[6] Ἢ () μόνος () ἐγὼ () καὶ () Βαρνάβας () οὐκ () ἔχομεν () ἐξουσίαν () τοῦ () μὴ () ἐργάζεσθαι; ()
[7] Τίς () στρατεύεται () ἰδίοις () ὀψωνίοις () ποτέ; () Τίς () φυτεύει () ἀμπελῶνα, () καὶ () ἐκ () τοῦ () καρποῦ () αὐτοῦ () οὐκ () ἐσθίει; () Ἢ () τίς () ποιμαίνει () ποίμνην, () καὶ () ἐκ () τοῦ () γάλακτος () τῆς () ποίμνης () οὐκ () ἐσθίει; ()
[8] Μὴ () κατὰ () ἄνθρωπον () ταῦτα () λαλῶ; () Ἢ () οὐχὶ () καὶ () ὁ () νόμος () ταῦτα () λέγει; ()
[9] Ἐν () γὰρ () τῷ () Μωϋσέως () νόμῳ () γέγραπται, () Οὐ () φιμώσεις () βοῦν () ἀλοῶντα. () Μὴ () τῶν () βοῶν () μέλει () τῷ () θεῷ; ()
[10] Ἢ () δι’ () ἡμᾶς () πάντως () λέγει; () Δι’ () ἡμᾶς () γὰρ () ἐγράφη, () ὅτι () ἐπ’ () ἐλπίδι () ὀφείλει () ὁ () ἀροτριῶν () ἀροτριᾷν, () καὶ () ὁ () ἀλοῶν () τῆς () ἐλπίδος () αὐτοῦ () μετέχειν () ἐπ’ () ἐλπίδι. ()
[11] Εἰ () ἡμεῖς () ὑμῖν () τὰ () πνευματικὰ () ἐσπείραμεν, () μέγα () εἰ () ἡμεῖς () ὑμῶν () τὰ () σαρκικὰ () θερίσομεν; ()
[12] Εἰ () ἄλλοι () τῆς () ἐξουσίας () ὑμῶν () μετέχουσιν, () οὐ () μᾶλλον () ἡμεῖς; () Ἀλλ’ () οὐκ () ἐχρησάμεθα () τῇ () ἐξουσίᾳ () ταύτῃ, () ἀλλὰ () πάντα () στέγομεν, () ἵνα () μὴ () ἐγκοπήν () τινα () δῶμεν () τῷ () εὐαγγελίῳ () τοῦ () χριστοῦ. ()
[13] Οὐκ () οἴδατε () ὅτι () οἱ () τὰ () ἱερὰ () ἐργαζόμενοι () ἐκ () τοῦ () ἱεροῦ () ἐσθίουσιν, () οἱ () τῷ () θυσιαστηρίῳ () προσεδρεύοντες () τῷ () θυσιαστηρίῳ () συμμερίζονται; ()
[14] Οὕτως () καὶ () ὁ () κύριος () διέταξεν () τοῖς () τὸ () εὐαγγέλιον () καταγγέλλουσιν () ἐκ () τοῦ () εὐαγγελίου () ζῇν. ()
[15] Ἐγὼ () δὲ () οὐδενὶ () ἐχρησάμην () τούτων· () οὐκ () ἔγραψα () δὲ () ταῦτα () ἵνα () οὕτως () γένηται () ἐν () ἐμοί· () καλὸν () γάρ () μοι () μᾶλλον () ἀποθανεῖν, () ἢ () τὸ () καύχημά () μου () ἵνα () τις () κενώσῃ. ()
[16] Ἐὰν () γὰρ () εὐαγγελίζωμαι, () οὐκ () ἔστιν () μοι () καύχημα· () ἀνάγκη () γάρ () μοι () ἐπίκειται· () οὐαὶ () δέ () μοι () ἐστίν, () ἐὰν () μὴ () εὐαγγελίζωμαι. ()
[17] Εἰ () γὰρ () ἑκὼν () τοῦτο () πράσσω, () μισθὸν () ἔχω· () εἰ () δὲ () ἄκων, () οἰκονομίαν () πεπίστευμαι. ()
[18] Τίς () οὖν () μοί () ἐστιν () ὁ () μισθός; () Ἵνα () εὐαγγελιζόμενος () ἀδάπανον () θήσω () τὸ () εὐαγγέλιον () τοῦ () χριστοῦ, () εἰς () τὸ () μὴ () καταχρήσασθαι () τῇ () ἐξουσίᾳ () μου () ἐν () τῷ () εὐαγγελίῳ. ()
[19] Ἐλεύθερος () γὰρ () ὢν () ἐκ () πάντων, () πᾶσιν () ἐμαυτὸν () ἐδούλωσα, () ἵνα () τοὺς () πλείονας () κερδήσω. ()
[20] Καὶ () ἐγενόμην () τοῖς () Ἰουδαίοις () ὡς () Ἰουδαῖος, () ἵνα () Ἰουδαίους () κερδήσω· () τοῖς () ὑπὸ () νόμον () ὡς () ὑπὸ () νόμον, () ἵνα () τοὺς () ὑπὸ () νόμον () κερδήσω· ()
[21] τοῖς () ἀνόμοις () ὡς () ἄνομος, () μὴ () ὢν () ἄνομος () θεῷ () ἀλλ’ () ἔννομος () χριστῷ, () ἵνα () κερδήσω () ἀνόμους. ()
[22] Ἐγενόμην () τοῖς () ἀσθενέσιν () ὡς () ἀσθενής, () ἵνα () τοὺς () ἀσθενεῖς () κερδήσω. () Τοῖς () πᾶσιν () γέγονα () τὰ () πάντα, () ἵνα () πάντως () τινὰς () σώσω. ()
[23] Τοῦτο () δὲ () ποιῶ () διὰ () τὸ () εὐαγγέλιον, () ἵνα () συγκοινωνὸς () αὐτοῦ () γένωμαι. ()
[24] Οὐκ () οἴδατε () ὅτι () οἱ () ἐν () σταδίῳ () τρέχοντες () πάντες () μὲν () τρέχουσιν, () εἷς () δὲ () λαμβάνει () τὸ () βραβεῖον; () Οὕτως () τρέχετε, () ἵνα () καταλάβητε. ()
[25] Πᾶς () δὲ () ὁ () ἀγωνιζόμενος () πάντα () ἐγκρατεύεται· () ἐκεῖνοι () μὲν () οὖν () ἵνα () φθαρτὸν () στέφανον () λάβωσιν, () ἡμεῖς () δὲ () ἄφθαρτον. ()
[26] Ἐγὼ () τοίνυν () οὕτως () τρέχω () ὡς () οὐκ () ἀδήλως· () οὕτως () πυκτεύω, () ὡς () οὐκ () ἀέρα () δέρων· ()
[27] ἀλλ’ () ὑπωπιάζω () μου () τὸ () σῶμα () καὶ () δουλαγωγῶ, () μήπως, () ἄλλοις () κηρύξας, () αὐτὸς () ἀδόκιμος () γένωμαι. ()

1 Corinthians 9:1a ἀπόστολος οὐκ εἰμὶ ἐλεύθερος ¦ CT ἐλεύθερος οὐκ εἰμὶ ἀπόστολος
1 Corinthians 9:1b χριστὸν ¦ CT om.
1 Corinthians 9:1c ἑώρακα ¦ NA SBL WH ἑόρακα
1 Corinthians 9:2 τῆς ἐμῆς ¦ CT μου τῆς
1 Corinthians 9:3 αὕτη ἐστίν ¦ CT ἐστιν αὕτη
1 Corinthians 9:4 πιεῖν ¦ NA SBL WH πεῖν
1 Corinthians 9:6 τοῦ ¦ CT om.
1 Corinthians 9:7a ἐκ τοῦ καρποῦ ¦ CT τὸν καρπὸν
1 Corinthians 9:7b Ἢ ¦ [WH] ¦ SBL om.
1 Corinthians 9:8 οὐχὶ καὶ ὁ νόμος ταῦτα ¦ CT καὶ ὁ νόμος ταῦτα οὐ
1 Corinthians 9:9a Μωϋσέως ¦ PCK PT RPmg TR Μωσέως
1 Corinthians 9:9b φιμώσεις ¦ NA SBL κημώσεις
1 Corinthians 9:10a ἐπ’ ἐλπίδι ὀφείλει ¦ CT ὀφείλει ἐπ’ ἐλπίδι
1 Corinthians 9:10b τῆς ἐλπίδος αὐτοῦ μετέχειν ἐπ’ ἐλπίδι ¦ CT ἐπ’ ἐλπίδι τοῦ μετέχειν
1 Corinthians 9:12a ἐξουσίας ὑμῶν ¦ CT ὑμῶν ἐξουσίας
1 Corinthians 9:12b ἐγκοπήν τινα ¦ NA SBL TH τινα ἐγκοπὴν ¦ WH τινα ἐνκοπὴν
1 Corinthians 9:13a ἐκ ¦ SBL TH WH τὰ ἐκ ¦ NA [τὰ] ἐκ
1 Corinthians 9:13b προσεδρεύοντες ¦ CT παρεδρεύοντες
1 Corinthians 9:13c συμμερίζονται ¦ WH συνμερίζονται
1 Corinthians 9:15a οὐδενὶ ἐχρησάμην ¦ CT οὐ κέχρημαι οὐδενὶ
1 Corinthians 9:15b ἵνα τις κενώσῃ ¦ CT οὐδεὶς κενώσει
1 Corinthians 9:16a δέ ¦ CT γάρ
1 Corinthians 9:16b εὐαγγελίζωμαι ¦ NA SBL WH εὐαγγελίσωμαι
1 Corinthians 9:18a μοί ¦ CT μού
1 Corinthians 9:18b τοῦ χριστοῦ ¦ CT om.
1 Corinthians 9:20 νόμον ¦ CT νόμον μὴ ὢν αὐτὸς ὑπὸ νόμον
1 Corinthians 9:21a θεῷ … χριστῷ ¦ CT θεοῦ … χριστοῦ
1 Corinthians 9:21b κερδήσω ¦ CT κερδάνω τοὺς
1 Corinthians 9:22a ὡς ¦ CT om.
1 Corinthians 9:22b τὰ ¦ CT om.
1 Corinthians 9:23a Τοῦτο ¦ CT Πάντα
1 Corinthians 9:23b συγκοινωνὸς ¦ TH WH συνκοινωνὸς
1 Corinthians 9:26 δέρων ¦ PCK δαίρων
1 Corinthians 9:27a ἀλλ’ ¦ NA27 SBL WH ἀλλὰ
1 Corinthians 9:27b ὑπωπιάζω ¦ PT ὑποπιάζω

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.