1 Corinthians 9:11
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.
If we have sown spiritual seed among you, is it too much for us to reap a material harvest from you?
12 If others have this right to your support, shouldn’t we have it all the more? But we did not exercise this right. Instead, we put up with anything rather than hinder the gospel of Christ.
13 Do you not know that those who work in the temple eat of its food, and those who serve at the altar partake of its offerings?
Dette ble sagt til Israel i en bestemt tid, så det er lurt å lese det sammen med teksten rundt. Les gjerne versene rundt også, for sammenhengen gir ofte mer enn ett vers alene.
Sammenlign
- ÅB
- Har vi sådd for dere de åndelige goder, er det da noe stort om vi høster deres timelige goder?
- OTB
- Hvis vi har delt åndelige velsignelser med dere, er det da for mye å forvente materiell støtte fra dere?
- B1930
- Har vi sådd for eder de åndelige goder, er det da noget stort om vi høster eders timelige goder?
- BSB
- If we have sown spiritual seed among you, is it too much for us to reap a material harvest from you?
- KJV
- If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we shall reap your carnal things?
- WEB
- If we sowed to you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we reap your fleshly things?
- ASV
- If we sowed unto you spiritual things, is it a great matter if we shall reap your carnal things?
- DARBY
- If we have sown to you spiritual things, [is it a] great [thing] if *we* shall reap your carnal things?
- BLB
- If we sowed spiritual things among you⁺, [is it] too much if we will reap fleshly things from you⁺?
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Romans 15:27
They were pleased to do it, and indeed they owe it to them. For if the Gentiles have shared in their spiritual blessings, they are obligated to minister to them with material blessings.
Les i sammenhengGalatians 6:6
Nevertheless, the one who receives instruction in the word must share in all good things with his instructor.
Les i sammenhengMatthew 10:10
Take no bag for the road, or second tunic, or sandals, or staff; for the worker is worthy of his provisions.
Les i sammenheng2 Corinthians 11:15
It is not surprising, then, if his servants masquerade as servants of righteousness. Their end will correspond to their actions.
Les i sammenhengMalachi 3:8–9
Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing Me! But you ask, ‘How do we rob You?’ In tithes and offerings.
Les i sammenheng2 Kings 5:13
Naaman’s servants, however, approached him and said, “My father, if the prophet had told you to do some great thing, would you not have done it? How much more, then, when he tells you, ‘Wash and be cleansed’?”
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