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1 Corinthians 9:8

The law

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?

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.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Do I say this from a human perspective? Doesn’t the Law say the same thing?
KJV
Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also?
WEB
Do I speak these things according to the ways of men? Or doesn’t the law also say the same thing?
ASV
Do I speak these things after the manner of men? or saith not the law also the same?
DARBY
Do I speak these things as a man, or does not the law also say these things?
BLB
Do I not speak these things according to man, or does the law not also say these things?
ÅB
Taler jeg dette bare på menneskelig vis, eller sier ikke også loven dette?
OTB
Jeg taler vel ikke dette ut fra menneskelig vurdering? Sier ikke også loven det samme?
B1930
Taler jeg dette bare på menneskelig vis, eller sier ikke også loven dette?

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Romans 6:19

    I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness.

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  • Isaiah 8:20

    To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.

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  • 1 Corinthians 14:34

    Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law.

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  • Romans 3:31

    Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.

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  • 1 Corinthians 7:40

    But she is happier if she so abide, after my judgment: and I think also that I have the Spirit of God.

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  • 1 Thessalonians 2:13

    For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.

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  • 1 Thessalonians 4:8

    He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit.

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