1 Corinthians 9:8
Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also?
1 Corinthians 9:8 in other translations
| BSB | Do I say this from a human perspective? Doesn’t the Law say the same thing? |
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| 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? |
| YLT | According to man do I speak these things? or doth not also the law say these things? |
| DARBY | Do I speak these things as a man, or does not the law also say these things? |
| BBE | Am I talking as a man? does not the law say the same? |
| Webster | Do I say these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also? |
What does 1 Corinthians 9:8 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Barnes' Notes
Or saith not the law the same also? The law of Moses, to which the Jewish part of the church at Corinth--which probably had mainly urged these objections--professed to bow with deference. Paul was accustomed, especially in arguing with the Jews, to derive his proofs from the Old Testament. In the previous verse he had shown that it was equitable that ministers of the gospel should be supported. In this and the following verses he shows that the same principle was recognised and acted on under the Jewish dispensation. He does not mean to say, by this example of the ox treading out the corn, that the law as given by Moses referred to the Christian ministry; but that the principle there was settled that the labourer should have a support, and that a suitable provision should not be withheld even from an ox; and if God so regarded the welfare of a brute when labouring, it was much more reasonable to suppose that he would require a suitable provision to be made for the ministers of religion.
Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Corinthians 9:1-14
Chapter Outline The apostle shows his authority, and asserts his right to be maintained. (1-14) He waved this part of his Christian liberty, for the good of others. (15-23) He did all this, with care and diligence, in view of an unfading crown. (24-27) Verses 1-14 It is not new for a minister to meet with unkind returns for good-will to a people, and diligent and successful services among them. To the cavils of…
1 Corinthians 9:8 in the original Greek
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Cross references for 1 Corinthians 9:8
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Romans 3:31
Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Context
- 1 Corinthians 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?
- 1 Corinthians 9:8
Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also?
- 1 Corinthians 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?
1 Corinthians 9:8 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | ¿Digo esto según los hombres? ¿no dice esto también la ley? |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Est-ce que je dis ces choses selon l’homme? Ou la loi aussi ne dit-elle pas ces choses? |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Rede ich dieses etwa nach Menschenweise, oder sagt nicht auch das Gesetz dieses? |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Numquid secundum hominem hæc dico? an et lex hæc non dicit? |