1 Corinthians 9 — TNT
9Verse 1Am I not an Apostle? am I not fre? have I not sene Iesus Christ oure lorde? Are not ye my worke in the lorde.Verse 2Yf I be not an Apostle vnto other yet am I vnto you. For the seale of myne Apostleshippe are ye in the lorde.Verse 3Myne answer to them that axe me is this.Verse 4Have we not power to eate and to drynke?Verse 5Ether have we not power to leade about a sister to wyfe as wel as other Apostles and as the brethren of the lorde and Cephas?Verse 6Ether only I and Barnabas have not power this to do?Verse 7who goeth a warfare eny tyme at his awne cost? who planteth a vynearde and eateth not of the frute? Who fedeth a flocke and eateth not of the mylke?Verse 8Saye I these thinges after the manner of men? Or sayth not the lawe the same also?Verse 9For it ys written in the lawe of Moses. Thou shall not mosell the mouth of the oxe that treadeth out the corne. Doth God take thought for oxen?Verse 10Ether sayth he it not all to gedder for oure sakes? For oure sakes no doute this is written: that he which eareth shuld eare in hope: and that he which thressheth in hope shuld be parttaker of his hope.Verse 11Yf we sowe vnto you spirituall thynges: is it a greate thynge yf we reepe youre carnall thyngesVerse 12Yf other be parttakers of this power over you? wherfore are not we rather. Neverthelesse we have not vsed this power: but suffre all thinges lest we shuld hynder the gospell of Christ.Verse 13Do ye not vnderstoder how that they which minister in the temple have their fyndynge of the temple? And they which wayte at the aulter are partakers with the aultre?Verse 14Even so also dyd the lorde ordayne that they which preache the gospell shuld live of the gospell.Verse 15But I have vsed none of these thinges. Nether wrote I these thinges that it shuld be so done vnto me. For it were better for me to dye the that eny man should take this reioysinge from me.Verse 16In that I preache the gospell I have nothinge to reioyce of. For necessite is put vnto me. Wo is it vnto me yf I preache not the gospell.Verse 17If I do it with a good will I have a rewarde. But yf I do it agaynst my will an office is committed vnto me.Verse 18What is my rewarde then? Verely that when I preache the gospell I make the gospell of Christ fre that I misvse not myne auctorite in the gospelVerse 19For though I be fre from all men yet have I made my silfe servaunt vnto all men that I myght wynne the moo.Verse 20Vnto the Iewes I became as a Iewe to winne the Iewes. To the that were vnder the lawe was I made as though I had bene vnder the lawe to wynne the that were vnder the lawe.Verse 21To them that were without lawe became I as though I had bene without lawe (when I was not without lawe as perteyninge to god but vnder a lawe as concerninge Christ) to wynne the that were without lawe.Verse 22To the weake became I as weake to wynne the weake. In all thinge I fassioned my silfe to all men to save at the lest waye some.Verse 23And this I do for the gospels sake that I might have my parte therof.Verse 24Perceave ye not how that they which runne in a course runne all yet but one receaveth the rewarde. So runne that ye maye obtayne.Verse 25Euery man that proveth masteryes abstaineth from all thinges. And they do it to obtayne a corruptible croune: but we to obtayne an vncorruptible croune:Verse 26I therfore so runne not as at an vncertayne thinge. So fyght I not as one that beateth the ayer:Verse 27but I tame my body and bringe it into subieccion lest after that I have preached to other I my silfe shuld be a castawaye.