1 Corinthians 9

1 no to be free/freedom no to be apostle not! Jesus (Christ *K*) the/this/who lord: God me to see: see no the/this/who work me you to be in/on/among lord: God

Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you yourselves not my workmanship in the Lord?

2 if another no to be apostle but indeed you to be the/this/who for seal (me *N(k)O*) the/this/who apostleship you to be in/on/among lord: God

Even if I am not an apostle to others, surely I am to you. For you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.

3 the/this/who I/we defence the/this/who I/we to investigate to be this/he/she/it

This is my defense to those who scrutinize me:

4 not no to have/be authority to eat and to drink

Have we no right to food and to drink?

5 not no to have/be authority sister woman: wife to take/go around as/when and the/this/who remaining apostle and the/this/who brother the/this/who lord: God and Cephas

Have we no right to take along a believing wife, as do the other apostles and the Lord’s brothers and Cephas?

6 or alone I/we and Barnabas no to have/be authority (the/this/who *k*) not to work

Or are Barnabas and I the only apostles who must work for a living?

7 which? to battle one's own/private compensation once/when which? to plant vineyard and (out from *k*) (the/this/who fruit *N(k)O*) it/s/he no to eat or which? to shepherd flock and out from the/this/who milk the/this/who flock no to eat

Who serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat of its fruit? Who tends a flock and does not drink of its milk?

8 not according to a human this/he/she/it to speak or and the/this/who law this/he/she/it (no *N(k)O*) to say

Do I say this from a human perspective? Doesn’t the Law say the same thing?

9 in/on/among for the/this/who Moses law to write no to muzzle ox to thresh not the/this/who ox to concern the/this/who God

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 or through/because of me surely to say through/because of me for to write that/since: since to owe upon/to/against hope the/this/who to plow to plow and the/this/who to thresh (the/this/who hope it/s/he *K*) upon/to/against hope (the/this/who *no*) to share

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.

11 if me you the/this/who spiritual to sow great if me you the/this/who fleshly to reap

If we have sown spiritual seed among you, is it too much for us to reap a material harvest from you?

12 if another the/this/who you authority to share no more me but no to use the/this/who authority this/he/she/it but all to endure in order that/to not one hindrance to give the/this/who gospel the/this/who Christ

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 no to know that/since: that the/this/who the/this/who sacred to work (the/this/who *no*) out from the/this/who temple to eat the/this/who the/this/who altar to sit near/serve the/this/who altar to share

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?

14 thus(-ly) and the/this/who lord: God to direct the/this/who the/this/who gospel to proclaim out from the/this/who gospel to live

In the same way, the Lord has prescribed that those who preach the gospel should receive their living from the gospel.

15 I/we then (no *no*) (to use *N(k)O*) none this/he/she/it no to write then this/he/she/it in order that/to thus(-ly) to be in/on/among I/we good for me more: rather to die or the/this/who pride me (in order that/to *K*) (none to empty *N(k)O*)

But I have not used any of these rights. And I am not writing this to suggest that something be done for me. Indeed, I would rather die than let anyone nullify my boast.

16 if for to speak good news no to be me pride necessity for me to lay on woe! (for *N(k)O*) me to be if not (to speak good news *N(k)O*)

Yet when I preach the gospel, I have no reason to boast, because I am obligated to preach. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!

17 if for voluntarily this/he/she/it to do/require wage to have/be if then unwilling management to trust (in)

If my preaching is voluntary, I have a reward. But if it is not voluntary, I am still entrusted with a responsibility.

18 which? therefore/then (me *N(k)O*) to be the/this/who wage in order that/to to speak good news free to place the/this/who gospel (the/this/who Christ *K*) toward the/this/who not to use up the/this/who authority me in/on/among the/this/who gospel

What then is my reward? That in preaching the gospel I may offer it free of charge, and so not use up my rights in preaching it.

19 free/freedom for to be out from all all I/we to enslave in order that/to the/this/who greater to gain

Though I am free of obligation to anyone, I make myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible.

20 and to be the/this/who Jew as/when Jew in order that/to Jew to gain the/this/who by/under: under law as/when by/under: under law (not to be it/s/he *NO*) by/under: under law in order that/to the/this/who by/under: under law to gain

To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win the Jews. To those under the law I became like one under the law (though I myself am not under the law), to win those under the law.

21 the/this/who lawless as/when lawless not to be lawless (God *N(k)O*) but under law (Christ *N(k)O*) in order that/to to gain (the/this/who *no*) lawless

To those without the law I became like one without the law (though I am not outside the law of God but am under the law of Christ), to win those without the law.

22 to be the/this/who weak (as/when *K*) weak in order that/to the/this/who weak to gain the/this/who all to be (the/this/who *k*) all in order that/to surely one to save

To the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all people so that by all possible means I might save some.

23 (all *N(K)O*) then to do/make: do through/because of the/this/who gospel in order that/to sharer it/s/he to be

I do all this for the sake of the gospel, so that I may share in its blessings.

24 no to know that/since: that the/this/who in/on/among stadium to run all on the other hand to run one then to take the/this/who prize thus(-ly) to run in order that/to to grasp

Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way as to take the prize.

25 all then the/this/who to struggle all to self-control that on the other hand therefore/then in order that/to perishable crown to take me then incorruptible

Everyone who competes in the games trains with strict discipline. They do it for a crown that is perishable, but we do it for a crown that is imperishable.

26 I/we then thus(-ly) to run as/when no uncertainly thus(-ly) to box as/when no air to beat up

Therefore I do not run aimlessly; I do not fight like I am beating the air.

27 but to wear out me the/this/who body and to enslave not how another to preach it/s/he failing to be

No, I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.