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? Can it be denied that I have seen Jesus, our Lord? Are not you yourselves my work 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

If to other men I am not an Apostle, yet at any rate I am one to you; for your very existence as a Christian Church is the seal of my Apostleship.

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

That is how I vindicate myself to those who criticize me.

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

Have we not a right to claim food and 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 not a right to take with us on our journeys a Christian sister as our wife, as the rest of the Apostles do--and the Lord's brothers and Peter?

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

Or again, is it only Barnabas and myself who are not at liberty to give up working with our hands?

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

What soldier ever serves at his own cost? Who plants a vineyard and yet does not eat any of the grapes? Or who tends a herd of cattle and yet does not taste their 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

Am I making use of merely worldly illustrations? Does not the Law speak in the same tone?

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 in the Law of Moses it is written, "Thou shalt not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain."

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

Is God simply thinking about the oxen? Or is it really in our interest that He speaks? Of course, it was written in our interest, because it is His will that when a plough-man ploughs, and a thresher threshes, it should be in the hope of sharing that which comes as the result.

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

If it is we who sowed the spiritual grain in you, is it a great thing that we should reap a temporal 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 other teachers possess that right over you, do not we possess it much more? Yet we have not availed ourselves of the right, but we patiently endure all things rather than hinder in the least degree the progress of the Good News of the 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 perform the sacred rites have their food from the sacred place, and that those who serve at the altar all alike share with the altar?

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 also directed those who proclaim the Good News to maintain themselves by the Good News.

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, for my part, have not used, and do not use, my full rights in any of these things. Nor do I now write with that object so far as I myself am concerned, for I would rather die than have anybody make this boast of mine an empty one.

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*)

If I go on preaching the Good News, that is nothing for me to boast of; for the necessity is imposed upon me; and alas for me, if I fail to preach it!

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

And if I preach willingly, I receive my wages; but if against my will, a stewardship has nevertheless been entrusted to me.

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 are my wages then? The very fact that the Good News which I preach will cost my hearers nothing, so that I cannot be charged with abuse of my privileges as a Christian preacher.

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 free from all human control, I have made myself the slave of all in the hope of winning as many converts 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 have become like a Jew in order to win Jews; to men under the Law as if I were under the Law--although I am not--in order to win those who are 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 men without Law as if I were without Law--although I am not without Law in relation to God but am abiding in Christ's Law--in order to win those who are without 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 have become weak, so as to gain the weak. To all men I have become all things, in the hope that in every one of these ways I may 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

And I do everything for the sake of the Good News, that I may share with my hearers in its benefits.

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 the foot-race the runners all run, but that only one gets the prize? You must run like him, in order to win with certainty.

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

But every competitor in an athletic contest practices abstemiousness in all directions. They indeed do this for the sake of securing a perishable wreath, but we for the sake of securing one that will not perish.

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

That is how I run, not being in any doubt as to my goal. I am a boxer who does not inflict blows on 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

but I hit hard and straight at my own body and lead it off into slavery, lest possibly, after I have been a herald to others, I should myself be rejected.