1 Corinthians 9
Berean Standard BibleTranslation
Berean Standard Bible
Greek New Testament: Byzantine Text (Robinson–Pierpont 2018)
1Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you yourselves not my workmanship in the Lord?
1ουκ ειμι αποστολοσ ουκ ειμι ελευθεροσ ουχι ιησουν χριστον τον κυριον ημων εωρακα ου το εργον μου υμεισ εστε εν κυριω
2Even if I am not an apostle to others, surely I am to you. For you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.
2ει αλλοισ ουκ ειμι αποστολοσ αλλα γε υμιν ειμι η γαρ σφραγισ τησ εμησ αποστολησ υμεισ εστε εν κυριω
3This is my defense to those who scrutinize me:
3η εμη απολογια τοισ εμε ανακρινουσιν αυτη εστιν
4Have we no right to food and to drink?
4μη ουκ εχομεν εξουσιαν φαγειν και πιειν
5Have we no right to take along a believing wife, as do the other apostles and the Lord’s brothers and Cephas?
5μη ουκ εχομεν εξουσιαν αδελφην γυναικα περιαγειν ωσ και οι λοιποι αποστολοι και οι αδελφοι του κυριου και κηφασ
6Or are Barnabas and I the only apostles who must work for a living?
6η μονοσ εγω και βαρναβασ ουκ εχομεν εξουσιαν του μη εργαζεσθαι
7Who 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?
7τισ στρατευεται ιδιοισ οψωνιοισ ποτε τισ φυτευει αμπελωνα και εκ του καρπου αυτου ουκ εσθιει η τισ ποιμαινει ποιμνην και εκ του γαλακτοσ τησ ποιμνησ ουκ εσθιει
8Do I say this from a human perspective? Doesn’t the Law say the same thing?
8μη κατα ανθρωπον ταυτα λαλω η ουχι και ο νομοσ ταυτα λεγει
9For 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?
9εν γαρ τω μωυσεωσ νομω γεγραπται ου φιμωσεισ βουν αλοωντα μη των βοων μελει τω θεω
10Isn’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.
10η δι ημασ παντωσ λεγει δι ημασ γαρ εγραφη οτι επ ελπιδι οφειλει ο αροτριων αροτριαν και ο αλοων τησ ελπιδοσ αυτου μετεχειν επ ελπιδι
11If we have sown spiritual seed among you, is it too much for us to reap a material harvest from you?
11ει ημεισ υμιν τα πνευματικα εσπειραμεν μεγα ει ημεισ υμων τα σαρκικα θερισομεν
12If 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.
12ει αλλοι τησ εξουσιασ υμων μετεχουσιν ου μαλλον ημεισ αλλ ουκ εχρησαμεθα τη εξουσια ταυτη αλλα παντα στεγομεν ινα μη εγκοπην τινα δωμεν τω ευαγγελιω του χριστου
13Do 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?
13ουκ οιδατε οτι οι τα ιερα εργαζομενοι εκ του ιερου εσθιουσιν οι τω θυσιαστηριω προσεδρευοντεσ τω θυσιαστηριω συμμεριζονται
14In the same way, the Lord has prescribed that those who preach the gospel should receive their living from the gospel.
14ουτωσ και ο κυριοσ διεταξεν τοισ το ευαγγελιον καταγγελλουσιν εκ του ευαγγελιου ζην
15But 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.
15εγω δε ουδενι εχρησαμην τουτων ουκ εγραψα δε ταυτα ινα ουτωσ γενηται εν εμοι καλον γαρ μοι μαλλον αποθανειν η το καυχημα μου ινα τισ κενωση
16Yet 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!
16εαν γαρ ευαγγελιζωμαι ουκ εστιν μοι καυχημα αναγκη γαρ μοι επικειται ουαι δε μοι εστιν εαν μη ευαγγελιζωμαι
17If my preaching is voluntary, I have a reward. But if it is not voluntary, I am still entrusted with a responsibility.
17ει γαρ εκων τουτο πρασσω μισθον εχω ει δε ακων οικονομιαν πεπιστευμαι
18What 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.
18τισ ουν μοι εστιν ο μισθοσ ινα ευαγγελιζομενοσ αδαπανον θησω το ευαγγελιον του χριστου εισ το μη καταχρησασθαι τη εξουσια μου εν τω ευαγγελιω
19Though I am free of obligation to anyone, I make myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible.
19ελευθεροσ γαρ ων εκ παντων πασιν εμαυτον εδουλωσα ινα τουσ πλειονασ κερδησω
20To 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.
20και εγενομην τοισ ιουδαιοισ ωσ ιουδαιοσ ινα ιουδαιουσ κερδησω τοισ υπο νομον ωσ υπο νομον ινα τουσ υπο νομον κερδησω
21To 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.
21τοισ ανομοισ ωσ ανομοσ μη ων ανομοσ θεω αλλ εννομοσ χριστω ινα κερδησω ανομουσ
22To 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.
22εγενομην τοισ ασθενεσιν ωσ ασθενησ ινα τουσ ασθενεισ κερδησω τοισ πασιν γεγονα τα παντα ινα παντωσ τινασ σωσω
23I do all this for the sake of the gospel, so that I may share in its blessings.
23τουτο δε ποιω δια το ευαγγελιον ινα συγκοινωνοσ αυτου γενωμαι
24Do 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.
24ουκ οιδατε οτι οι εν σταδιω τρεχοντεσ παντεσ μεν τρεχουσιν εισ δε λαμβανει το βραβειον ουτωσ τρεχετε ινα καταλαβητε
25Everyone 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.
25πασ δε ο αγωνιζομενοσ παντα εγκρατευεται εκεινοι μεν ουν ινα φθαρτον στεφανον λαβωσιν ημεισ δε αφθαρτον
26Therefore I do not run aimlessly; I do not fight like I am beating the air.
26εγω τοινυν ουτωσ τρεχω ωσ ουκ αδηλωσ ουτωσ πυκτευω ωσ ουκ αερα δερων
27No, I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.
27αλλ υπωπιαζω μου το σωμα και δουλαγωγω μηπωσ αλλοισ κηρυξασ αυτοσ αδοκιμοσ γενωμαι
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