Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version
Book of 1 Corinthians
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Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 9:7 DSN -> Synopsis on 9:7 GEB -> Study Notes on 9:7 JFB -> Commentary on 9:7 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 9:7 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 9:7 PNT -> Commentary on 9:7 RWP -> Study Notes on 9:7 TSK -> Commentary on 9:7 TSK -> Entry for 9:7 WEN -> Notes on 9:7 NTB -> Evil; Milk; Minister, Christian TTT -> Armies; Milk; Ministers; Sheep; Vineyards EBD -> Sheep-fold PWP -> Devotional using 9:7 9:7 - [In Context] No soldier ever serves in the army and pays his own salary. No person ever plants a garden of grapes without eating some of the grapes himself. No person takes care of a flock of sheep without drinking some of the milk himself.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 9:8 DSN -> Synopsis on 9:8 GEB -> Study Notes on 9:8 JFB -> Commentary on 9:8 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 9:8 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 9:8 PNT -> Commentary on 9:8 RWP -> Study Notes on 9:8 TSK -> Commentary on 9:8 TSK -> Entry for 9:8 WEN -> Notes on 9:8 NTB -> Evil; Minister, Christian TTT -> Ministers PWP -> Devotional using 9:8 9:8 - [In Context] These things are not only what men think. God's law says the same things.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 9:9 DSN -> Synopsis on 9:9 GEB -> Study Notes on 9:9 JFB -> Commentary on 9:9 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 9:9 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 9:9 PNT -> Commentary on 9:9 RWP -> Study Notes on 9:9 TSK -> Commentary on 9:9 TSK -> Entry for 9:9 WEN -> Notes on 9:9 NTB -> Animals; Bullock; Evil; Labor; Minister, Christian; Quotations And Allusions; Threshing TTT -> Ministers; Ox, The; Threshing PWP -> Devotional using 9:9 9:9 - [In Context] Yes, it is written in the law of Moses: "When a work animal is being used to separate grain, don't cover its mouth {and stop it from eating the grain}." F54 When God said this, was he thinking only about work animals? No.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 9:10 DSN -> Synopsis on 9:10 GEB -> Study Notes on 9:10 JFB -> Commentary on 9:10 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 9:10 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 9:10 PNT -> Commentary on 9:10 RWP -> Study Notes on 9:10 TSK -> Commentary on 9:10 TSK -> Entry for 9:10 WEN -> Notes on 9:10 NTB -> Evil; Minister, Christian; Word Of God TTT -> Ministers; Ox, The; Ploughing; Threshing PWP -> Devotional using 9:10 9:10 - [In Context] He was really talking about us. Yes, that Scripture F55 was written for us. The person that plows and the person that separates the grain should hope (expect) to get some of the grain for their work.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 9:11 DSN -> Synopsis on 9:11 GEB -> Study Notes on 9:11 JFB -> Commentary on 9:11 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 9:11 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 9:11 PNT -> Commentary on 9:11 RWP -> Study Notes on 9:11 SRN -> Study Notes on 9:11 TSK -> Commentary on 9:11 TSK -> Entry for 9:11 WEN -> Notes on 9:11 NTB -> Evil; Minister, Christian; Reciprocity TTT -> Ministers; Reaping; Seed EBD -> Carnal PWP -> Devotional using 9:11 9:11 - [In Context] We planted spiritual seed among you. So we should be able to harvest (get) from you some things for this life. Surely that is not asking too much.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 9:12 DSN -> Synopsis on 9:12 GEB -> Study Notes on 9:12 JFB -> Commentary on 9:12 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 9:12 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 9:12 PNT -> Commentary on 9:12 RWP -> Study Notes on 9:12 TSK -> Commentary on 9:12 TSK -> Entry for 9:12 WEN -> Notes on 9:12 NTB -> Evil; Gospel; Minister, Christian; Self-Denial; Zeal, Religious TTT -> Gospel, The PWP -> Devotional using 9:12 9:12 - [In Context] Other men have this right to get things from you. So surely we have this right too. But we don't use this right. No, we endure everything ourselves so that we will not stop {anyone from obeying} the Good News F56 of Christ.
FOOTNOTES: F54: "When … eating the grain"   Quote from Deut. 25:4. F55: Scripture   Part of the Holy Writings--the Old Testament. F56: Good News, message   The news that God has made a way for people to have their sins forgiven and live with him forever.

Abbreviations Legend: BCC - Burton Coffman; DSN - Darby's Synopsis; GEB - Gill's Exposition; JFB - Jamieson, Fausset, Brown; MHC-COM - Matthew Henry Complete; MHC-CON - Matthew Henry Concise; PNT - People's New Testament; RWP - Robertson's Word Pictures; SRN - Scofield Reference Notes; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; WEN - Wesley's Explanatory Notes; NTB - Nave's Topical Bible; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; TTT - Torrey's Topical Textbook; EBD - Easton's Bible Dictionary; PWP - Praying With Paul; Copyright Statement - Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version © 2001 by World Bible Translation Center, Inc. and used by permission.