1Co 9:1 Am I not free? Am I not an Ambassador? Have I not seen Jesus our Master? Are you not my accomplishment concerning the Master?
1Co 9:2 Even if I am not an Ambassador to others, I certainly am to you! For you are the official seal of my commission by the Master.
1Co 9:3 So my defense to those who have put me on trial is this:
1Co 9:4 Do we not have the right to eat and drink?
1Co 9:5 Do we not have the right to take a believing spouse with us, just like the rest of the Ambassadors, the Master’s brothers, and Cephas?
1Co 9:6 What?! Is it only I and Barnabas who do not have the privilege of being supported?
1Co 9:7 Who goes to war but has to supply their own rations? Who plants a vineyard and gets none of the produce? Who tends a flock but gets none of the milk from it?
1Co 9:8 And I’m not making this up out of my head; the Law says the same thing.
1Co 9:9 For in the law of Moses it is written, “Do not muzzle an ox while it threshes the grain.” Do you really think God only said this for the benefit of oxen?
1Co 9:10 What?! He is obviously saying it to us, for our benefit. For it is written that the one who plows and the one who threshes expect to have a share in the crop.
1Co 9:11 So since we have planted spiritual things for you, are we asking too much when we expect physical produce from you?
1Co 9:12 If others have this right from you, why not us all the more? But in spite of all that, we do not use these rights; instead we forfeit them all so that we put no obstacle in front of the Gospel of the Anointed.
1Co 9:13 Do you not know that the ones who work in the temple eat the offerings? Just as those who attend to the altar get a share in the offerings,
1Co 9:14 so also the Master prescribed a living from the Gospel for those who proclaim it.
1Co 9:15 Yet I have not exercised any of these rights— and I’m not writing this so I can start. I’d rather die than be deprived of my boast!
1Co 9:16 For if I am to announce the Gospel, it’s not something for me to brag about, but something I must do, and woe to me if I don’t!
1Co 9:17 If I do this voluntarily I am earning wages, but if I do it involuntarily I am only discharging my duty.
1Co 9:18 So what is my wage? To bring the Gospel free of charge, waiving my rights.
1Co 9:19 By being free of all obligation I become the slave of all, so as to gain all the more.
1Co 9:20 To the Judeans I became a Judean, in order to win them over. To those under the Law I became under the Law— though I myself am not under it— in order to win them over.
1Co 9:21 To those without the Law I became as without the law— not that I am free from God’s law, since I am the legal property of the Anointed— in order to win them over.
1Co 9:22 To the weak I became weak, to win them over. To everyone I became whatever I needed to become, so that some could be saved.
1Co 9:23 I did it all so I could be a joint partner of the Gospel.
1Co 9:24 Do you not know that the competitors in a stadium all run the race, but only one gets the prize? You too must run to win the prize.
1Co 9:25 Every athlete trains in order to win a perishable medal, but we are after an imperishable one.
1Co 9:26 So then, I do not run aimlessly; I am not like a poor boxer who only punches the air.
1Co 9:27 Instead, I defeat my body and subdue it, so that in the process of proclaiming the Gospel to others, I don’t find myself disqualified.

1Co 9:1 ουκ ειμι ελευθερος ουκ ειμι αποστολος ουχι ιησουν τον κυριον ἡμων ἑωρακα ου το εργον μου ὑμεις εστε εν κυριω
1Co 9:2 ει. αλλοις ουκ ειμι αποστολος αλλα γε ὑμιν ειμι ἡ γαρ σφραγις μου της αποστολης ὑμεις εστε εν κυριω
1Co 9:3 ἡ εμη απολογια τοις εμε ανακρινουσιν εστιν αὑτη
1Co 9:4 μη ουκ εχομεν εξουσιαν φαγειν και πειν
1Co 9:5 μη ουκ εχομεν εξουσιαν αδελφην γυναικα περιαγειν ὡς και οἱ λοιποι αποστολοι και οἱ αδελφοι του κυριου και κηφας
1Co 9:6 η μονος εγω και βαρναβας ουκ εχομεν εξουσιαν μη εργαζεσθαι
1Co 9:7 τις στρατευεται ιδιοις οψωνιοις ποτε τις φυτευει αμπελωνα και τον καρπον αυτου ουκ εσθιει η τις ποιμαινει ποιμνην και εκ του γαλακτος της ποιμνης ουκ εσθιει
1Co 9:8 μη κατα ανθρωπον ταυτα λαλω η και ὁ νομος ταυτα ου λεγειν
1Co 9:9 εν γαρ τω μωϋσεως νομω γεγραπται ου φιμωσεις βουν αλοωντα μη των βοων μελει τω θεω
1Co 9:10 η δι᾽ ἡμας παντως λεγειν δι᾽ ἡμας γαρ εγραφη ὁτι οφειλει επ᾽ ελπιδι ὁ αροτριων αροτριαν και ὁ αλοων επ᾽ ελπιδι του μετεχειν
1Co 9:11 ει. ἡμεις ὑμιν τα πνευματικα εσπειραμεν μεγα ει. ἡμεις ὑμων τα σαρκικα θερισομεν
1Co 9:12 ει. αλλοι της ὑμων εξουσιας μετεχουσιν ου μαλλον ἡμεις αλλ᾽ ουκ εχρησαμεθα τη εξουσια ταυτη αλλα παντα στεγομεν ἱνα μη τινα εγκοπην δωμεν τω ευαγγελιω του χριστου
1Co 9:13 ουκ οιδατε ὁτι οἱ τα ἱερα εργαζομενοι εκ του ἱερου εσθιουσιν οἱ τω θυσιαστηριω τω θυσιαστηριω συμμεριζονται
1Co 9:14 οὑτως και ὁ κυριος διεταξεν τοις το ευαγγελιον καταγγελλουσιν εκ του ευαγγελιου ζην
1Co 9:15 εγω δε ου κεχρημαι ουδενι τουτων ουκ εγραψα δε ταυτα ἱνα οὑτως γενηται εν εμοι καλον γαρ μοι μαλλον αποθανειν η το καυχημα μου ουδεις κενωσει
1Co 9:16 εαν γαρ ευαγγελιζωμαι ουκ εστιν μοι καυχημα αναγκη γαρ μοι επικειται ουαι δε μοι εστιν εαν μη ευαγγελιζωμαι
1Co 9:17 ει. γαρ ἑκων τουτο πρασσω μισθον εχω ει. δε ακων οικονομιαν πεπιστευμαι
1Co 9:18 τις ουν μοι εστιν ὁ μισθος ἱνα ευαγγελιζομενος αδαπανον θησω το ευαγγελιον εις το μη καταχρησασθαι τη εξουσια μου εν τω ευαγγελιω
1Co 9:19 ελευθερος γαρ ων εκ παντων πασιν εμαυτον εδουλωσα ἱνα τους πλειονας κερδησω
1Co 9:20 και εγενομην τοις ιουδαιοις ὡς ιουδαιος ἱνα ιουδαιους κερδησω τοις ὑπο νομον ὡς ὑπο νομον μη ων αυτος ὑπο νομον ἱνα τους ὑπο νομον κερδησω
1Co 9:21 τοις ανομοις ὡς ανομος μη ων ανομος θεου αλλ᾽ εννομος χριστου ἱνα κερδησω ανομους
1Co 9:22 εγενομην τοις ασθενεσιν ασθενης ἱνα τους ασθενεις κερδησω τοις πασιν γεγονα παντα ἱνα παντως τινας σωσω
1Co 9:23 παντα δε ποιω δια το ευαγγελιον ἱνα συγκοινωνος αυτου γενωμαι
1Co 9:24 ουκ οιδατε ὁτι οἱ εν σταδιω τρεχοντες παντες μεν τρεχουσιν εἱς δε λαμβανει το βραβειον οὑτως τρεχετε ἱνα καταλαβητε
1Co 9:25 πας δε ὁ αγωνιζομενος παντα εγκρατευεται εκεινοι μεν ουν ἱνα φθαρτον στεφανον λαβωσιν ἡμεις δε αφθαρτον
1Co 9:26 εγω τοινυν οὑτως τρεχω ὡς ουκ αδηλως οὑτως πυκτευω ὡς ουκ αερα δερων
1Co 9:27 αλλ᾽ ὑποπιαζω μου το σωμα και δουλαγωγω μη πως αλλοις κηρυξας αυτος αδοκιμος γενωμαι