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1 Corinthians 9:7-9
New English Translation
1 Corinthians 9:7-9
New English Translation
7 Who ever serves in the army at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat its fruit? Who tends a flock and does not consume its milk? 8 Am I saying these things only on the basis of common sense,[a] or does the law not say this as well? 9 For it is written in the law of Moses, “Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.”[b] God is not concerned here about oxen, is he?
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- 1 Corinthians 9:8 tn Or “only according to human authority”; Grk “saying these things according to men.”
- 1 Corinthians 9:9 sn A quotation from Deut 25:4.
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