고린도전서 9:7-16, 고린도전서 9:7-23 KRV

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 9:13

They which minister about holy things - All the officers about the temple, whether priests, Levites, Nethinim, etc., had a right to their support while employed in its service. The priests partook of the sacrifices; the others had their maintenance from tithes, first fruits, and offerings made to the temple; for it was not lawful for them to live on the sacrifices. Hence the apostle makes the distinction between those who minister about holy things and those who wait at the altar. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 9:14

Even so hath the Lord ordained - This is evidently a reference to our Lord's ordination, Matthew 10:10 ; : The workman is worthy of his meat. And Luke 10:7 ; : For the laborer is worthy of his hire. And in both places it is the preacher of the Gospel of whom he is speaking. It was a maxim among the Jews, "that the inhabitants of a town where a wise man had made his abode should support him, because he had forsaken the world and its pleasures to study those things by which he might please... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 9:15

Neither have I written, etc. - Though I might plead the authority of God in the law, of Christ in the Gospel, the common consent of our own doctors, and the usages of civil society, yet I have not availed myself of my privileges; nor do I now write with the intention to lay in my claims. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 9:16

For though I preach the Gospel - I have cause of glorying that I preach the Gospel free of all charges to you; but I cannot glory in being a preacher of the Gospel, because I am not such either by my own skill or power. I have received both the office, and the grace by which I execute the office, from God. I have not only his authority to preach, but that authority obliges me to preach; and if I did not, I should endanger my salvation: yea, wo is unto me, if I preach not the Gospel. As every... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 9:7

Verse 7 7.Who hath gone a warfare at his own charges? It is the present tense that is used (483) as meaning — is accustomed to go a warfare. I have, however, with the view of taking off somewhat of the harshness, rendered it in the preterite. Now, by three comparisons, and these, too, taken from common life, he makes it out that it was allowable for him to live, if he chose, at the public expense of the Church, to show that he assumes nothing to himself but what human nature itself teaches us... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 9:8

Verse 8 8.Say I these things as a man ? Lest any one should cavil, and say that in the things of the Lord the case is different, and therefore that he had to no purpose brought forward so many comparisons, he now adds, that the very same thing is commanded by the Lord. To speak as a man sometimes means — speaking according to the perverse judgment of the flesh, (as in Romans 3:5.) Here, however, it means — bringing forward only those things that are in common use among men, and are merely... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 9:10

Verse 10 10.Because he that ploweth ought to plow in hope. There is a twofold reading in this passage, even in the Greek manuscripts, but the one that is more generally received is — He that thrasheth, in hope of partaking of his hope At the same time, the one that does not repeat the term hope twice in the second clause appears simpler, and more natural. (485) Hence, if I were at liberty to choose, I would prefer to read it thus: He that ploweth should plow in hope, and he that thrasheth in... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 9:11

Verse 11 11.If we have sown unto you spiritual things There was one cavil remaining — for it might be objected, that labors connected with this life should without doubt have food and clothing as their reward; and that plowing and thrashing yield fruit, of which those that labor in these things are partakers; but that it is otherwise with the gospel, because its fruit is spiritual; and hence the minister of the word, if he would receive fruit corresponding to his labor, ought to demand nothing... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 9:12

Verse 12 12.If others assume this power over you Again he establishes his own right from the example of others. For why should he alone be denied what others assumed as their due? For as no one labored more than he among the Corinthians, no one was more deserving of a reward. He does not, however, make mention of what he has done, but of what he would have done in accordance with his right, if he had not of his own accord refrained from using it. But we have not used this power. He returns now... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 9:13

Verse 13 13.Know ye not, Apart from the question that he discusses, he appears to have dwelt the longer in taking notice of this point, with the view of reproaching the Corinthians indirectly for their malignity in allowing the ministers of Christ to be reviled in a matter that was so justifiable. For if Paul had not of his own accord refrained from using his liberty, there was a risk of the progress of the gospel being obstructed. Never would the false Apostles have gained that point, had not... read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 9:13

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 9:14

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 9:15

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 9:16

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 9:7

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 9:8

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 9:10

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 9:11

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 9:12

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 9:13

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