哥林多前书 9:8

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

我說這話，不是照著人的意見，律法不也是這樣說嗎？

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
我 说 这 话 ， 岂 是 照 人 的 意 见 ； 律 法 不 也 是 这 样 说 麽 ？

Contextual Overview

³ This is the answer I give people who want to judge me: ⁴ Do we not have the right to eat and drink? ⁵ Do we not have the right to bring a believing wife with us when we travel as do the other apostles and the Lord's brothers and Peter? ⁶ Are Barnabas and I the only ones who must work to earn our living? ⁷ No soldier ever serves in the army and pays his own salary. No one ever plants a vineyard without eating some of the grapes. No person takes care of a flock without drinking some of the milk. ⁸ I do not say this by human authority; God's law also says the same thing. ⁹ It is written in the law of Moses: "When an ox is working in the grain, do not cover its mouth to keep it from eating." When God said this, was he thinking only about oxen? No. ¹⁰ He was really talking about us. Yes, that Scripture was written for us, because it goes on to say: "The one who plows and the one who works in the grain should hope to get some of the grain for their work." ¹¹ Since we planted spiritual seed among you, is it too much if we should harvest material things? ¹² If others have the right to get something from you, surely we have this right, too. But we do not use it. No, we put up with everything ourselves so that we will not keep anyone from believing the Good News of Christ.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

as: 1 Corinthians 7:40, Romans 6:19, 1 Thessalonians 2:13, 1 Thessalonians 4:8

or: 1 Corinthians 14:34, Isaiah 8:20, Romans 3:31

Reciprocal: Romans 3:5 - I speak Romans 7:1 - them that

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Say I these things as a man?.... After the manner of men, reasoning from things common among men, and obvious to everyone's observation:

or saith not the law the same also? As the subject the apostle is upon was capable of being illustrated and confirmed by instances common unto, and easy of observation among men; so it might be supported by divine authority; it was not only a clear point from the reason of things, but was certain by the law of God.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Say I these things as a man? - Do I speak this on my own authority, or without the sanction of God? Is not this, which appears to be so reasonable and equitable, also supported by the authority of God?

Or saith not the law the same also? - The Law of Moses, to which the “Jewish” part of the church at Corinth - which probably had mainly urged these objections - professed to bow with deference. Paul was accustomed, especially in arguing with the Jews, to derive his proofs from the Old Testament. In the previous verse he had shown that it was equitable that ministers of the gospel should be supported. In this and the following verses he shows that the same principle was recognized and acted on under the Jewish dispensation. He does not mean to say, by this example of the ox treading out the grain, that the law as given by Moses referred to the Christian ministry; but that the principle there was settled that the laborer should have a support, and that a suitable provision should not be withheld even from an ox; and if God so regarded the welfare of a brute when laboring, it was much more reasonable to suppose that he would require a suitable provision to be made for the ministers of religion.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Corinthians 9:8. Say I these things as a man? — Is this only human reasoning? or does not God say in effect the same things? Romans 6:19; Romans 6:19.