1 Corinthians 9:10

1 Corinthians chapter 9 · verse 10 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

or saith he it assuredly for our sake? Yea, for our sake it was written: because he that ploweth ought to plow in hope, and he that thresheth, to thresh in hope of partaking.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

or saith he it assuredly for our sake? Yea, for our sake it was written: because he that ploweth ought to plow in hope, and he that thresheth, to thresh in hope of partaking.

Context

v.9For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn. Is it for the oxen that God careth,

v.10This passage

v.11If we sowed unto you spiritual things, is it a great matter if we shall reap your carnal things?

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Matthew 24:22
And except those days had been shortened, no flesh would have been saved: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened.
Romans 4:23
Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was reckoned unto him;
2 Corinthians 4:15
For all things are for your sakes, that the grace, being multiplied through the many, may cause the thanksgiving to abound unto the glory of God.
John 4:35
Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh the harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields, that they are white already unto harvest.
Romans 15:4
For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that through patience and through comfort of the scriptures we might have hope.
2 Timothy 2:6
The husbandman that laboreth must be the first to partake of the fruits.