1 Corinthians 9:8

8 I'm not just sounding off because I'm irritated. This is all written in the scriptural law.

1 Corinthians 9:8 Meaning and Commentary

1 Corinthians 9:8

Say I these things as a man?
&c.] 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.

1 Corinthians 9:8 In-Context

6 So, why me? Is it just Barnabas and I who have to go it alone and pay our own way?

7 Are soldiers self-employed? Are gardeners forbidden to eat vegetables from their own gardens? Don't milkmaids get to drink their fill from the pail?

8 I'm not just sounding off because I'm irritated. This is all written in the scriptural law.

9 Moses wrote, "Don't muzzle an ox to keep it from eating the grain when it's threshing." Do you think Moses' primary concern was the care of farm animals?

10 Don't you think his concern extends to us? Of course. Farmers plow and thresh expecting something when the crop comes in.