1 Corintios 9:10

10 o lo dice más bien por nosotros? Por supuesto que lo dice por nosotros, porque cuando el labrador ara y el segador trilla, deben hacerlo con la esperanza de participar de la cosecha.

1 Corintios 9:10 Meaning and Commentary

1 Corinthians 9:10

Or saith he it altogether for our sakes
That is, God says this, or delivers out this law, forbidding the muzzling the ox, while it treads out the corn; not merely for the sake of the ox, but chiefly for the sake of men; and so Jarchi upon the place says, that the ox is mentioned, (Mda ta ayuwhl) , "to express man"; and so another of the Jewish writers ^F13 interprets the law in ( Deuteronomy 22:6 ) . "Thou shalt not take the dam with the young";

``the intention of the command is, not to have mercy on birds, "but for the sake of men", he (God) says this, whom he would accustom to meekness and compassion:''

and particularly this is here said, for the sake of ministers of the Gospel, who for their spiritual strength, and labours in their work, may be compared to oxen; see ( Ezekiel 1:10 ) . This law is elsewhere produced by the apostle, and urged in favour of the maintenance of ministers, as here, ( 1 Timothy 5:17 1 Timothy 5:18 ) and therefore

for our sakes no doubt it is written;
to teach men, that as any workmen are not to be deprived of proper sustenance, so neither they that labour in the word and doctrine:

that he that ploweth should plow in hope;
of enjoying the fruit of his labours:

and that he that thresheth in hope, should be partaker of his hope;
of having a supply out of that he is threshing.

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FOOTNOTES:

F13 R. Menuachcm apud Ainsworth on Deut. xxii. 7. & Drusium in loc.

1 Corintios 9:10 In-Context

8 No piensen que digo esto solamente desde un punto de vista humano. ¿No lo dice también la ley?

9 Porque en la ley de Moisés está escrito: «No le pongas bozal al buey mientras esté trillando». ¿Acaso se preocupa Dios por los bueyes,

10 o lo dice más bien por nosotros? Por supuesto que lo dice por nosotros, porque cuando el labrador ara y el segador trilla, deben hacerlo con la esperanza de participar de la cosecha.

11 Si hemos sembrado semilla espiritual entre ustedes, ¿será mucho pedir que cosechemos de ustedes lo material?

12 Si otros tienen derecho a este sustento de parte de ustedes, ¿no lo tendremos aún más nosotros?Sin embargo, no ejercimos este derecho, sino que lo soportamos todo con tal de no crear obstáculo al evangelio de Cristo.