1 ουκ ειμι αποστολοσ ουκ ειμι ελευθεροσ ουχι ιησουν χριστον τον κυριον ημων εωρακα ου το εργον μου υμεισ εστε εν κυριω 2 ει αλλοισ ουκ ειμι αποστολοσ αλλα γε υμιν ειμι η γαρ σφραγισ τησ εμησ αποστολησ υμεισ εστε εν κυριω 3 η εμη απολογια τοισ εμε ανακρινουσιν αυτη εστιν 4 μη ουκ εχομεν εξουσιαν φαγειν και πιειν 5 μη ουκ εχομεν εξουσιαν αδελφην γυναικα περιαγειν ωσ και οι λοιποι αποστολοι και οι αδελφοι του κυριου και κηφασ 6 η μονοσ εγω και βαρναβασ ουκ εχομεν εξουσιαν του μη εργαζεσθαι 7 τισ στρατευεται ιδιοισ οψωνιοισ ποτε τισ φυτευει αμπελωνα και εκ του καρπου αυτου ουκ εσθιει η τισ ποιμαινει ποιμνην και εκ του γαλακτοσ τησ ποιμνησ ουκ εσθιει 8 μη κατα ανθρωπον ταυτα λαλω η ουχι και ο νομοσ ταυτα λεγει 9 εν γαρ τω μωυσεωσ νομω γεγραπται ου φιμωσεισ βουν αλοωντα μη των βοων μελει τω θεω 10 η δι ημασ παντωσ λεγει δι ημασ γαρ εγραφη οτι επ ελπιδι οφειλει ο αροτριων αροτριαν και ο αλοων τησ ελπιδοσ αυτου μετεχειν επ ελπιδι 11 ει ημεισ υμιν τα πνευματικα εσπειραμεν μεγα ει ημεισ υμων τα σαρκικα θερισομεν 12 ει αλλοι τησ εξουσιασ υμων μετεχουσιν ου μαλλον ημεισ αλλ ουκ εχρησαμεθα τη εξουσια ταυτη αλλα παντα στεγομεν ινα μη εγκοπην τινα δωμεν τω ευαγγελιω του χριστου 13 ουκ οιδατε οτι οι τα ιερα εργαζομενοι εκ του ιερου εσθιουσιν οι τω θυσιαστηριω προσεδρευοντεσ τω θυσιαστηριω συμμεριζονται 14 ουτωσ και ο κυριοσ διεταξεν τοισ το ευαγγελιον καταγγελλουσιν εκ του ευαγγελιου ζην 15 εγω δε ουδενι εχρησαμην τουτων ουκ εγραψα δε ταυτα ινα ουτωσ γενηται εν εμοι καλον γαρ μοι μαλλον αποθανειν η το καυχημα μου ινα τισ κενωση 16 εαν γαρ ευαγγελιζωμαι ουκ εστιν μοι καυχημα αναγκη γαρ μοι επικειται ουαι δε μοι εστιν εαν μη ευαγγελιζωμαι 17 ει γαρ εκων τουτο πρασσω μισθον εχω ει δε ακων οικονομιαν πεπιστευμαι 18 τισ ουν μοι εστιν ο μισθοσ ινα ευαγγελιζομενοσ αδαπανον θησω το ευαγγελιον του χριστου εισ το μη καταχρησασθαι τη εξουσια μου εν τω ευαγγελιω 19 ελευθεροσ γαρ ων εκ παντων πασιν εμαυτον εδουλωσα ινα τουσ πλειονασ κερδησω 20 και εγενομην τοισ ιουδαιοισ ωσ ιουδαιοσ ινα ιουδαιουσ κερδησω τοισ υπο νομον ωσ υπο νομον ινα τουσ υπο νομον κερδησω 21 τοισ ανομοισ ωσ ανομοσ μη ων ανομοσ θεω αλλ εννομοσ χριστω ινα κερδησω ανομουσ 22 εγενομην τοισ ασθενεσιν ωσ ασθενησ ινα τουσ ασθενεισ κερδησω τοισ πασιν γεγονα τα παντα ινα παντωσ τινασ σωσω 23 τουτο δε ποιω δια το ευαγγελιον ινα συγκοινωνοσ αυτου γενωμαι 24 ουκ οιδατε οτι οι εν σταδιω τρεχοντεσ παντεσ μεν τρεχουσιν εισ δε λαμβανει το βραβειον ουτωσ τρεχετε ινα καταλαβητε 25 πασ δε ο αγωνιζομενοσ παντα εγκρατευεται εκεινοι μεν ουν ινα φθαρτον στεφανον λαβωσιν ημεισ δε αφθαρτον 26 εγω τοινυν ουτωσ τρεχω ωσ ουκ αδηλωσ ουτωσ πυκτευω ωσ ουκ αερα δερων 27 αλλ υπωπιαζω μου το σωμα και δουλαγωγω μηπωσ αλλοισ κηρυξασ αυτοσ αδοκιμοσ γενωμαι
1 Corinthians · Byzantine Textform (Robinson-Pierpont 2018)
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- Romans 16:25–27 stands after 14:23 (as 14:24–26), as in most Byzantine manuscripts.
Cross references (27)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Acts 9:17; Acts 9:3; 1 Timothy 2:7; Acts 23:11; 1 Corinthians 9:19
- 2 2 Corinthians 12:12; 2 Corinthians 3:1–3; John 6:27
- 3 Acts 25:16; 2 Timothy 4:16; Philippians 1:7; Acts 22:1; Philippians 1:17
- 4 1 Thessalonians 2:6; 2 Thessalonians 3:8–9; Luke 10:7; 1 Thessalonians 2:9; Matthew 10:10
- 5 John 1:42; Matthew 8:14; 1 Corinthians 7:39; 1 Corinthians 7:7; Galatians 1:19
- 6 2 Thessalonians 3:7–9; Acts 13:1–2; Acts 18:3; Acts 4:36; 1 Thessalonians 2:9
- 7 Proverbs 27:18; Deuteronomy 20:6; 2 Timothy 2:3–4; 1 Corinthians 3:6–8; 1 Timothy 1:18
- 8 Romans 6:19; Isaiah 8:20; 1 Corinthians 14:34; Romans 3:31; 1 Corinthians 7:40
- 9 Deuteronomy 25:4; 1 Timothy 5:18; Psalm 104:27; Psalm 145:15–16; Jonah 4:11
- 10 Romans 15:4; 2 Timothy 2:6; Romans 4:23–24; 2 Corinthians 4:15; 1 Corinthians 3:9
- 11 Romans 15:27; Galatians 6:6; Matthew 10:10; 2 Corinthians 11:15; Malachi 3:8–9
- 12 2 Corinthians 11:12; 1 Corinthians 9:15; 1 Corinthians 9:18; 2 Corinthians 11:7–10; 1 Thessalonians 2:6–9
- 13 Numbers 5:9–10; Leviticus 6:26; Numbers 18:8–20; 1 Samuel 2:28; 1 Corinthians 10:18
- 14 Matthew 10:10; 1 Timothy 5:17–18; 1 Corinthians 9:4; Galatians 6:6; Luke 10:7
- 15 1 Thessalonians 2:9; 2 Thessalonians 3:8; 1 Corinthians 9:12; 2 Corinthians 11:9–12; Acts 20:34
- 16 Romans 1:14; Jeremiah 20:9; Colossians 4:17; Luke 9:62; Acts 4:20
- 17 Galatians 2:7; 1 Corinthians 3:8; Colossians 1:25; 1 Chronicles 28:9; Matthew 10:41
- 18 2 Corinthians 11:7–9; 2 Thessalonians 3:8–9; 1 Corinthians 10:33; 1 Corinthians 8:9; 1 Thessalonians 2:6
- 19 Galatians 5:13; Matthew 18:15; 1 Corinthians 10:33; James 5:19–20; Matthew 20:26–28
- 20 Acts 16:3; Galatians 5:18; Acts 21:20–26; Acts 17:2–3; Acts 18:18
- 21 Romans 2:12; Galatians 3:2; Romans 2:14; Matthew 5:17–20; 1 Corinthians 7:19–22
- 22 1 Corinthians 10:33; Romans 15:1; 1 Corinthians 9:19; Romans 11:14; Galatians 6:1
- 23 2 Timothy 2:10; 1 Corinthians 9:25–27; Mark 8:35; 1 John 1:3; Galatians 2:5
- 24 Philippians 3:14; Hebrews 12:1; 2 Timothy 4:7–8; Revelation 3:11; Philippians 2:16
- 25 2 Timothy 2:5; Revelation 2:10; 1 Timothy 6:12; 2 Timothy 4:7–8; James 1:12
- 26 2 Timothy 2:5; 2 Peter 1:10; Philippians 1:21; Colossians 1:29; 2 Timothy 1:12
- 27 Romans 8:13; 1 Corinthians 9:25; Colossians 3:5; 2 Corinthians 13:5–6; 1 Peter 2:11
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
Inasmuch as he had said, "If meat make my brother to stumble I will eat no flesh forever;" a thing which he had not yet done, but professed he would do if need require: lest any man should say, "Thou vauntest thyself at random, and art severe in discourse, and utterest words of promise, a thing easy to me or …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 12 (1889)
But I so run, not as uncertainty; I fight, not as one beating the air; but I make my body livid, and bring it into subjection, lest by any means, when preaching to others, I may myself be rendered a castaway." This able wrestler, therefore, exhorts us to the struggle for immortality, that we may be crowned, and may deem …
But now is necessity sweet unto me, and against this sweetness do I fight, lest I be enthralled; and I carry on a daily war by fasting, oftentimes "bringing my body into subjection," and my pains are expelled by pleasure.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
… said, "Go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice." Thus doth Paul also: when he had first established his reasoning by illustrations from common things, and had said, "Who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk thereof?" then he brings in the Scriptures also, saying, "It is written in the law of …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
… candle on a candlestick, when he says, "So fight I, not as one that beateth the air; but I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection, lest that by any means, when I preach to others, I myself should be found a castaway." When He says, however, "that it may give light to all who are in the …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)