1 Corinthians · Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
1 Corinthians 9 Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
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Notes on this text (2)
- The Old Testament is translated from the Hebrew, not from the Septuagint read in the Orthodox Church; there are no deuterocanonical books.
- Katharevousa (learned 19th-century Greek), as in the CrossWire module (text from theword.gr).
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
1 Δεν είμαι απόστολος; δεν είμαι ελεύθερος; δεν είδον τον Ιησούν Χριστόν τον Κύριον ημών; δεν είσθε σεις το έργον μου εν Κυρίω;
1 ¿NO soy apóstol? ¿no soy libre? ¿no he visto á Jesús el Señor nuestro? ¿no sois vosotros mi obra en el Señor?
1 Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Haven’t I seen Jesus Christ, our Lord? Aren’t you my work in the Lord?
2 Αν δεν ήμαι εις άλλους απόστολος, αλλ' εις εσάς τουλάχιστον είμαι· διότι η σφραγίς της αποστολής μου σεις είσθε εν Κυρίω.
2 Si á los otros no soy apóstol, á vosotros ciertamente lo soy: porque el sello de mi apostolado sois vosotros en el Señor.
2 If to others I am not an apostle, yet at least I am to you; for you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.
3 Η απολογία μου εις τους ανακρίνοντάς με είναι αύτη·
3 Esta es mi respuesta á los que me preguntan.
3 My defense to those who examine me is this:
4 μη δεν έχομεν εξουσίαν να φάγωμεν και να πίωμεν;
4 Qué, ¿no tenemos potestad de comer y de beber?
4 Have we no right to eat and to drink?
5 μη δεν έχομεν εξουσίαν να συμπεριφέρωμεν αδελφήν γυναίκα, ως και οι λοιποί απόστολοι και οι αδελφοί του Κυρίου και ο Κηφάς;
5 ¿No tenemos potestad de traer [con nosotros] una hermana mujer también como los otros apóstoles, y los hermanos del Señor, y Cefas?
5 Have we no right to take along a wife who is a believer, even as the rest of the apostles, and the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas?
6 ή μόνος εγώ και ο Βαρνάβας δεν έχομεν εξουσίαν να μη εργαζώμεθα;
6 ¿O sólo yo y Bernabé no tenemos potestad de no trabajar?
6 Or have only Barnabas and I no right to not work?
7 Τις ποτέ εκστρατεύει με ίδια αυτού έξοδα; Τις φυτεύει αμπελώνα και δεν τρώγει εκ του καρπού αυτού; ή τις ποιμαίνει ποίμνιον και δεν τρώγει εκ του γάλακτος του ποιμνίου;
7 ¿Quién jamás peleó á sus expensas? ¿quién planta viña, y no come de su fruto? ¿ó quién apacienta el ganado, y no come de la leche del ganado?
7 What soldier ever serves at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard, and doesn’t eat of its fruit? Or who feeds a flock, and doesn’t drink from the flock’s milk?
8 Μήπως κατά άνθρωπον λαλώ ταύτα; ή δεν λέγει ταύτα και ο νόμος;
8 ¿Digo esto según los hombres? ¿no dice esto también la ley?
8 Do I speak these things according to the ways of men? Or doesn’t the law also say the same thing?
9 διότι εν τω νόμω του Μωϋσέως είναι γεγραμμένον· Δεν θέλεις εμφράξει το στόμα βοός αλωνίζοντος. Μήπως μέλει τον Θεόν περί των βοών;
9 Porque en la ley de Moisés está escrito: No pondrás bozal al buey que trilla. ¿Tiene Dios cuidado de los bueyes?
9 For it is written in the law of Moses, “You shall not muzzle an ox while it treads out the grain.” Is it for the oxen that God cares,
10 ή δι' ημάς βεβαίως λέγει τούτο; διότι δι' ημάς εγράφη, ότι ο αροτριών με ελπίδα πρέπει να αροτριά, και ο αλωνίζων με ελπίδα να μετέχη της ελπίδος αυτού.
10 ¿O dícelo enteramente por nosotros? Pues por nosotros está escrito; porque con esperanza ha de arar el que ara; y el que trilla, con esperanza de recibir el fruto.
10 or does he say it assuredly for our sake? Yes, it was written for our sake, because he who plows ought to plow in hope, and he who threshes in hope should partake of his hope.
11 Εάν ημείς εσπείραμεν εις εσάς τα πνευματικά, μέγα είναι εάν ημείς θερίσωμεν τα σαρκικά σας;
11 Si nosotros os sembramos lo espiritual, ¿es gran cosa si segáremos lo vuestro carnal?
11 If we sowed to you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we reap your fleshly things?
12 Εάν άλλοι μετέχωσι της εφ' υμάς εξουσίας, δεν πρέπει μάλλον ημείς; Αλλά δεν μετεχειρίσθημεν την εξουσίαν ταύτην, αλλ' υποφέρομεν πάντα, διά να μη προξενήσωμεν εμπόδιόν τι εις το ευαγγέλιον του Χριστού.
12 Si otros tienen en vosotros esta potestad, ¿no más bien nosotros? Mas no hemos usado de esta potestad: antes lo sufrimos todo, por no poner ningún obstáculo al evangelio de Cristo.
12 If others partake of this right over you, don’t we yet more? Nevertheless we didn’t use this right, but we bear all things, that we may cause no hindrance to the Good News of Christ.
13 Δεν εξεύρετε ότι οι εργαζόμενοι τα ιερά εκ του ιερού τρώγουσιν, οι ενασχολούμενοι εις το θυσιαστήριον μετά του θυσιαστηρίου λαμβάνουσι μερίδιον;
13 ¿No sabéis que los que trabajan en el santuario, comen del santuario; y que los que sirven al altar, del altar participan?
13 Don’t you know that those who serve around sacred things eat from the things of the temple, and those who wait on the altar have their portion with the altar?
14 Ούτω και ο Κύριος διέταξεν, οι κηρύττοντες το ευαγγέλιον να ζώσιν εκ του ευαγγελίου.
14 Así también ordenó el Señor á los que anuncian el evangelio, que vivan del evangelio.
14 Even so the Lord ordained that those who proclaim the Good News should live from the Good News.
15 Πλην εγώ ουδέν τούτων μετεχειρίσθην. Ουδέ έγραψα ταύτα διά να γείνη ούτως εις εμέ· διότι καλόν είναι εις εμέ να αποθάνω μάλλον παρά να ματαιώση τις το καύχημά μου.
15 Mas yo de nada de esto me aproveché: ni tampoco he escrito esto para que se haga así conmigo; porque tengo por mejor morir, antes que nadie haga vana [esta] mi gloria.
15 But I have used none of these things, and I don’t write these things that it may be done so in my case; for I would rather die, than that anyone should make my boasting void.
16 Διότι εάν κηρύττω το ευαγγέλιον, δεν είναι εις εμέ καύχημα· επειδή ανάγκη επίκειται εις εμέ· ουαί δε είναι εις εμέ εάν δεν κηρύττω·
16 Pues bien que anuncio el evangelio, no tengo por qué gloriarme; porque me es impuesta necesidad; y ¡ay de mí si no anunciare el evangelio!
16 For if I preach the Good News, I have nothing to boast about, for necessity is laid on me; but woe is to me if I don’t preach the Good News.
17 επειδή εάν κάμνω τούτο εκουσίως, έχω μισθόν· εάν δε ακουσίως, είμαι εμπεπιστευμένος οικονομίαν.
17 Por lo cual, si lo hago de voluntad, premio tendré; mas si por fuerza, la dispensación me ha sido encargada.
17 For if I do this of my own will, I have a reward. But if not of my own will, I have a stewardship entrusted to me.
18 Τις λοιπόν είναι ο μισθός μου; το να κάμω αδάπανον το ευαγγέλιον του Χριστού διά της κηρύξεώς μου, ώστε να μη κάμνω κατάχρησιν της εξουσίας μου εν τω ευαγγελίω.
18 ¿Cuál, pues, es mi merced? Que predicando el evangelio, ponga el evangelio de Cristo de balde, para no usar mal de mi potestad en el evangelio.
18 What then is my reward? That when I preach the Good News, I may present the Good News of Christ without charge, so as not to abuse my authority in the Good News.
19 Διότι ελεύθερος ων πάντων εις πάντας εδούλωσα εμαυτόν, διά να κερδήσω τους πλειοτέρους·
19 Por lo cual, siendo libre para con todos, me he hecho siervo de todos por ganar á más.
19 For though I was free from all, I brought myself under bondage to all, that I might gain the more.
20 και έγεινα εις τους Ιουδαίους ως Ιουδαίος, διά να κερδήσω τους Ιουδαίους· εις τους υπό νόμον ως υπό νόμον, διά να κερδήσω τους υπό νόμον·
20 Heme hecho á los Judíos como Judío, por ganar á los Judíos; á los que están sujetos á la ley (aunque yo no sea sujeto á la ley) como sujeto á la ley, por ganar á los que están sujetos á la ley;
20 To the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain Jews; to those who are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain those who are under the law;
21 εις τους ανόμους ως άνομος, μη ων άνομος εις τον Θεόν, αλλ' έννομος εις τον Χριστόν, διά να κερδήσω ανόμους·
21 A los que son sin ley, como si yo fuera sin ley, (no estando yo sin ley de Dios, mas en la ley de Cristo) por ganar á los que estaban sin ley.
21 to those who are without law, as without law (not being without law toward God, but under law toward Christ), that I might win those who are without law.
22 έγεινα εις τους ασθενείς ως ασθενής, διά να κερδήσω τους ασθενείς· εις πάντας έγεινα τα πάντα, διά να σώσω παντί τρόπω τινάς.
22 Me he hecho á los flacos flaco, por ganar á los flacos: á todos me he hecho todo, para que de todo punto salve á algunos.
22 To the weak I became as weak, that I might gain the weak. I have become all things to all men, that I may by all means save some.
23 Κάμνω δε τούτο διά το ευαγγέλιον, διά να γείνω συγκοινωνός αυτού.
23 Y esto hago por causa del evangelio, por hacerme juntamente participante de él.
23 Now I do this for the sake of the Good News, that I may be a joint partaker of it.
24 Δεν εξεύρετε ότι οι τρέχοντες εν τω σταδίω πάντες μεν τρέχουσιν, εις όμως λαμβάνει το βραβείον; ούτω τρέχετε, ώστε να λάβητε αυτό.
24 ¿No sabéis que los que corren en el estadio, todos á la verdad corren, mas uno lleva el premio? Corred de tal manera que [lo] obtengáis.
24 Don’t you know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run like that, so that you may win.
25 Πας δε ο αγωνιζόμενος εις πάντα εγκρατεύεται, εκείνοι μεν διά να λάβωσι φθαρτόν στέφανον, ημείς δε άφθαρτον.
25 Y todo aquel que lucha, de todo se abstiene: y ellos, á la verdad, para recibir una corona corruptible; mas nosotros, incorruptible.
25 Every man who strives in the games exercises self-control in all things. Now they do it to receive a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible.
26 Εγώ λοιπόν ούτω τρέχω, ουχί ως αβεβαίως, ούτω πυγμαχώ, ουχί ως κτυπών τον αέρα,
26 Así que, yo de esta manera corro, no como á cosa incierta; de esta manera peleo, no como quien hiere el aire:
26 I therefore run like that, not aimlessly. I fight like that, not beating the air,
27 αλλά δαμάζω το σώμα μου και δουλαγωγώ, μήπως εις άλλους κηρύξας εγώ γείνω αδόκιμος.
27 Antes hiero mi cuerpo, y lo pongo en servidumbre; no sea que, habiendo predicado á otros, yo mismo venga á ser reprobado.
27 but I beat my body and bring it into submission, lest by any means, after I have preached to others, I myself should be disqualified.
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).
How these were chosen
“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)