1 Corinthians 9:10-12
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
10 or is he not really speaking for our sake? It was written for our sake, because the plowman should plow in hope, and the thresher in hope of receiving a share.(A) 11 If we have sown spiritual seed for you, is it a great thing that we reap a material harvest from you?(B) 12 If others share this rightful claim on you, do not we still more?(C)
Reason for Not Using His Rights. Yet we have not used this right.[a] On the contrary, we endure everything so as not to place an obstacle to the gospel of Christ.
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- 9:12 It appears, too, that suspicion or misunderstanding has been created by Paul’s practice of not living from his preaching. The first reason he asserts in defense of this practice is an entirely apostolic one; it anticipates the developments to follow in 1 Cor 9:19–22. He will give a second reason in 1 Cor 9:15–18.
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