The Rights of an Apostle
1 Corinthians 9:11
In 9 translations
- BSB
- If we have sown spiritual seed among you, is it too much for us to reap a material harvest from you?
- KJV
- If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we shall reap your carnal things?
- WEB
- If we sowed to you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we reap your fleshly things?
- ASV
- If we sowed unto you spiritual things, is it a great matter if we shall reap your carnal things?
- LSV
- If we sowed to you the spiritual things—[is it] great if we reap your fleshly things?
- YLT
- If we to you the spiritual things did sow — great [is it] if we your fleshly things do reap?
- DBY
- If we have sown to you spiritual things, [is it a] great [thing] if we shall reap your carnal things?
- DRC
- If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great matter if we reap your carnal things?
- GNV
- If wee haue sowen vnto you spirituall thinges, is it a great thing if we reape your carnall thinges?
Word by word Greek · tap a word
Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Greek has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.
Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- εἰ ἡμεῖς ὑμῖν τὰ πνευματικὰ ἐσπείραμεν, μέγα εἰ ἡμεῖς ὑμῶν τὰ σαρκικὰ θερίσομεν;
- RP2018
- Εἰ ἡμεῖς ὑμῖν τὰ πνευματικὰ ἐσπείραμεν, μέγα εἰ ἡμεῖς ὑμῶν τὰ σαρκικὰ θερίσομεν;
- TR-Boyd
- Εἰ ἡμεῖς ὑμῖν τὰ πνευματικὰ ἐσπείραμεν, μέγα εἰ ἡμεῖς ὑμῶν τὰ σαρκικὰ θερίσομεν;
- SCR1894
- ει ημεις υμιν τα πνευματικα εσπειραμεν μεγα ει ημεις υμων τα σαρκικα θερισομεν
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
CarnalSpiritual ThingsReciprocityEvilReapingScribesSeedCorinthians, First Epistle to theMinistersPaul, the Apostle
From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).
Cross-references most cited first
- Romans 15:27They were pleased to do it, and indeed they owe it to them. For if the Gentiles have shared in their spiritual blessings, they are obligated to minister to them with material blessings.
- Galatians 6:6Nevertheless, the one who receives instruction in the word must share in all good things with his instructor.
- 2 Corinthians 11:15It is not surprising, then, if his servants masquerade as servants of righteousness. Their end will correspond to their actions.
- Matthew 10:10Take no bag for the road, or second tunic, or sandals, or staff; for the worker is worthy of his provisions.
- 2 Kings 5:13Naaman’s servants, however, approached him and said, “My father, if the prophet had told you to do some great thing, would you not have done it? How much more, then, when he tells you, ‘Wash and be cleansed’?”
- Malachi 3:8–9Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing Me! But you ask, ‘How do we rob You?’ In tithes and offerings. You are cursed with a curse, yet you—the whole nation—are still robbing Me.
From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).