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The Rights of an Apostle

1 Corinthians 9:8

In 9 translations

BSB
Do I say this from a human perspective? Doesn’t the Law say the same thing?
KJV
Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also?
WEB
Do I speak these things according to the ways of men? Or doesn’t the law also say the same thing?
ASV
Do I speak these things after the manner of men? or saith not the law also the same?
LSV
Do I speak these things according to man? Or does the Law not also say these things?
YLT
According to man do I speak these things? or doth not also the law say these things?
DBY
Do I speak these things as a man, or does not the law also say these things?
DRC
Speak I these things according to man? Or doth not the law also say these things?
GNV
Say I these thinges according to man? saith not the Lawe the same also?

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Where the editions differ

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  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read οὐ (“not”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read οὐχὶ (“not”).
SBLGNT apparatus (1)

A comparison of published Greek editions. “Add” means after the SBLGNT wording; “omit” refers to that wording.

  • SBLGNT: καὶ … ταῦτα οὐ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read καὶ … ταῦτα οὐ; Robinson–Pierpont read οὐχὶ καὶ … ταῦτα.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
Μὴ κατὰ ἄνθρωπον ταῦτα λαλῶ ἢ καὶ ὁ νόμος ταῦτα οὐ λέγει;
RP2018
Μὴ κατὰ ἄνθρωπον ταῦτα λαλῶ; Ἢ οὐχὶ καὶ ὁ νόμος ταῦτα λέγει;
TR-Boyd
Μὴ κατὰ ἄνθρωπον ταῦτα λαλῶ; Ἢ οὐχὶ καὶ ὁ νόμος ταῦτα λέγει;
SCR1894
μη κατα ανθρωπον ταυτα λαλω η ουχι και ο νομος ταυτα λεγει

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Isaiah 8:20To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn.
  • Romans 3:31Do we, then, nullify the law by this faith? Certainly not! Instead, we uphold the law.
  • 1 Thessalonians 2:13And we continually thank God because, when you received the word of God that you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men, but as the true word of God—the word which is now at work in you who believe.
  • 1 Thessalonians 4:8Anyone, then, who rejects this command does not reject man but God, the very One who gives you His Holy Spirit.
  • 1 Corinthians 14:34Women are to be silent in the churches. They are not permitted to speak, but must be in submission, as the law says.
  • Romans 6:19I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. Just as you used to offer the parts of your body in slavery to impurity and to escalating wickedness, so now offer them in slavery to righteousness…
  • 1 Corinthians 7:40In my judgment, however, she is happier if she remains as she is. And I think that I too have the Spirit of God.

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).

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