1 Corinthians 9

1 Am I not an Apostle? am I not fre? have I not sene Iesus Christ oure lorde?

Am I not a son of freedom? am I not an apostle? or have I not seen Jeshu Meshiha our Lord? or are not you my work in my Lord?

2 Are not ye my worke in the lorde. Yf I be not an Apostle vnto other yet am I vnto you. For the seale of myne Apostleshippe are ye in the lorde.

And if to others I be not an apostle, yet am I (such) to you; and the seal of my apostleship are you.

3 Myne answer to them that axe me is this.

My apology to them who judge me is this:

4 Have we not power to eate and to drynke?

Have we not authority to eat and to drink?

5 Ether have we not power to leade about a sister to wyfe as wel as other Apostles and as the brethren of the lorde and Cephas?

or have we not authority a sister, a wife, to lead about with us, as the rest of the apostles, and as the brethren of our Lord, and as Kipha?

6 Ether only I and Barnabas have not power this to do?

Or have I only, and Bar Naba, not authority to forbear from labour?

7 who goeth a warfare eny tyme at his awne cost? who planteth a vynearde and eateth not of the frute? Who fedeth a flocke and eateth not of the mylke?

Who serveth at service at the expenses of himself? or who planteth the vinery, and from the fruits thereof eateth not? or who pastureth sheep, and from the milk of the flock eateth not?

8 Saye I these thinges after the manner of men? Or sayth not the lawe the same also?

Do I as a man speak these things? Behold, the law also saith these things.

9 For it ys written in the lawe of Moses. Thou shall not mosell the mouth of the oxe that treadeth out the corne. Doth God take thought for oxen?

For it is written in the law of Musha, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out (the corn). But of oxen is Aloha careful?

10 Ether sayth he it not all to gedder for oure sakes? For oure sakes no doute this is written: that he which eareth shuld eare in hope: and that he which thressheth in hope shuld be parttaker of his hope.

But it is evident that on our account this is said; for on our account it is written, because that in hope it behoveth the ploughman to plough, and him who thresheth, in hope of provision (to thresh).

11 Yf we sowe vnto you spirituall thynges: is it a greate thynge yf we reepe youre carnall thynges

If we of the spirit have sown among you, is it a great thing if we from you of the body shall reap?

12 Yf other be parttakers of this power over you? wherfore are not we rather. Neverthelesse we have not vsed this power: but suffre all thinges lest we shuld hynder the gospell of Christ.

And if others have this power over you, much more have we. But we are not used in this power; but we bear all, lest in any thing we should hinder the gospel of the Meshiha.

13 Do ye not vnderstoder how that they which minister in the temple have their fyndynge of the temple? And they which wayte at the aulter are partakers with ye aultre?

KNOW you not that they who serve in the sanctuary from the sanctuary are sustained? And they who at the altar serve share with the altar?

14 Even so also dyd ye lorde ordayne that they which preache ye gospell shuld live of the gospell.

So also our Lord hath commanded, that they who his gospel preach, by his gospel shall live.

15 But I have vsed none of these thinges. Nether wrote I these thinges that it shuld be so done vnto me. For it were better for me to dye the yt eny man shnld take this reioysinge from me

But I am not used in one of these; nor on this account have I thus written, that so it should be done unto me: for it were better for me that dying I should die, than that any man my glorying should make void.

16 In that I preache the gospell I have nothinge to reioyce of. For necessite is put vnto me. Wo is it vnto me yf I preache not the gospell.

Yet also in preaching I have no cause to glory: for necessity lieth upon me; for woe to me unless I preach!

17 If I do it with a good will I have a rewarde. But yf I do it agaynst my will an office is committed vnto me.

For if with my will I do this, I have a reward. But if without my will, (yet) a stewardship is confided to me.

18 What is my rewarde then? Verely that whe I preache the gospell I make the gospell of Christ fre yt I misvse not myne auctorite in ye gospel

What, then, is my reward? That while preaching without expenses I may perform the annunciation of the Meshiha, and not abuse the power that is given to me in the gospel.

19 For though I be fre from all men yet have I made my silfe servaunt vnto all men that I myght wynne the moo.

For while free of all men, to all men I subject myself, that the many I may gain.

20 Vnto the Iewes I became as a Iewe to winne ye Iewes. To the that were vnder the lawe was I made as though I had bene vnder the lawe to wynne the that were vnder the lawe.

And I become with the Jihudoyee as a Jihudoya, that the Jihudoyee I may gain; and with them who are under the law, I become as one under the law, that them who are under the law I may gain;

21 To them that were without lawe be ca I as though I had bene without lawe (whe I was not without lawe as perteyninge to god but vnder a lawe as concerninge Christ) to wynne the that were without lawe.

and to those who have not the law I become as one without law, while I am not unto Aloha without law, but in the law of the Meshiha, that them also who have not law I may gain.

22 To the weake became I as weake to wynne the weake. In all thinge I fassioned my silfe to all men to save at ye lest waye some.

I become with the weak as weak, that the weak I may gain. To all men all become I, that every man I may save.

23 And this I do for the gospels sake that I might have my parte therof.

But this I do that I may be a participator in the gospel.

24 Perceave ye not how that they which runne in a course runne all yet but one receaveth the rewarde. So runne that ye maye obtayne.

Know you not, that they who run in the course, run all, but one taketh to him the victory? So run, that you may take hold.

25 Euery man yt proveth masteryes abstaineth from all thinges. And they do it to obtayne a corruptible croune: but we to obtayne an vncorruptible croune:

For every man who contendeth from every thing (besides with) holdeth his mind; and they who run (do it) that they may receive a crown that is corruptible, but we one that is incorruptible.

26 I therfore so runne not as at an vncertayne thinge. So fyght I not as one yt beateth the ayer:

I therefore so run, not as about a thing unknown; and so smite I, as not smiting the air;

27 but I tame my body and bringe it into subieccio lest after that I have preached to other I my silfe shuld be a castawaye.

but my body I subdue and make subservient, lest when to others I shall have preached, I my very self shall be rejected.