1 Corinthians 9:8 “Do I say this from a human perspective? Doesn’t the Law say the same t…”

1 Corinthians 9:8

Do I say this from a human perspective? Doesn’t the Law say the same thing?

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also?

World English Bible

Do I speak these things according to the ways of men? Or doesn’t the law also say the same thing?

American Standard Version

Do I speak these things after the manner of men? or saith not the law also the same?

Geneva Bible 1599

Say I these thinges according to man? saith not the Lawe the same also?

Darby Translation

Do I speak these things as a man, or does not the law also say these things?

Young's Literal Translation

According to man do I speak these things? or doth not also the law say these things?

Bible in Basic English

Am I talking as a man? does not the law say the same?

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Cross references

“as”

1 Corinthians 7:40 Romans 6:19 1 Thessalonians 2:13 1 Thessalonians 4:8

1 Corinthians 7:40 · BSB

In my judgment, however, she is happier if she remains as she is. And I think that I too have the Spirit of God.

Romans 6:19 · BSB

I 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 lead…

1 Thessalonians 2:13 · BSB

And 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 it truly is, the word of God, which is also now at work in you who believe.

1 Thessalonians 4:8 · BSB

Anyone, then, who rejects this command does not reject man but God, the very One who gives you His Holy Spirit.

“or”

1 Corinthians 14:34 Isaiah 8:20 Romans 3:31

1 Corinthians 14:34 · BSB

Women are to be silent in the churches. They are not permitted to speak, but must be in submission, as the law says.

Isaiah 8:20 · BSB

To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn.

Romans 3:31 · BSB

Do we, then, nullify the law by this faith? Certainly not! Instead, we uphold the law.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

7Who serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat of its fruit? Who tends a flock and does not drink of its milk?

9For it is written in the Law of Moses: “Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.” Is it about oxen that God is concerned?

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