1 Corinthians 9:11

carnel

That is, things for the body.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

If we have sown unto you spiritual things - If we have been the means of imparting to you the gospel, and bestowing upon you its high hopes and p...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

(7) If we have sown unto you spiritual things, [is it] a great thing if we shall reap your carnal things? (7) An assumption of the arguments with an...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 9. This chapter is not a digression, and is not primarily concerned with a vindication of Paul's apostolic status and rights. He enfo...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

spiritual things . the spiritual (things). Greek. pneumatikos. See 1 Corinthians 12:1 . carnal . Greek. sarkikos. See Romans 7:14 .
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

11. If we have sown unto you spiritual things There was one cavil remaining — for it might be objected, that labors connected with this life...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we shall reap your carnal things? If we have sown unto you spiritual things - If...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we shall reap your carnal things? We ... we - emphatic in the Greek. You...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

(b) Food offered to Idols (ii) St. Paul's own Example St. Paul has appealed to the 'enlightened' converts at Corinth to give up for the sake of...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Carnal things ] i.e. earthly material support: cp. Romans 15:27 .
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

If we have sown unto you spiritual things. — The two sentences in this verse contain a striking double antithesis, the “we” and “you” being emphati...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 13 MAINTENANCE OF THE MINISTRY IN the preceding chapter Paul has disposed of the question put to him regarding meats offered in sacrifice...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Rights and Their Surrender 1 Corinthians 9:1-15 Paul's claim to an equality with Peter and the other Apostles was violently disputed by his ene...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The words, "my defence to them that examine me is this," reveal the opposition to him in Corinth. The two words, "defence" and "examine," are purely...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(7) Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

If we have sown unto you spiritual things ,.... The preachers of the Gospel are compared to sowers of seed; the seed they sow is the word of God, wh...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we shall reap your carnal things? Ver. 11. Is it a great thing, &c. ] Do...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

If we have sown unto you spiritual things By our incessant diligence in preaching to you the gospel of the blessed God; is it a great thing More...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Because of the lowliness and grace on the part of the apostle, such as chapter 8 shows in the consideration of his brethren, there were some who woul...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Rights of a Christian Minister. A. D. 57. ...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

By spiritual things the apostle meaneth the doctrine and sacraments of the gospel; which are called spiritual things, because they come from hea...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Paul Now Points Out That He Refuses To Use His Freedom In Any Way That Would Cause Young Christians To Be Led Astray. His Next Example Refers To His...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

'If we have sowed to you spiritual things, is it a great matter if we shall reap your fleshly things?' So the Scripture is here declaring that those...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES 1 Corinthians 9:1 .—Notice the reversed order of clauses in the better-attested reading. Free .— I.c. quâ man; he is always Chri...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Corinthians 9:1 . Am I not an apostle? Am I not free? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are not you my work in the Lord? Having illustrated the le...
The Biblical Illustrator

Am I not an apostle? Am I not free? Have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? Signs of apostleship Why should Paul, departing from his usual cust...
The Biblical Illustrator

Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? The baffle of life We have here-- I. An inspiriting metaphor. When life is represented as a...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION 1 Corinthians 9:1-46 The rights and the self denial of an apostle. 1 Corinthians 9:1-46 An apostle's right to maintenance....
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Scriptural proof and its application:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we shall reap your carnal things?
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Corinthians 11:15 ; 2 Kings 5:13 ; Galatians 6:6 ; Malachi 3:8 ; Malachi 3:9 ; Matthew 10:10 ; Romans 15:27
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Is it a great matter if we shall reap as much of your carnal things — As is needful for our sustenance? Do you give us things of greater value than...

¹¹ If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we shall reap your carnal things?

Related Commentaries of 1 Corinthians 9:11

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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