Verse 23

Now the words 'it was credited to him' were not written for his sake alone,

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  • Rom 15:4 : 4 For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures, we might have hope.
  • 1 Cor 10:11 : 11 These things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the fulfillment of the ages has come.
  • 2 Tim 3:16-17 : 16 All Scripture is God-breathed and useful for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, 17 so that the servant of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.
  • 1 Cor 10:6 : 6 Now these things happened as examples for us, so that we would not desire evil things as they did.
  • 1 Cor 9:9-9 : 9 For it is written in the law of Moses: "You shall not muzzle an ox while it treads out the grain." Is it oxen that God is concerned about? 10 Or does He say this entirely for our sake? Yes, it was written for our sake because the plowman ought to plow in hope and the thresher to thresh in hope of sharing the harvest.