1 Corinthians 9:8

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Do I speak these things {G3361} after the manner of men? or saith not the law also the same?

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

Isa 8:20 : 20 To the law and to the testimony! if they speak not according to this word, surely there is no morning for them.
Rom 3:31 : 31 Do we then make the law of none effect through faith? God forbid: nay, we establish the law.
Rom 6:19 : 19 I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye presented your members [as] servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity, even so now present your members [as] servants to righteousness unto sanctification.
1 Cor 7:40 : 40 But she is happier if she abide as she is, after my judgment: and I think that I also have the Spirit of God.
1 Cor 14:34 : 34 let the women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but let them be in subjection, as also saith the law.
1 Thess 2:13 : 13 And for this cause we also thank God without ceasing, that, when ye received from us the word of the message, [even the word] of God, ye accepted [it] not [as] the word of men, but, as it is in truth, the word of God, which also worketh in you that believe.
1 Thess 4:8 : 8 Therefore he that rejecteth, rejecteth not man, but God, who giveth his Holy Spirit unto you.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

1 Cor 9:9-15
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84%
9For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn. {G3361} Is it for the oxen that God careth,
10or saith he it assuredly for our sake? Yea, for our sake it was written: because he that ploweth ought to plow in hope, and he that thresheth, [to thresh] in hope of partaking.
11If we sowed unto you spiritual things, is it a great matter if we shall reap your carnal things?
12If others partake of [this] right over you, do not we yet more? Nevertheless we did not use this right; but we bear all things, that we may cause no hindrance to the gospel of Christ.
13Know ye not that they that minister about sacred things eat [of] the things of the temple, [and] they that wait upon the altar have their portion with the altar?
14Even so did the Lord ordain that they that proclaim the gospel should live of the gospel.
15But I have used none of these things: and I write not these things that it may be so done in my case; for [it were] good for me rather to die, {G2570} than that any man should make my glorifying void.
1 Cor 9:6-7
2 verses
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6Or I only and Barnabas, have we not a right to forbear working?
7What soldier ever serveth at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not the fruit thereof? Or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock?
Gal 4:21
71%
21Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law?
1 Cor 9:3-4
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3My defence to them that examine me is this.
4Have we {G3361} no right to eat and to drink?
1 Tim 5:18
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18For the scripture saith, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn. And, The laborer is worthy of his hire.
1 Cor 9:17-18
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17For if I do this of mine own will, I have a reward: but if not of mine own will, I have a stewardship intrusted to me.
18What then is my reward? That, when I preach the gospel, I may make the gospel {G5547} without charge, so as not to use to the full my right in the gospel.
Rom 10:5
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5For Moses writeth that the man that doeth the righteousness which is of the law shall live {G1722} thereby.
Deut 25:4
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4Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out [the grain].
Rom 7:7
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7What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Howbeit, I had not known sin, except through the law: for I had not known coveting, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet:
Gal 1:10
69%
10For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? or am I striving to please men? {G1063} if I were still pleasing men, I should not be a servant of Christ.
2 Cor 8:13
69%
13For [I say] not [this] that others may be eased [and] ye distressed;
Rom 3:5
69%
5But if our righteousness commendeth the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who visiteth with wrath? (I speak after the manner of men.)
1 Cor 9:21
68%
21to them that are without law, as without law, not being without law to God, but under law to Christ, that I might gain them that are without law.
1 Cor 10:29
68%
29conscience, I say, not thine own, but the other's; for {G2443} why is my liberty judged by another conscience?
1 Cor 9:1
68%
1Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus {G5547} our Lord? Are not ye my work in the Lord?
Rom 7:1
68%
1Or are ye ignorant, brethren (for I speak to men who know the law), that the law hath dominion over a man for so long time as he liveth?
1 Cor 7:6
68%
6But this I say by way of concession, not of commandment.
1 Tim 1:8
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8But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully,
John 8:15
68%
15Ye judge after the flesh; I judge no man.
Mark 2:24
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24And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful?
Matt 12:12
68%
12How much then is a man of more value than a sheep! Wherefore it is lawful to do good on the sabbath day.
Job 10:4
68%
4Hast thou eyes of flesh? Or seest thou as man seeth?
Jas 2:12
68%
12So speak ye, and so do, as men that are to be judged by a law of liberty.
2 Cor 9:6
68%
6But this [I say,] He that soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he that soweth {G1909} bountifully shall reap also {G1909} bountifully.
Gal 3:12
68%
12and the law is not of faith; but, He that doeth them shall live in them.
2 Cor 11:7
68%
7Or did I commit a sin in abasing myself that ye might be exalted, because I preached to you the gospel of God for nought?
Luke 17:8
68%
8and will not rather say unto him, Make ready wherewith I may sup, and gird thyself, and serve me, till I have eaten and drunken; and afterward {G5023} thou shalt eat and drink?
Rom 2:27
68%
27and shall not the uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfil the law, judge thee, who with the letter and circumcision art a transgressor of the law?
Rom 2:14
68%
14(for when Gentiles that have not the law do by nature the things of the law, these, not having the law, are the law unto themselves;
John 8:5
68%
5Now in the law Moses commanded us to stone such: what then sayest thou of her?
1 Cor 10:15
68%
15I speak as to wise men; judge ye what I say.
1 Cor 10:23
67%
23All things are lawful; {G3427} but not all things are expedient. All things are lawful; {G3427} but not all things edify.
Rom 13:8
67%
8Owe no man anything, save to love one another: for he that loveth his neighbor hath fulfilled the law.
Job 6:22
67%
22Did I say, Give unto me? Or, Offer a present for me of your substance?
Rom 2:3
67%
3And reckonest thou this, O man, who judgest them that practise such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God?
1 Cor 4:3
67%
3But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged of you, or of man's judgment: yea, I judge not mine own self.
Rom 7:16
67%
16But if what I would not, that I do, I consent unto the law that it is good.
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67%
22thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou rob temples?
2 Cor 8:8
67%
8I speak not by way of commandment, but as proving through the earnestness of others the sincerity also of your love.
Job 40:8
67%
8Wilt thou even annul my judgment? Wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be justified?
Luke 6:2
67%
2But certain of the Pharisees said, Why do ye that which it is not lawful to do on the sabbath day?