1 Corinthians 9:10

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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.

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  • 2 Tim 2:6 : 6 The hardworking farmer should be the first to partake of the crops.
  • Rom 4:23-24 : 23 Now the words 'it was credited to him' were not written for his sake alone, 24 but also for us, to whom it will be credited—to those who believe in Him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead.
  • 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 3:9 : 9 For we are God’s coworkers; you are God’s field, God’s building.
  • 2 Cor 4:15 : 15 All this is for your benefit, so that grace, having increased through the many, may cause thanksgiving to overflow to the glory of God.
  • Matt 24:22 : 22 If those days had not been cut short, no one would survive. But for the sake of the elect, those days will be shortened.
  • Luke 17:7-8 : 7 Which of you, having a servant plowing or tending sheep, will say to him when he comes in from the field, ‘Come at once and sit down to eat’? 8 Instead, won't he say to him, ‘Prepare my dinner, make yourself ready and serve me while I eat and drink; after that, you may eat and drink’?
  • John 4:35-38 : 35 Do you not say, 'There are still four months until harvest'? Look, I tell you: Lift up your eyes and see that the fields are white for harvest already. 36 The one who reaps is receiving wages and gathering fruit for eternal life, so that the one who sows and the one who reaps may rejoice together. 37 For in this the saying is true: 'One sows, and another reaps.' 38 I sent you to reap what you have not worked for; others have labored, and you have entered into their labor.

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  • 1 Cor 9:6-9
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    6Or is it only Barnabas and I who lack the right to not work for a living?

    7Who serves as a soldier at their own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat its fruit? Or who tends a flock and does not drink the milk from the flock?

    8Do I say these things merely from a human perspective? Doesn’t the Law also say the same?

    9For 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?

  • 1 Cor 9:11-14
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    11If we have sown spiritual things among you, is it too much if we reap material benefits from you?

    12If others have this right to receive from you, shouldn’t we have it even more? But we have not used this right. Instead, we endure all things so that we will not be a hindrance to the gospel of Christ.

    13Do you not know that those who work in the temple eat the food from the temple, and those who serve at the altar share in the offerings of the altar?

    14In the same way, the Lord has commanded that those who preach the gospel should receive their living from the gospel.

  • 2 Tim 2:6
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    6The hardworking farmer should be the first to partake of the crops.

  • 2 Cor 9:6
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    6Remember this: The one who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the one who sows generously will also reap generously.

  • 2 Cor 9:9-10
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    9As it is written: 'He has scattered; he has given to the poor; his righteousness endures forever.'

    10Now the one who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will also supply and multiply your seed and increase the harvest of your righteousness.

  • John 4:36-37
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    36The one who reaps is receiving wages and gathering fruit for eternal life, so that the one who sows and the one who reaps may rejoice together.

    37For in this the saying is true: 'One sows, and another reaps.'

  • 1 Tim 5:18
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    18For the Scripture says, 'You shall not muzzle the ox while it is threshing,' and, 'The worker is worthy of his wages.'

  • Gal 6:7-10
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    7Do not be deceived: God is not mocked. For whatever a person sows, that they will also reap.

    8The one who sows to their flesh will reap decay from the flesh, but the one who sows to the Spirit will reap eternal life from the Spirit.

    9Let us not grow weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.

    10Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, especially to those who belong to the household of faith.

  • Rom 15:4
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    4For 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.

  • Isa 28:24-25
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    24Does the plowman plow all day to sow? Does he continually break up and harrow his ground?

    25When he has leveled its surface, does he not sow black cumin and scatter cumin? Does he not plant wheat in rows, barley in its place, and spelt in its own plot?

  • 1 Cor 3:8-9
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    8The one who plants and the one who waters are one, and each will receive their reward according to their own labor.

    9For we are God’s coworkers; you are God’s field, God’s building.

  • Deut 25:4
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    4Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.

  • 1 Cor 9:23
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    23I do all this for the sake of the gospel, so that I may share in its blessings.

  • Ps 129:7
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    7with which the reaper does not fill his hand, nor the binder of sheaves his arms.

  • Hos 10:12
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    12Sow righteousness for yourselves, reap the fruit of unfailing love, and break up your unplowed ground; for it is time to seek the LORD until He comes and showers His righteousness on you.

  • 2 Cor 10:15-16
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    15Neither do we go beyond our limits by boasting in the labors of others. But our hope is that as your faith continues to grow, our sphere of activity among you will greatly expand,

    16so that we can preach the gospel in the regions beyond you. For we do not want to boast in work already done in another person's area.

  • Isa 28:28
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    28Grain must be ground to make bread, but it is not endlessly threshed. Though the wheels of a cart roll over it and its horses trample it, they do not crush it entirely.

  • 2 Thess 3:8-10
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    8We did not eat anyone’s bread without paying for it. Instead, we worked with toil and hardship night and day so as not to be a burden to any of you.

    9It was not that we lack the right to receive support, but we wanted to offer ourselves as an example for you to imitate.

    10For even when we were with you, we gave you this command: If anyone is unwilling to work, they should not eat.

  • Heb 6:11
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    11We want each of you to show this same diligence to the very end, so that your hope may be fully realized.

  • Heb 6:7
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    7For the land that drinks in the rain that often falls on it and produces crops useful to those for whom it is cultivated receives a blessing from God.

  • Mark 4:28
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    28The soil produces a crop by itself—first the blade, then the head, and then the full grain on the head.

  • Rom 8:24-25
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    24For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what they already see?

    25But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it with patience.

  • 1 Cor 15:37
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    37And what you sow, you do not sow the body that will be, but a bare seed—perhaps of wheat or something else.

  • Ps 126:5-6
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    5Those who sow in tears shall reap with joyful shouting.

    6The one who goes out weeping, carrying seed to sow, will surely return with joyful shouting, carrying their sheaves.

  • Matt 9:38
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    38Therefore, ask the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into his harvest field.

  • 1 Tim 4:10
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    10That is why we labor and strive, because we have put our hope in the living God, who is the Savior of all people, especially of those who believe.

  • 2 Cor 8:13
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    13Our desire is not for others to be relieved while you are burdened, but for equality.

  • Lev 19:9
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    9When you reap the harvest of your land, do not reap to the very edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest.

  • Joel 1:17
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    17The seeds shrivel beneath their clods, the storehouses are desolate, the granaries are broken down, for the grain has dried up.

  • 2 Cor 4:15
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    15All this is for your benefit, so that grace, having increased through the many, may cause thanksgiving to overflow to the glory of God.

  • Job 4:8
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    8As I have seen, those who plow iniquity and sow trouble reap the same.

  • 1 Cor 15:11
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    11Whether then it is I or they, this is what we preach, and this is what you believed.