15 {
"verseID": "1 Corinthians.9.15",
"source": "Ἐγὼ δὲ οὐδενὶ ἐχρησάμην τούτων: οὐκ ἔγραψα δὲ ταῦτα, ἵνα οὕτως γένηται ἐν ἐμοί: καλὸν γάρ μοι μᾶλλον ἀποθανεῖν, ἤ τὸ καύχημά μου ἵνα τις κενώσῃ.",
"text": "I but none *echrēsamēn* of these things: not *egrapsa* but these things, that thus it might *genētai* in me: *kalon* for to me rather to *apothanein*, than the *kauchēma* of me that anyone should *kenōsē*.",
"grammar": {
"*echrēsamēn*": "aorist middle, 1st person singular - used/made use of",
"*egrapsa*": "aorist active, 1st person singular - wrote",
"*genētai*": "aorist subjunctive, 3rd person singular - might be/happen",
"*kalon*": "nominative, neuter, singular - good/better",
"*apothanein*": "aorist infinitive - to die",
"*kauchēma*": "accusative, neuter, singular - boasting/ground for boasting",
"*kenōsē*": "aorist subjunctive, 3rd person singular - should make empty/void"
},
"variants": {
"*echrēsamēn*": "used/made use of/availed myself of",
"*egrapsa*": "wrote/have written",
"*genētai*": "might be/might happen/should occur",
"*kalon*": "good/better/preferable",
"*apothanein*": "to die/to perish",
"*kauchēma*": "boasting/ground for boasting/what I boast in",
"*kenōsē*": "make empty/void/nullify"
}
}
16 {
"verseID": "1 Corinthians.9.16",
"source": "Ἐὰν γὰρ εὐαγγελίζωμαι, οὐκ ἔστιν μοι καύχημα: ἀνάγκη γάρ μοι ἐπίκειται· οὐαὶ δέ μοί ἐστιν, ἐὰν μὴ εὐαγγελίζωμαι!",
"text": "For if I *euangelizōmai*, not *estin* to me *kauchēma*: *anankē* for to me *epikeitai*; *ouai* but to me *estin*, if not I *euangelizōmai*!",
"grammar": {
"*euangelizōmai*": "present subjunctive, middle, 1st person singular - preach the gospel",
"*estin*": "present indicative, 3rd person singular - is",
"*kauchēma*": "nominative, neuter, singular - boasting/ground for boasting",
"*anankē*": "nominative, feminine, singular - necessity/compulsion",
"*epikeitai*": "present indicative, middle, 3rd person singular - is laid upon/imposed",
"*ouai*": "interjection - woe",
"*euangelizōmai*": "present subjunctive, middle, 1st person singular - preach the gospel"
},
"variants": {
"*euangelizōmai*": "preach the gospel/proclaim good news",
"*kauchēma*": "boasting/ground for boasting/reason to boast",
"*anankē*": "necessity/compulsion/obligation",
"*epikeitai*": "is laid upon/is imposed upon/presses upon",
"*ouai*": "woe/alas/grief"
}
}
17 {
"verseID": "1 Corinthians.9.17",
"source": "Εἰ γὰρ ἑκὼν τοῦτο πράσσω, μισθὸν ἔχω: εἰ δὲ ἄκων, οἰκονομίαν πεπίστευμαι.",
"text": "For if *hekōn* this I *prassō*, *misthon* I *echō*: but if *akōn*, *oikonomian* I have been *pepisteumai*.",
"grammar": {
"*hekōn*": "nominative, masculine, singular - willingly/voluntarily",
"*prassō*": "present indicative, 1st person singular - do/perform",
"*misthon*": "accusative, masculine, singular - reward/wage",
"*echō*": "present indicative, 1st person singular - have",
"*akōn*": "nominative, masculine, singular - unwillingly/against will",
"*oikonomian*": "accusative, feminine, singular - stewardship/administration",
"*pepisteumai*": "perfect passive, 1st person singular - have been entrusted"
},
"variants": {
"*hekōn*": "willingly/voluntarily/of my own will",
"*prassō*": "do/perform/practice",
"*misthon*": "reward/wage/payment",
"*akōn*": "unwillingly/against will/involuntarily",
"*oikonomian*": "stewardship/administration/commission",
"*pepisteumai*": "have been entrusted with/am entrusted with/have been given trust of"
}
}
18 {
"verseID": "1 Corinthians.9.18",
"source": "Τίς οὖν μοί ἐστιν ὁ μισθός; ἵνα, εὐαγγελιζόμενος, ἀδάπανον θήσω τὸ εὐαγγέλιον τοῦ Χριστοῦ, εἰς τὸ μὴ καταχρήσασθαι τῇ ἐξουσίᾳ μου ἐν τῷ εὐαγγελίῳ.",
"text": "What then to me *estin* the *misthos*? That, *euangelizomenos*, *adapanon* I shall *thēsō* the *euangelion* of the *Christou*, so as the not to *katachrēsasthai* the *exousia* of me in the *euangeliō*.",
"grammar": {
"*estin*": "present indicative, 3rd person singular - is",
"*misthos*": "nominative, masculine, singular - reward/wage",
"*euangelizomenos*": "present participle, nominative, masculine, singular - preaching the gospel",
"*adapanon*": "accusative, neuter, singular - free of charge/without cost",
"*thēsō*": "future indicative, 1st person singular - will make/will present",
"*euangelion*": "accusative, neuter, singular - gospel",
"*Christou*": "genitive, masculine, singular - of Christ",
"*katachrēsasthai*": "aorist infinitive, middle - to fully use/use to the full",
"*exousia*": "dative, feminine, singular - authority/right",
"*euangeliō*": "dative, neuter, singular - in the gospel"
},
"variants": {
"*misthos*": "reward/wage/payment",
"*euangelizomenos*": "preaching the gospel/proclaiming good news",
"*adapanon*": "free of charge/without cost/without expense",
"*thēsō*": "will make/will present/will render",
"*euangelion*": "gospel/good news",
"*katachrēsasthai*": "to fully use/to use to the full/to abuse",
"*exousia*": "authority/right/power"
}
}
19 {
"verseID": "1 Corinthians.9.19",
"source": "Ἐλεύθερος γὰρ ὢν ἐκ πάντων, πᾶσιν ἐμαυτὸν ἐδούλωσα, ἵνα τοὺς πλείονας κερδήσω.",
"text": "*Eleutheros* for *ōn* from all, to all *emauton* I *edoulōsa*, that the *pleionas* I might *kerdēsō*.",
"grammar": {
"*Eleutheros*": "nominative, masculine, singular - free",
"*ōn*": "present participle, nominative, masculine, singular - being",
"*emauton*": "accusative, masculine, singular - myself",
"*edoulōsa*": "aorist indicative, 1st person singular - enslaved",
"*pleionas*": "accusative, masculine, plural - more/many",
"*kerdēsō*": "aorist subjunctive, 1st person singular - might gain/win"
},
"variants": {
"*Eleutheros*": "free/independent/unrestrained",
"*edoulōsa*": "enslaved/made a slave/subjected",
"*pleionas*": "more/many/the greater number",
"*kerdēsō*": "might gain/might win/might profit"
}
}
20 {
"verseID": "1 Corinthians.9.20",
"source": "Καὶ ἐγενόμην τοῖς Ἰουδαίοις ὡς Ἰουδαῖος, ἵνα Ἰουδαίους κερδήσω· τοῖς ὑπὸ νόμον, ὡς ὑπὸ νόμον, ἵνα τοὺς ὑπὸ νόμον κερδήσω·",
"text": "And I *egenomēn* to the *Ioudaiois* as *Ioudaios*, that *Ioudaious* I might *kerdēsō*; to the ones under *nomon*, as under *nomon*, that the ones under *nomon* I might *kerdēsō*;",
"grammar": {
"*egenomēn*": "aorist indicative, middle, 1st person singular - became",
"*Ioudaiois*": "dative, masculine, plural - to Jews",
"*Ioudaios*": "nominative, masculine, singular - a Jew",
"*Ioudaious*": "accusative, masculine, plural - Jews",
"*kerdēsō*": "aorist subjunctive, 1st person singular - might gain/win",
"*nomon*": "accusative, masculine, singular - law"
},
"variants": {
"*egenomēn*": "became/was/acted as",
"*Ioudaiois*": "Jews/Jewish people",
"*kerdēsō*": "might gain/might win/might profit",
"*nomon*": "law/Torah"
}
}
21 {
"verseID": "1 Corinthians.9.21",
"source": "Τοῖς ἀνόμοις, ὡς ἄνομος, (μὴ ὢν ἄνομος Θεῷ, ἀλλʼ ἔννομος Χριστῷ,) ἵνα κερδήσω ἀνόμους.",
"text": "To the ones *anomois*, as *anomos*, (not *ōn* *anomos* to *Theō*, but *ennomos* to *Christō*,) that I might *kerdēsō* *anomous*.",
"grammar": {
"*anomois*": "dative, masculine, plural - without law",
"*anomos*": "nominative, masculine, singular - without law",
"*ōn*": "present participle, nominative, masculine, singular - being",
"*Theō*": "dative, masculine, singular - to God",
"*ennomos*": "nominative, masculine, singular - under law/within law",
"*Christō*": "dative, masculine, singular - to Christ",
"*kerdēsō*": "aorist subjunctive, 1st person singular - might gain/win",
"*anomous*": "accusative, masculine, plural - those without law"
},
"variants": {
"*anomois*": "those without law/lawless ones/Gentiles",
"*anomos*": "without law/lawless/outside the law",
"*ennomos*": "under law/within law/subject to law",
"*kerdēsō*": "might gain/might win/might profit",
"*anomous*": "those without law/lawless ones/Gentiles"
}
}
22 {
"verseID": "1 Corinthians.9.22",
"source": "Ἐγενόμην τοῖς ἀσθενέσιν ὡς ἀσθενής, ἵνα τοὺς ἀσθενεῖς κερδήσω: τοῖς πᾶσιν γέγονα τὰ πάντα, ἵνα πάντως τινὰς σώσω.",
"text": "I *egenomēn* to the *asthenesin* as *asthenēs*, that the *astheneis* I might *kerdēsō*: to the all I have *gegona* the all things, that by all means some I might *sōsō*.",
"grammar": {
"*egenomēn*": "aorist indicative, middle, 1st person singular - became",
"*asthenesin*": "dative, masculine, plural - weak ones",
"*asthenēs*": "nominative, masculine, singular - weak",
"*astheneis*": "accusative, masculine, plural - weak ones",
"*kerdēsō*": "aorist subjunctive, 1st person singular - might gain/win",
"*gegona*": "perfect indicative, 1st person singular - have become",
"*sōsō*": "aorist subjunctive, 1st person singular - might save"
},
"variants": {
"*egenomēn*": "became/was/acted as",
"*asthenesin*": "weak ones/feeble/infirm",
"*asthenēs*": "weak/feeble/without strength",
"*kerdēsō*": "might gain/might win/might profit",
"*gegona*": "have become/have been/have made myself",
"*sōsō*": "might save/might rescue/might preserve"
}
}