1 Corinthians 9:10
Isn’t He actually speaking on our behalf? Indeed, this was written for us, because when the plowman plows and the thresher threshes, they should also expect to share in the harvest.
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ASV
or 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.
KJV
Or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope.
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23 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| ἢ | ē | Or | G2228 → |
| δι᾽ | di᾽ | because of | G1223 → |
| ἡμᾶς | hēmas | us | G3165 → |
| πάντως | pantōs | entirely | G3843 → |
| λέγει; | legei | is He speaking? | G3004 → |
| δι᾽ | di᾽ | For sake of | G1223 → |
| ἡμᾶς | hēmas | us | G3165 → |
| γὰρ | gar | for | G1063 → |
| ἐγράφη | egraphē | it was written | G1125 → |
| ὅτι | hoti | because | G3754 → |
| ὀφείλει | opheilei | ought | G3784 → |
| ἐπ᾽ | ep᾽ | in | G1909 → |
| ἐλπίδι | elpidi | hope | G1680 → |
| ὁ | ho | the [one] | G3588 → |
| ἀροτριῶν | arotriōn | plowing | G722 → |
| ἀροτριᾶν, | arotrian | to plow, | G722 → |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → |
| ὁ | ho | the [one] | G3588 → |
| ἀλοῶν | aloōn | threshing | G248 → |
| ἐπ᾽ | ep᾽ | in | G1909 → |
| ἐλπίδι | elpidi | hope | G1680 → |
| τοῦ | tou | [that he] | G3588 → |
| μετέχειν. | metechein | is to partake. | G3348 → |
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