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1 Corinthians 9:11
1 Corinthians 9:11 is verse 11 of 1 Corinthians chapter 9, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
If we have sown spiritual seed among you, is it too much for us to reap a material harvest from you?
King James Version
If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we shall reap your carnal things?
World English Bible
If we sowed to you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we reap your fleshly things?
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1 Corinthians 9:9–13 · Berean Standard Bible
9 For it is written in the Law of Moses: “Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.” Is it about oxen that God is concerned?
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.
11 If we have sown spiritual seed among you, is it too much for us to reap a material harvest from you?
12 If others have this right to your support, shouldn’t we have it all the more? But we did not exercise this right. Instead, we put up with anything rather than hinder the gospel of Christ.
13 Do you not know that those who work in the temple eat of its food, and those who serve at the altar partake of its offerings?
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Malachi 3:8Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing Me! But you ask, ‘How do we rob You?’ In tithes and offerings.
Malachi 3:9You are cursed with a curse, yet you—the whole nation—are still robbing Me.
Matthew 10:10Take no bag for the road, or second tunic, or sandals, or staff; for the worker is worthy of his provisions.
Romans 15:27They were pleased to do it, and indeed they owe it to them. For if the Gentiles have shared in their spiritual blessings, they are obligated to minister to them with material blessings.
Galatians 6:6Nevertheless, the one who receives instruction in the word must share in all good things with his instructor.
2 Kings 5:13Naaman’s servants, however, approached him and said, “My father, if the prophet had told you to do some great thing, would you not have done it? How much more, then, when he tells you, ‘Wash and be cleansed’?”
2 Corinthians 11:15It is not surprising, then, if his servants masquerade as servants of righteousness. Their end will correspond to their actions.