1 Corinthians 9:8-10

New American Standard Bible

⁸I am not just asserting these things ^(A)according to human judgment, am I? Or does the Law not say these things as well? ⁹For it is written in the Law of Moses: “^(B)You shall not muzzle the ox while it is threshing.” God is not concerned about ^(C)oxen, is He? ¹⁰Or is He speaking entirely for our sake? Yes, it was written ^(D)for our sake, because ^(E)the plowman ought to plow in hope, and the thresher to thresh in hope of sharing in the crops.

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1 Corinthians 9:8-10

New International Version

⁸Do I say this merely on human authority? Doesn’t the Law say the same thing? ⁹For it is written in the Law of Moses: “Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.”^[a]^(A) Is it about oxen that God is concerned?^(B) ¹⁰Surely he says this for us, doesn’t he? Yes, this was written for us,^(C) because whoever plows and threshes should be able to do so in the hope of sharing in the harvest.^(D)