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1 Corinthians 9 - Easy-To-Read Version (ERV)

September 5
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9 1I am a free man! I am an apostle*! I have seen Jesus our Lord! You people are
[an example of] my work in the Lord. 2Other people may not accept me as an apostle.
But surely you accept me as an apostle. You people are proof that I am an apostle
in the Lord.

3Some people want to judge me. So this is the answer I give them: 4We have the right
to eat and drink, don't we? 5We have the right to bring a believing wife with us
when we travel, don't we? The other apostles* and the Lord's brothers and Cephas
all do this. 6And are Barnabas and I the only ones that must work to earn our living?
7No soldier ever serves in the army and pays his own salary. No person ever plants
a garden of grapes without eating some of the grapes himself. No person takes care
of a flock of sheep without drinking some of the milk himself.

8These things are not only what men think. God's law says the same things. 9Yes,
it is written in the law of Moses: "When a work animal is being used to separate
grain, don't cover its mouth [and stop it from eating the grain]."* When God said
this, was he thinking only about work animals? No. 10He was really talking about
us. Yes, that Scripture* was written for us. The person that plows and the person
that separates the grain should hope (expect) to get some of the grain for their
work. 11We planted spiritual seed among you. So we should be able to harvest (get)
from you some things for this life. Surely that is not asking too much. 12Other
men have this right to get things from you. So surely we have this right too. But
we don't use this right. No, we endure everything ourselves so that we will not
stop [anyone from obeying] the Good News* of Christ. 13Surely you know that people
that work at the temple* get their food from the temple. And people that serve at
the altar* get part of what is offered at the altar. 14It is the same with people
that have the work of telling the Good News. The Lord has commanded that those people
that tell the Good News should get their living from this work.

15But I have not used any of these rights. And I am not trying to get anything from
you. That is not my purpose for writing this. I would rather die than to have my
reason for boasting taken away. 16My work of telling the Good News* is not my reason
for boasting. Telling the Good News is my duty--something I must do. It will be
bad for me if I don't tell people the Good News. 17If I do this work of telling
the Good News because it is my own choice, then I deserve a reward. But I have no
choice. I must tell the Good News. I am only doing the duty that was given to me.
18So what do I get for doing this work? This is my reward: that when I tell people
the Good News I can offer it to them for free. This way, I don't use the right [to
be paid] that I have in [this work of telling] the Good News.

19I am free. I belong to no other person. But I make myself a slave to all people.
I do this to help save as many people as I can. 20To the Jews I became like a Jew.
I did this to help save the Jews. I myself am not ruled by the law.* But to people
that are ruled by the law I became like a person who is ruled by the law. I did
this to help save those people that are ruled by the law. 21To those that are without
the law I became like a person that is without the law. I did this to help save
those people that are without the law. (But really, I am not without God's law--I
am ruled by the law of Christ.) 22To the people that are weak, I became weak so
that I could help save them. I have become all things to all people. I did this
so that I could save people in any way possible. 23I do all these things because
of the Good News.* I do these things so that I can share in [the blessings of]
the Good News.

24You know that in a race all the runners run. But only one runner gets the prize.
So run like that. Run to win! 25All people that compete in the games use strict
training. They do this so that they can win a crown (reward). That crown is an earthly
thing that lasts only a short time. But our crown (reward) will continue forever.
26So I run like a person that has a goal. I fight like a boxer that is hitting something--not
just the air. 27It is my own body that I hit. I make it my slave. I do this so that
I myself will not be thrown out [by God] after I have told other people [about his
blessings].
Footnotes: apostle A person Jesus chose to represent him in a special way. apostles
The men Jesus chose to represent him in a special way. "When ... eating the grain"
Quote from Deut. 25:4. Scripture Part of the Holy Writings--Old Testament. Good
News, message The news that God has made a way for people to have their sins forgiven
and live with him forever. temple Special building in Jerusalem for Jewish worship.
altar A stone table at the temple used for offering sacrifices.
"Taken from the HOLY BIBLE: EASY-TO-READ VERSION © 2001 by World Bible Translation
Center, Inc. and used by permission."
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