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"Am I saying these things according to man? Or does the law not also say these things? "
— 1 Corinthians 9:8, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also?”
“Do I speak these things after the manner of men? or saith not the law also the same? ”
“Do I speak these things according to the ways of men? Or doesn't the law also say the same thing?”
“Am I saying these things only on the basis of common sense, or does the law not say this as well?”
“Speak I these things according to man? Or doth not the law also say; these things?”
“Am I talking as a man? does not the law say the same?”
“Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also?”
Do we not have the authority to travel around with a woman who is a sister, just as do the other Apostles, and the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas?
Or is it only myself and Barnabas who do not have the authority to act in this way?
Who has ever served as a soldier and paid his own stipend? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat from its produce? Who pastures a flock and does not drink from the milk of the flock?
Am I saying these things according to man? Or does the law not also say these things?
For it is written in the law of Moses: “You shall not bind the mouth of an ox, while it is treading out the grain.” Is God here concerned with the oxen?
Or is he saying this, indeed, for our sake? These things were written specifically for us, because he who plows, ought to plow in hope, and he who threshes, too, in hope of receiving the produce.
If we have sown spiritual things in you, is it important if we harvest from your worldly things?