[a]Say I these things [b]according to man? saith not the Law the same also?

For it is written in the Law of Moses, (A)Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn: doth God take care for [c]oxen?

10 Either saith he it not altogether for our sakes? For our sakes no doubt it is written, that he which eareth, should ear in hope, and that he that thresheth in hope, should be partaker of his hope.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 9:8 Secondly he bringeth forth the authority of God’s institution by an argument of comparison.
  2. 1 Corinthians 9:8 Have I no better ground than the common custom of men?
  3. 1 Corinthians 9:9 Was it God’s proper drift to provide for oxen, when he made this Law? for otherwise there is not the smallest thing in the world, but God hath a care of it.

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