1 Corinthians 9:8

Weymouth NT

Am I making use of merely worldly illustrations? Does not the Law speak in the same tone?

Cross References

Romans 3:31

Do we then by means of this faith abolish the Law? No, indeed; we give the Law a firmer footing.

Romans 3:5

But if our unrighteousness sets God's righteousness in a clearer light, what shall we say? (Is God unrighteous –I speak in our everyday language– when He inflicts punishment?

Romans 6:19

your human infirmity leads me to employ these familiar figures–and just as you once surrendered your faculties into bondage to Impurity and ever-increasing disregard of Law, so you must now surrender them into bondage to Righteousness ever advancing towards perfect holiness.

1 Corinthians 14:34

Let married women be silent in the Churches, for they are not permitted to speak. They must be content with a subordinate place, as the Law also says;

1 Corinthians 7:40

But in my judgement, her state is a more enviable one if she remains as she is; and I also think that I have the Spirit of God.

Galatians 1:11

For I must tell you, brethren, that the Good News which was proclaimed by me is not such as man approves of.

1 Thessalonians 2:13

And for this further reason we render unceasing thanks to God, that when you received God's Message from our lips, it was as no mere message from men that you embraced it, but as –what it really is– God's Message, which also does its work in the hearts of you who believe.

1 Thessalonians 4:8

Therefore a defiant spirit in such a case provokes not man but God, who puts His Holy Spirit into your hearts.