Go to God’s instruction and testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, there will be no dawn for them.
1 Corinthians 9:8 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Am I saying this from a human perspective? Doesn’t the law also say the same thing? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Do I say this only on human authority and as a man reasons? Does not the Law endorse the same principle? American Standard Version (1901) Do I speak these things after the manner of men? or saith not the law also the same? Common English Bible I’m not saying these things just based on common sense, am I? Doesn’t the Law itself say these things? Catholic Public Domain Version Am I saying these things according to man? Or does the law not also say these things? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Speak I these things according to man? Or doth not the law also say these things? |
Go to God’s instruction and testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, there will be no dawn for them.
Do we then nullify the law through faith? Absolutely not! On the contrary, we uphold the law.
But if our unrighteousness highlights God’s righteousness, what are we to say? I am using a human argument: , Is God unrighteous to inflict wrath?
I am using a human analogy because of the weakness of your flesh. For just as you offered the parts of yourselves as slaves to impurity, and to greater and greater lawlessness, so now offer them as slaves to righteousness, which results in sanctification.
the women should be silent in the churches, for they are not permitted to speak, but are to submit themselves, as the law also says.
But she is happier if she remains as she is, in my opinion. And I think that I also have the Spirit of God.
For I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that the gospel preached by me is not of human origin.
This is why we constantly thank God, because when you received the word of God that you heard from us, you welcomed it not as a human message, but as it truly is, the word of God, which also works effectively in you who believe.
Consequently, anyone who rejects this does not reject man, but God, who gives you his Holy Spirit.