1 Corinthians 9:10 - New Revised Standard Version

Or does he not speak entirely for our sake? It was indeed written for our sake, for whoever plows should plow in hope and whoever threshes should thresh in hope of a share in the crop.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

Or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Or does He speak certainly and entirely for our sakes? [Assuredly] it is written for our sakes, because the plowman ought to plow in hope, and the thresher ought to thresh in expectation of partaking of the harvest.

American Standard Version (1901)

or saith he it assuredly for our sake? Yea, for our sake it was written: because he that ploweth ought to plow in hope, and he that thresheth, to thresh in hope of partaking.

Common English Bible

or did he say this entirely for our sake? It was written for our sake because the one who plows and the one who threshes should each do so with the hope of sharing the produce.

Catholic Public Domain Version

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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Or doth he say this indeed for our sakes? For these things are written for our sakes: that he that plougheth, should plough in hope; and he that thrasheth, in hope to receive fruit.

1 Corinthians 9:10 Tagairtí Cros

Numbers 18:31

You may eat it in any place, you and your households; for it is your payment for your service in the tent of meeting.

Matthew 24:22

And if those days had not been cut short, no one would be saved; but for the sake of the elect those days will be cut short.

Romans 15:4

For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, so that by steadfastness and by the encouragement of the scriptures we might have hope.

1 Corinthians 3:9

For we are God's servants, working together; you are God's field, God's building.

2 Corinthians 4:15

Yes, everything is for your sake, so that grace, as it extends to more and more people, may increase thanksgiving, to the glory of God.

2 Timothy 2:6

It is the farmer who does the work who ought to have the first share of the crops.