To Torah and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, it is because they have no light.
1 Corinthians 9:8 - Tree of Life Version I don’t say these things merely as a man, do I? Doesn’t Torah also say these things? 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? |
To Torah and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, it is because they have no light.
Do we then nullify the Torah through faithfulness? May it never be! On the contrary, we uphold the Torah.
But if our unrighteousness demonstrates the righteousness of God, what shall we say? God is not unrighteous to inflict wrath, is He? (I am speaking in human terms.)
I speak in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. For just as you yielded your body parts as slaves to uncleanness and lawlessness, leading to more lawlessness, so now yield your body parts as slaves to righteousness, resulting in holiness.
let women keep silent in the communities, for it is not permitted for them to speak out. Rather let them be in order, as the Torah also says.
But in my judgment she is happier if she stays as she is—and I also think that I have the Ruach Elohim.
Now I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that the Good News proclaimed by me is not man-made.
For this reason, we also thank God constantly that when you received the word of God which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men, but as it truly is—the word of God, which does its work in you who believe.
Consequently, the one who rejects this is not rejecting man, but God, who gives His Ruach ha-Kodesh to you.