Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version If we have sown spiritual seed among you, is it too much if we reap a material harvest from you? New Living Translation Since we have planted spiritual seed among you, aren’t we entitled to a harvest of physical food and drink? English Standard Version If we have sown spiritual things among you, is it too much if we reap material things from you? Berean Standard Bible If we have sown spiritual seed among you, is it too much for us to reap a material harvest from you? Berean Literal Bible If we have sown spiritual things among you, is it a great thing if we will reap material things from you? King James Bible If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we shall reap your carnal things? New King James Version If we have sown spiritual things for you, is it a great thing if we reap your material things? New American Standard Bible If we sowed spiritual things in you, is it too much if we reap material things from you? NASB 1995 If we sowed spiritual things in you, is it too much if we reap material things from you? NASB 1977 If we sowed spiritual things in you, is it too much if we should reap material things from you? Legacy Standard Bible If we sowed spiritual things in you, is it too much if we reap material things from you? Amplified Bible If we have sown [the good seed of] spiritual things in you, is it too much if we reap material things from you? Christian Standard Bible If we have sown spiritual things for you, is it too much if we reap material benefits from you? Holman Christian Standard Bible If we have sown spiritual things for you, is it too much if we reap material benefits from you? American Standard Version If we sowed unto you spiritual things, is it a great matter if we shall reap your carnal things? Contemporary English Version When we told the message to you, it was like planting spiritual seed. So we have the right to accept material things as our harvest from you. English Revised Version If we sowed unto you spiritual things, is it a great matter if we shall reap your carnal things? GOD'S WORD® Translation If we have planted the spiritual seed that has been of benefit to you, is it too much if we receive part of the harvest from your earthly goods? Good News Translation We have sown spiritual seed among you. Is it too much if we reap material benefits from you? International Standard Version If we have sown spiritual seed among you, is it too much if we reap material benefits from you? Majority Standard Bible If we have sown spiritual seed among you, is it too much for us to reap a material harvest from you? NET Bible If we sowed spiritual blessings among you, is it too much to reap material things from you? New Heart English Bible If we sowed to you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we reap your fleshly things? Webster's Bible Translation If we have sown to you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we shall reap your carnal things? Weymouth New Testament If it is we who sowed the spiritual grain in you, is it a great thing that we should reap a temporal harvest from you? World English Bible If we sowed to you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we reap your fleshly things? Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionIf we sowed to you the spiritual things—[is it] great if we reap your fleshly things? Berean Literal Bible If we have sown spiritual things among you, is it a great thing if we will reap material things from you? Young's Literal Translation If we to you the spiritual things did sow -- great is it if we your fleshly things do reap? Smith's Literal Translation If we have sown to you spiritual things, is it great if we shall reap your carnal things? Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleIf we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great matter if we reap your carnal things? Catholic Public Domain Version If we have sown spiritual things in you, is it important if we harvest from your worldly things? New American Bible If we have sown spiritual seed for you, is it a great thing that we reap a material harvest from you? New Revised Standard Version If we have sown spiritual good among you, is it too much if we reap your material benefits? Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleNow if we have sown among you spiritual things, is it too much that we should reap material things from you? Aramaic Bible in Plain English If we have sown in you from The Spirit, is it a great thing if we shall reap of you from the body? NT Translations Anderson New TestamentIf we have sown, for your benefit, things that are spiritual, is it a great thing that we reap your carnal things? Godbey New Testament If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we shall reap your carnal things? Haweis New Testament If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we should reap your corporal things? Mace New Testament if for your benefit we have sown spirituals, is it so extraordinary if we should reap some benefit from your temporals? Weymouth New Testament If it is we who sowed the spiritual grain in you, is it a great thing that we should reap a temporal harvest from you? Worrell New Testament If we sowed for you spiritual things, is it a great matter, if we shall reap your carnal things? Worsley New Testament If we then have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great matter if we reap your carnal things? Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Rights of an Apostle…10Isn’t He actually speaking on our behalf? Indeed, this was written for us, because when the plowman plows and the thresher threshes, they should also expect to share in the harvest. 11If we have sown spiritual seed among you, is it too much for us to reap a material harvest from you? 12If others have this right to your support, shouldn’t we have it all the more? But we did not exercise this right. Instead, we put up with anything rather than hinder the gospel of Christ.… Cross References Galatians 6:6 Nevertheless, the one who receives instruction in the word must share in all good things with his instructor. Romans 15:27 They were pleased to do it, and indeed they owe it to them. For if the Gentiles have shared in their spiritual blessings, they are obligated to minister to them with material blessings. 1 Timothy 5:17-18 Elders who lead effectively are worthy of double honor, especially those who work hard at preaching and teaching. / For the Scripture says, “Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain,” and, “The worker is worthy of his wages.” Matthew 10:10 Take no bag for the road, or second tunic, or sandals, or staff; for the worker is worthy of his provisions. Luke 10:7 Stay at the same house, eating and drinking whatever you are offered. For the worker is worthy of his wages. Do not move around from house to house. 2 Corinthians 11:8-9 I robbed other churches by accepting their support in order to serve you. / And when I was with you and in need, I was not a burden to anyone; for the brothers who came from Macedonia supplied my needs. I have refrained from being a burden to you in any way, and I will continue to do so. Philippians 4:15-17 And as you Philippians know, in the early days of the gospel, when I left Macedonia, no church but you partnered with me in the matter of giving and receiving. / For even while I was in Thessalonica, you provided for my needs again and again. / Not that I am seeking a gift, but I am looking for the fruit that may be credited to your account. 2 Thessalonians 3:9 Not that we lack this right, but we wanted to offer ourselves as an example for you to imitate. Acts 20:33-35 I have not coveted anyone’s silver or gold or clothing. / You yourselves know that these hands of mine have ministered to my own needs and those of my companions. / In everything, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus Himself: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’” 1 Thessalonians 2:6 Nor did we seek praise from you or from anyone else, although as apostles of Christ we had authority to demand it. 2 Corinthians 12:13 In what way were you inferior to the other churches, except that I was not a burden to you? Forgive me this wrong! Deuteronomy 25:4 Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain. Numbers 18:8-12 Then the LORD said to Aaron, “Behold, I have put you in charge of My offerings. As for all the sacred offerings of the Israelites, I have given them to you and your sons as a portion and a permanent statute. / A portion of the most holy offerings reserved from the fire will be yours. From all the offerings they render to Me as most holy offerings, whether grain offerings or sin offerings or guilt offerings, that part belongs to you and your sons. / You are to eat it as a most holy offering, and every male may eat it. You shall regard it as holy. ... Nehemiah 13:10-12 I also learned that because the portions for the Levites had not been given to them, all the Levites and singers responsible for performing the service had gone back to their own fields. / So I rebuked the officials and asked, “Why has the house of God been neglected?” Then I gathered the Levites and singers together and stationed them at their posts, / and all Judah brought a tenth of the grain, new wine, and oil into the storerooms. Malachi 3:8-10 Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing Me! But you ask, ‘How do we rob You?’ In tithes and offerings. / You are cursed with a curse, yet you—the whole nation—are still robbing Me. / Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house. Test Me in this,” says the LORD of Hosts. “See if I will not open the windows of heaven and pour out for you blessing without measure. Treasury of Scripture If we have sown to you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we shall reap your carnal things? sown. Malachi 3:8,9 Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings… Matthew 10:10 Nor scrip for your journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor yet staves: for the workman is worthy of his meat. Romans 15:27 It hath pleased them verily; and their debtors they are. For if the Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual things, their duty is also to minister unto them in carnal things. a great. 2 Kings 5:13 And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean? 2 Corinthians 11:15 Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works. Jump to Previous Benefits Carnal Fleshly Good Grain Great Harvest Material Matter Planting Reap Seed Sow Sowed Sown Spirit Spiritual TemporalJump to Next Benefits Carnal Fleshly Good Grain Great Harvest Material Matter Planting Reap Seed Sow Sowed Sown Spirit Spiritual Temporal1 Corinthians 9 1. He shows his liberty;7. and that the minister ought to receive a living by the Gospel; 15. yet that himself has of his own accord abstained, 18. to be neither chargeable unto them, 22. nor offensive unto any, in matters indifferent. 24. Our life is like unto a race. If we have sown The phrase "sown" comes from the Greek word "speirō," which means to scatter seed. In the context of Paul's ministry, this metaphorical language reflects the act of teaching and spreading the Gospel. The imagery of sowing is deeply rooted in agricultural practices familiar to the audience of the time, emphasizing the labor and intentionality involved in sharing spiritual truths. Paul is drawing a parallel between the physical act of sowing seeds and the spiritual act of imparting wisdom and knowledge of Christ. spiritual seed among you is it too much if we reap a material harvest from you Parallel Commentaries ... Greek IfΕἰ (Ei) Conjunction Strong's 1487: If. A primary particle of conditionality; if, whether, that, etc. we ἡμεῖς (hēmeis) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 1st Person Plural Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. have sown ἐσπείραμεν (espeiramen) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person Plural Strong's 4687: To sow, spread, scatter. Probably strengthened from spao; to scatter, i.e. Sow. spiritual [seed] πνευματικὰ (pneumatika) Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural Strong's 4152: Spiritual. From pneuma; non-carnal, i.e. ethereal, or a spirit, or supernatural, regenerate, religious. among you, ὑμῖν (hymin) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person Plural Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. [is it] too much μέγα (mega) Adjective - Nominative Neuter Singular Strong's 3173: Large, great, in the widest sense. for us ἡμεῖς (hēmeis) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 1st Person Plural Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. to reap θερίσομεν (therisomen) Verb - Future Indicative Active - 1st Person Plural Strong's 2325: To reap, gather, harvest. From theros; to harvest. a material [harvest] σαρκικὰ (sarkika) Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural Strong's 4559: Fleshly, carnal, earthly. From sarx; pertaining to flesh, i.e. bodily, temporal, or animal, unregenerate. from you? ὑμῶν (hymōn) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Plural Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. 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