--- title: "Abbott" description: "Verse 1 The subject here changes, this chapter consisting of the apostle" image: "/images/missing.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/abbotts-illustrated-new-testament/1-corinthians/9" --- **Verse 1** The subject here changes, this chapter consisting of the apostle's vindication of himself, and of the elevation and disinterestedness of his motives, against certain aspersions which, it would seem, ([1 Corinthians 9:3](../../../kjv/1-corinthians/9/3),) had been cast upon him by some persons at Corinth **Verse 2** *Are ye;* the church at Corinth having been founded through his ministry. **Verse 3** *That do examine me;* that call in question my conduct. **Verse 4** *To eat and to drink;* that is, at the charge of the church. **Verse 5** *The brethren of the Lord.* They are mentioned as disciples in [Acts 1:14](../../../kjv/acts/1/14).--*Cephas;* Peter. **Verse 6** *Working;* laboring for their support, as Paul was accustomed to do. ([Acts 18:3](../../../kjv/acts/18/3),[Acts 20:34](../../../kjv/acts/20/34).) **Verse 8** *As a man;* on my own human authority. **Verse 9** *It is written;* in [Deuteronomy 25:4](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/25/4). This was the ancient mode of threshing or separating grain from the ear.--*Doth God take care for oxen?* and not for men? **Verse 11** *Reap your carnal things;* receive from you the necessary supplies for our temporal wants. **Verse 13** *They which minister,* &c.; the priests. Provision was made for the support of the priests out of the offerings from the temple. **Verse 15** *My glorying;* my claim to disinterestedness of motive in my ministry. **Verse 17** *A dispensation of the gospel;* a commission to preach the gospel.--*Is committed unto me;* remaining with me; that is, the obligation still rests upon me. I cannot be released from it. **Verse 18** *Abuse not my power.* Had he exercised his right to claim a support, it might have been an injury to the progress of the gospel. **Verse 20** *I became as a Jew;* I conformed to their customs and ideas. **Verse 21** *To them that are without law;* the Gentiles.--*As without law;* not urging upon them Jewish ideas and usages.--*Not without law to God;* that is, he did not mean by his being without law, that he was absolved from the moral obligation of the law of God. **Verse 24** Such athletic games as are here referred to were very often celebrated in the Grecian cities. **Verse 25** *For the mastery;* for the victory in these games.--*Is temperate,* &c.; in his preparatory training.--*A corruptible crown;* transitory and perishable honor. ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#website","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com","name":"Real Bible Believers","description":"RBB","publisher":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/search?q={search_term_string}","query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/abbotts-illustrated-new-testament/1-corinthians/9#primaryimage","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/images/missing.jpg","contentUrl":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/images/missing.jpg","width":640,"height":370,"caption":"Abbott's Illustrated New Testament - 1 Corinthians 9"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/abbotts-illustrated-new-testament/1-corinthians/9#webpage","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/abbotts-illustrated-new-testament/1-corinthians/9","name":"Abbott's Illustrated New Testament - 1 Corinthians 9","isPartOf":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/abbotts-illustrated-new-testament/1-corinthians/9#primaryimage"},"datePublished":null,"dateModified":null,"author":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509"},"description":"Verse 1 The subject here changes, this chapter consisting of the apostle's vindication of himself, and of the elevation and disinterestedness of his motiv","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/abbotts-illustrated-new-testament/1-corinthians/9#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/abbotts-illustrated-new-testament/1-corinthians/9"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/abbotts-illustrated-new-testament/1-corinthians/9#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries","name":"Commentaries"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/abbotts-illustrated-new-testament","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/abbotts-illustrated-new-testament","name":"Abbott's Illustrated New Testament"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"item":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/abbotts-illustrated-new-testament/1-corinthians","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/abbotts-illustrated-new-testament/1-corinthians","name":"1 Corinthians"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"item":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/abbotts-illustrated-new-testament/1-corinthians/9","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/abbotts-illustrated-new-testament/1-corinthians/9","name":"9"}}]},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#personlogo","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/android-chrome-512x512.png","contentUrl":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/android-chrome-512x512.png","width":512,"height":512},"logo":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#personlogo"},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/RBiblebeliever","https://www.facebook.com/RBibleBelievers"]}]} ```