Study it in the app“Or is he speaking entirely for our sake? Yes, for our sake it was written, because the one who plows ought to plow in hope, and the one who threshes ought to thresh in hope of sharing in the harvest.”
Orἢis he speakingλέγειentirelyπάντωςfor our sake?δι’ ἡμᾶςYes,forγὰρour sakeδι’ ἡμᾶςit was written,ἐγράφηbecauseὅτιthe one who plowsὁ ἀροτριῶνoughtὀφείλειto plowἀροτριᾶνinἐπ’hope,ἐλπίδιandκαὶthe one who threshesὁ ἀλοῶνought to threshinἐπ’hopeἐλπίδιof sharing in the harvest.τοῦ μετέχειν
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “legei” appearssurely, altogether
Altogether, by all means, surely; "not at all".
Where else “pantōs” appearswrite
To set down words in writing: letters, laws, books.
Where else “egraphē” appearsplow
Plow.
Where else “arotriōn” appearsought
To be under obligation to do something.
Where else “opheilei” appearshope
Hope: confidence in what God will do.
Where else “elpidi” appearsthresh
Thresh: separate grain from straw, by trampling or beating.
Where else “aloōn” appearsshare in, partake
Share in, have a part in something; eat or drink of something with others.
Where else “metechein” appears9For in the law of Moses it is written: You shall not muzzle an ox while it is threshing. It is not for the oxen that God cares, is it?
10 · This verse (above)
11If we sowed spiritual things for you, is it a great thing if we will reap your material things?
