Whoτίςeverποτέserves as a soldierστρατεύεταιat his ownἰδίοιςexpense?ὀψωνίοιςWhoτίςplantsφυτεύειa vineyardἀμπελῶναandκαὶdoes notοὐκeatἐσθίειitsαὐτοῦfruit?τὸν καρπὸνWhoτίςtendsποιμαίνειa flockποίμνηνandκαὶdoes notοὐκeatἐσθίειfromἐκthe milkτοῦ γάλακτοςof the flock?τῆς ποίμνης
1 Corinthians 9:7
Study it in the app“Who ever serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat its fruit? Who tends a flock and does not eat from the milk of the flock?”
With the Greek beneath
1 Corinthians 9:7, word by word
- everποτέpote
once, formerly
Once, formerly; ever, at some time.
Where else “pote” appears- serves as a soldierστρατεύεταιstrateuetai
serve as soldier
To serve in the army, to go to war.
Where else “strateuetai” appears- at his ownἰδίοιςidiois
own
What belongs to someone; their people, their family.
Where else “idiois” appears- expenseὀψωνίοιςopsōniois
wages
Wages, pay, a soldier's pay.
Where else “opsōniois” appears- plantsφυτεύειphyteuei
plant
Plant.
Where else “phyteuei” appears- a vineyardἀμπελῶναampelōna
vineyard
Vineyard.
Where else “ampelōna” appears- eatἐσθίειesthiei
eat
Eat.
Where else “esthiei” appears- fruitκαρπὸνkarpon
fruit
What a plant produces, which is harvested and eaten.
Where else “karpon” appears- tendsποιμαίνειpoimainei
tend
To tend a flock.
Where else “poimainei” appears- a flockποίμνηνpoimnēn
flock
Flock.
Where else “poimnēn” appears- the milkγάλακτοςgalaktos
milk
Milk, the food of little children; also as an image of simple, first teaching.
Where else “galaktos” appears
The context
6Or is it only I and Barnabas who do not have the right not to work?
7 · This verse (above)
8It is not from a human point of view that I say these things, is it? Or does the law not also say these things?