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It is notΜὴfrom a humanκατὰ ἄνθρωπονpoint of viewthat I sayλαλῶthese things,ταῦταis it?Orἢdoesλέγειthe lawὁ νόμοςnotοὐalsoκαὶsayλέγειthese things?ταῦτα
1 Corinthians 9:8
Study it in the app“It is not from a human point of view that I say these things, is it? Or does the law not also say these things?”
With the Greek beneath
1 Corinthians 9:8, word by word
- from a humanἄνθρωπονanthrōpon
mortal
Humans, weak before God.
Where else “anthrōpon” appears- that I sayλαλῶlalō
tell
To tell someone something, announce it.
Where else “lalō” appears- doesλέγειlegei
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “legei” appears- the lawνόμοςnomos
law
The instructions God gave Israel through Moses; also, the whole of Scripture.
Where else “nomos” appears
The context
7Who 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?
8 · This verse (above)
9For 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?