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1 Corinthians 9

1 Cor. 9:12 KJV (With Strong’s)

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If
ei (Greek #1487)
if, whether, that, etc.
KJV usage: forasmuch as, if, that, (al-)though, whether. Often used in connection or composition with other particles, especially as in 1489, 1490, 1499, 1508, 1509, 1512, 1513, 1536, 1537. See also 1437.
Pronounce: i
Origin: a primary particle of conditionality
others
allos (Greek #243)
"else," i.e. different (in many applications)
KJV usage: more, one (another), (an-, some an-)other(-s, -wise).
Pronounce: al'-los
Origin: a primary word
be partakers
metecho (Greek #3348)
to share or participate; by implication, belong to, eat (or drink)
KJV usage: be partaker, pertain, take part, use.
Pronounce: met-ekh'-o
Origin: from 3326 and 2192
of this power
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
exousia (Greek #1849)
privilege, i.e. (subjectively) force, capacity, competency, freedom, or (objectively) mastery (concretely, magistrate, superhuman, potentate, token of control), delegated influence
KJV usage: authority, jurisdiction, liberty, power, right, strength.
Pronounce: ex-oo-see'-ah
Origin: from 1832 (in the sense of ability)
over you
humon (Greek #5216)
of (from or concerning) you
KJV usage: ye, you, your (own, -selves).
Pronounce: hoo-mone'
Origin: genitive case of 5210
, are not
ou (Greek #3756)
the absolute negative (compare 3361) adverb; no or not
KJV usage: + long, nay, neither, never, no (X man), none, (can-)not, + nothing, + special, un(-worthy), when, + without, + yet but. See also 3364, 3372.
Pronounce: oo
Origin: οὐκ (ook), and (before an aspirate) οὐχ (ookh) a primary word
we
hemeis (Greek #2249)
we (only used when emphatic)
KJV usage: us, we (ourselves).
Pronounce: hay-mice'
Origin: nominative plural of 1473
rather
mallon (Greek #3123)
(adverbially) more (in a greater degree)) or rather
KJV usage: + better, X far, (the) more (and more), (so) much (the more), rather.
Pronounce: mal'-lon
Origin: neuter of the comparative of the same as 3122
? Nevertheless
alla (Greek #235)
properly, other things, i.e. (adverbially) contrariwise (in many relations)
KJV usage: and, but (even), howbeit, indeed, nay, nevertheless, no, notwithstanding, save, therefore, yea, yet.
Pronounce: al-lah'
Origin: neuter plural of 243
y we have
chraomai (Greek #5530)
to furnish what is needed; (give an oracle, "graze" (touch slightly), light upon, etc.), i.e. (by implication) to employ or (by extension) to act towards one in a given manner
KJV usage: entreat, use. Compare 5531; 5534.
Pronounce: khrah'-om-ahee
Origin: middle voice of a primary verb (perhaps rather from 5495, to handle)
not
ou (Greek #3756)
the absolute negative (compare 3361) adverb; no or not
KJV usage: + long, nay, neither, never, no (X man), none, (can-)not, + nothing, + special, un(-worthy), when, + without, + yet but. See also 3364, 3372.
Pronounce: oo
Origin: οὐκ (ook), and (before an aspirate) οὐχ (ookh) a primary word
used
chraomai (Greek #5530)
to furnish what is needed; (give an oracle, "graze" (touch slightly), light upon, etc.), i.e. (by implication) to employ or (by extension) to act towards one in a given manner
KJV usage: entreat, use. Compare 5531; 5534.
Pronounce: khrah'-om-ahee
Origin: middle voice of a primary verb (perhaps rather from 5495, to handle)
this
houtos (Greek #3778)
the he (she or it), i.e. this or that (often with article repeated)
KJV usage: he (it was that), hereof, it, she, such as, the same, these, they, this (man, same, woman), which, who.
Pronounce: hoo'-tos
Origin: οὗτοι (hoo'-toy), nominative feminine singular αὕτη (how'-tay), and nominative feminine plural αὕται (how'-tahee) from the article 3588 and 846
power
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
exousia (Greek #1849)
privilege, i.e. (subjectively) force, capacity, competency, freedom, or (objectively) mastery (concretely, magistrate, superhuman, potentate, token of control), delegated influence
KJV usage: authority, jurisdiction, liberty, power, right, strength.
Pronounce: ex-oo-see'-ah
Origin: from 1832 (in the sense of ability)
; but
alla (Greek #235)
properly, other things, i.e. (adverbially) contrariwise (in many relations)
KJV usage: and, but (even), howbeit, indeed, nay, nevertheless, no, notwithstanding, save, therefore, yea, yet.
Pronounce: al-lah'
Origin: neuter plural of 243
suffer
stego (Greek #4722)
to roof over, i.e. (figuratively) to cover with silence (endure patiently)
KJV usage: (for-)bear, suffer.
Pronounce: steg'-o
Origin: from 4721
all things
pas (Greek #3956)
apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole
KJV usage: all (manner of, means), alway(-s), any (one), X daily, + ever, every (one, way), as many as, + no(-thing), X thoroughly, whatsoever, whole, whosoever.
Pronounce: pas
Origin: including all the forms of declension
, lest
hina (Greek #2443)
in order that (denoting the purpose or the result)
KJV usage: albeit, because, to the intent (that), lest, so as, (so) that, (for) to. Compare 3363.
Pronounce: hin'-ah
Origin: probably from the same as the former part of 1438 (through the demonstrative idea; compare 3588)
we should
me (Greek #3361)
(adverb) not, (conjunction) lest; also (as an interrogative implying a negative answer (whereas 3756 expects an affirmative one)) whether
KJV usage: any but (that), X forbear, + God forbid, + lack, lest, neither, never, no (X wise in), none, nor, (can-)not, nothing, that not, un(-taken), without. Often used in compounds in substantially the same relations. See also 3362, 3363, 3364, 3372, 3373, 3375, 3378.
Pronounce: may
Origin: a primary particle of qualified negation (whereas 3756 expresses an absolute denial)
didomi (Greek #1325)
to give (used in a very wide application, properly, or by implication, literally or figuratively; greatly modified by the connection)
KJV usage: adventure, bestow, bring forth, commit, deliver (up), give, grant, hinder, make, minister, number, offer, have power, put, receive, set, shew, smite (+ with the hand), strike (+ with the palm of the hand), suffer, take, utter, yield.
Pronounce: did'-o-mee
Origin: a prolonged form of a primary verb (which is used as an alternative in most of the tenses)
hinder
tis (Greek #5100)
some or any person or object
KJV usage: a (kind of), any (man, thing, thing at all), certain (thing), divers, he (every) man, one (X thing), ought, + partly, some (man, -body, - thing, -what), (+ that no-)thing, what(-soever), X wherewith, whom(-soever), whose(-soever).
Pronounce: tis
Origin: an enclitic indefinite pronoun
egkope (Greek #1464)
a hindrance
KJV usage: X hinder.
Pronounce: eng-kop-ay'
Origin: from 1465
the gospel
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
euaggelion (Greek #2098)
a good message, i.e. the gospel
KJV usage: gospel.
Pronounce: yoo-ang-ghel'-ee-on
Origin: from the same as 2097
of Christ
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
Christos (Greek #5547)
anointed, i.e. the Messiah, an epithet of Jesus
KJV usage: Christ.
Pronounce: khris-tos'
Origin: from 5548
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2 Cor. 11:7‑9• 7What! did I commit sin in humbling myself that ye might be exalted, because I gratuitously announced the gospel of God to you?
 8Other assemblies I spoiled, receiving hire for service toward you.
 9And when present with you and in want, I have not been a burden to anyone (for my want the brethren on coming from Macedonia supplied); and in everything unburdensome to you I kept and will keep myself. (2 Cor. 11:7‑9)
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2 Cor. 12:14• 14Behold, this third time I am ready to come unto you, and I will not press heavily, for I seek not yours, but you: for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children. (2 Cor. 12:14)

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Christ,
Power,
The Gospel

Cross References

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others.
2 Cor. 11:20• 20For ye bear if one bring you into bondage, if one devour you, if one receive, if one exalt himself, if one beat you on the face. (2 Cor. 11:20)
are not.
1 Cor. 9:2• 2If I am not an apostle to others, yet at least I am to you; for the seal of my apostleship ye are in [the] Lord. (1 Cor. 9:2)
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1 Cor. 4:14‑15• 14Not to abash you do I write these things, but as my beloved children I admonish [you];
 15for if ye should have ten thousand child-guides in Christ, yet not many fathers, for in Christ Jesus, through the gospel, I begot you. (1 Cor. 4:14‑15)
Nevertheless.
1 Cor. 9:15,18• 15But I have used none of these things. And I have not written these things that it should be thus in my case, for [it were] good for me to die rather than that anyone should make empty my boast.
 18What, then, is my reward? That in preaching the gospel I may make the gospel without charge; so that I use not for myself my title in the gospel. (1 Cor. 9:15,18)
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Acts 20:31‑34• 31Wherefore watch, remembering that by the space of three years I ceased not admonishing each one night and day with tears.
 32And now I commend you to God and to the word of his grace which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all that are sanctified.
 33I coveted no man's silver, or gold, or apparel;
 34yea, yourselves know that these hands ministered to my necessities, and to those that were with me. (Acts 20:31‑34)
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2 Cor. 11:7‑10• 7What! did I commit sin in humbling myself that ye might be exalted, because I gratuitously announced the gospel of God to you?
 8Other assemblies I spoiled, receiving hire for service toward you.
 9And when present with you and in want, I have not been a burden to anyone (for my want the brethren on coming from Macedonia supplied); and in everything unburdensome to you I kept and will keep myself.
 10There is Christ's truth in me that this boasting shall not be stopped unto me in the quarters of Achaia. (2 Cor. 11:7‑10)
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2 Cor. 12:13‑14• 13For what is there wherein ye were made inferior to the other assemblies, unless that I myself pressed not heavily on you? Forgive me this wrong.
 14Behold, this third time I am ready to come unto you, and I will not press heavily, for I seek not yours, but you: for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children. (2 Cor. 12:13‑14)
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1 Thess. 2:6‑9• 6nor seeking glory of men, neither from you nor from others, when we might have been burdensome as apostles of Christ.
 7But we were gentle in the midst of you, as when a nurse cherisheth her own children;
 8so yearning over you, we were well pleased to impart unto you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls because ye became beloved by us.
 9For ye remember, brethren, our labour and our toil; working night and day that we might not burden any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God. (1 Thess. 2:6‑9)
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2 Thess. 3:8‑9• 8nor did we eat bread for nought from anyone, but in toil and travail, working night and day, that we might not burden any of you:
 9not because we have not title, but to make ourselves an example to you that ye should imitate us. (2 Thess. 3:8‑9)
but.
1 Cor. 4:11‑12• 11Until the present hour we both hunger and thirst, and are naked and are buffeted and are homeless wanderers,
 12and we toil, working with our own hands; reviled, we bless, persecuted, we suffer; (1 Cor. 4:11‑12)
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1 Cor. 6:7• 7Already therefore it is altogether a fault in you that ye go to law among yourselves. Why are ye not rather wronged? why are ye not rather defrauded? (1 Cor. 6:7)
hinder.
Gen. 24:56•  (Gen. 24:56)
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Neh. 4:8•  (Neh. 4:8)
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Luke 11:52• 52Woe unto you, the doctors of the law, for ye have taken away the key of knowledge; yourselves have {i}not{/i} entered in and those who were entering in ye have hindered. (Luke 11:52)
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Rom. 15:22• 22Wherefore also I have been these many times hindered from coming to you; (Rom. 15:22)
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2 Cor. 11:12• 12But what I do I will also do that I may cut off the occasion of those desiring an occasion, that wherein they boast they may be found even as we. (2 Cor. 11:12)

J. N. Darby Translation

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If others partaked of this right over you, should not rather *we*? But we have not used this right, but we bear all things, that we may put no hindrance in the way of the glad tidings of the Christ.

JND Translation Notes

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Metecho, see Note q, Heb. 2.14.

W. Kelly Translation

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If others partake of the title over you, should not we more? But we use not this title but bear all things, that we may cause no hindrance to the gospel of the Christ.