1 Corinthians 9:10 Cross References - Moffatt

¹⁰ Or is he speaking purely for our sakes? Assuredly for our sakes. This word was written for us, because the ploughman needs to plough in hope, and the thresher to thresh in the hope of getting a share in the crop.

²² Had not those days been cut short, not a soul would be saved alive; however, for the sake of the elect, those days will be cut short.

⁷ Which of you, with a servant out ploughing or shepherding, will say to him when he comes in from the field, 'Come at once and take your place at table'? ⁸ Will the man not rather say to him, 'Get some thing ready for my supper; gird yourself and wait on me till I eat and drink; then you can eat and drink yourself'?

³⁵ You have a saying, have you not, 'Four months yet, then harvest'? Look round, I tell you; see, the fields are white for harvesting! ³⁶ The reaper is already getting his wages and harvesting for eternal life, so that the sower shares the reaper's joy. ³⁷ That proverb, 'One sows and another reaps,' holds true here: ³⁸ I sent you to reap a crop for which you did not toil; other men have toiled, and you reap the profit of their toil."

²³ And these words counted to him have not been written for him alone ²⁴ but for our sakes as well; faith will be counted to us as we believe in Him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead,

⁴ All such words were written of old for our instruction, that by remaining stedfast and drawing encouragement from the scriptures we may cherish hope.

⁹ We work together in God's service; you are God's field to be planted, God's house to be built.

¹⁵ It is all in your interests, so that the more grace abounds, the more thanksgiving may rise and redound to the glory of God.

⁶ The farmer who has done the work must have the first share of the fruit.