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1 Corinthians 9:7

Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock?

KJV

τίς στρατεύεται ἰδίοις ὀψωνίοις ποτέ; τίς φυτεύει ἀμπελῶνα καὶ τὸν καρπὸν αὐτοῦ οὐκ ἐσθίει; ἢ τίς ποιμαίνει ποίμνην καὶ ἐκ τοῦ γάλακτος τῆς ποίμνης οὐκ ἐσθίει;

Greek NT

Quis militat suis stipendiis umquam ? quis plantat vineam, et de fructu ejus non edit ? quis pascit gregem, et de lacte gregis non manducat ?

Vulgate

What soldier ever serveth at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock?

ASV

Who serveth as a soldier, at any time, at his own charges? Who planteth a vineyard and eateth not of the fruit thereof? Who feedeth the flock and eateth not of the milk of the flock?

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

18 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
γάλα
gala
noun · 5×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
καρπός
karpos
noun · 66×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
ποίμνη
poimne
noun · 5×
ποιμαίνω
poimaino
verb · 11×
ποτέ
pote
particle · 29×
στρατεύομαι
strateuomai
verb · 7×
τίς
tis
interrogative_pronoun · 533×
φυτεύω
phuteuo
verb · 11×
ἀμπελών
ampelon
noun · 23×
ἐκ
ek
preposition · 915×
ἐσθίω
esthio
verb · 65×
e
particle · 346×
ἴδιος
idios
adjective · 114×
ὀψώνιον
opsonion
noun · 4×
o
article · 19778×

Textual variants

2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: τὸν καρπὸν | WH/Treg/NIV: τὸν καρπὸν | RP: ἐκ τοῦ καρποῦ
  • τὸν καρπὸνSBLGNT
  • τὸν καρπὸνWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ἐκ τοῦ καρποῦRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: τίς | Holmes/Tregmarg: τίς | WH/Treg/NIV/RP: ἢ τίς
  • τίςSBLGNT
  • τίςSBLGNT, Tregelles (margin)
  • ἢ τίςWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

2. Having therefore called him, He also honored him with a very great honor by partaking straightway of his table; for in this way He would both give him good hope for the future, and lead him on to a greater confidence. For not in a long time, but at once, He healed his vice. And not with him only does He sit down to meat, but with many others also; although this very thing wa…

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 3:6 — I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.
  • 1Cor 3:6 — I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.
  • 1Pet 5:2 — Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;
  • 1Thess 5:13 — And to esteem them very highly in love for their work’s sake. And be at peace among yourselves.
  • 1Tim 5:18 — For the scripture saith, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn. And, The labourer is worthy of his reward.
  • 2Cor 10:4 — (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)
  • 2Tim 2:3 — Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
  • 2Tim 2:6 — The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits.
  • Deut 20:6 — And what man is he that hath planted a vineyard, and hath not yet eaten of it? let him also go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man eat of it.
  • Isa 5:2 — And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress therein: and he looked that it should brin
  • Prov 27:18 — Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.
  • Prov 27:18 — Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.