Discipleship Living: 1 Corinthians
1 Corinthians

Paul Wins the Jews

1 Corinthians 9:20: And to the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might win Jews; to those who are under the law, as under the law, that I might win those who are under the law;

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Discipleship Living: 1 Corinthians
1 Corinthians

With or Without the Law

1 Corinthians 9:21: To those who are without law, as without law (not being without law toward God, but under law toward Christ), that I might win those who are without law;

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Discipleship Living: 1 Corinthians
1 Corinthians

Servant to All

1 Corinthians 9:19: For though I am free from all men, I have made myself a servant to all, that I might win the more;

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Discipleship Living: 1 Corinthians
1 Corinthians

Gospel Given Freely

1 Corinthians 9:17–18: For if I do this willingly, I have a reward; but if against my will, I have been entrusted with a stewardship. What is my reward then? That when I preach the gospel, I may present the gospel of Christ without charge, that I may not abuse …

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Discipleship Living: 1 Corinthians
1 Corinthians

Woe Is Me, If I Do Not Preach

1 Corinthians 9:16: For if I preach the gospel, I have nothing to boast of, for necessity is laid upon me; yes, woe is me if I do not preach the gospel!

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Discipleship Living: 1 Corinthians
1 Corinthians

The Motive for Ministry

1 Corinthians 9:15: But I have used none of these things, nor have I written these things that it should be done so to me; for it would be better for me to die than that anyone should make my boasting void.

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Discipleship Living: 1 Corinthians
1 Corinthians

Support the Preacher

1 Corinthians 9:14: Even so the Lord has commanded that those who preach the gospel should live from the gospel.

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Discipleship Living: 1 Corinthians
1 Corinthians

Sowing Spiritually

1 Corinthians 9:11–13: If we have sown spiritual things for you, is it a great thing if we reap your material things? If others are partakers of this right over you, are we not even more? Nevertheless we have not used this right, but endure all things lest we hinder …

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Discipleship Living: 1 Corinthians
1 Corinthians

Plow in Hope

1 Corinthians 9:8–10: Do I say these things as a mere man? Or does not the law say the same also? For it is written in the law of Moses, “You shall not muzzle an ox while it treads out the grain.” Is it oxen God is concerned about? Or …

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Discipleship Living: 1 Corinthians
1 Corinthians

How to Fill Your Barns

1 Corinthians 9:7: Who ever goes to war at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat of its fruit? Or who tends a flock and does not drink of the milk of the flock?

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