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For in the Law of Moses it is written, "Thou shalt not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain."

τῷ tō “the”τῶν tōn “for the”τῷ tō “<the>”

Is God simply thinking about the oxen? Or is it really in our interest that He speaks? Of course, it was written in our interest, because it is His will that when a plough-man ploughs, and a thresher threshes, it should be in the hope of sharing that wh

ὁ ho “the [one]”ὁ ho “the [one]”τῆς tēs “of the”τοῦ tou “[that he]”

If it is we who sowed the spiritual grain in you, is it a great thing that we should reap a temporal harvest from you?

τὰ ta “<the>”τὰ ta “<the>”

If other teachers possess that right over you, do not we possess it much more? Yet we have not availed ourselves of the right, but we patiently endure all things rather than hinder in the least degree the progress of the Good News of the Christ.

τῆς tēs “of the”τῇ tēa “<the>”τῷ tō “to the”τοῦ tou “<the>”

Do you not know that those who perform the sacred rites have their food from the sacred place, and that those who serve at the altar all alike share with the altar?

οἱ hoi “those”τὰ ta “in the”τὰ ta “the [things]”τοῦ tou “the”οἱ hoi “those”τῷ tō “at the”τῷ tō “at the”

In the same way the Lord also directed those who proclaim the Good News to maintain themselves by the Good News.

ὁ ho “the”τοῖς tois “to those”τὸ to “the”τοῦ tou “the”

But I, for my part, have not used, and do not use, my full rights in any of these things. Nor do I now write with that object so far as I myself am concerned, for I would rather die than have anybody make this boast of mine an empty one.

τὸ to “the”

What are my wages then? The very fact that the Good News which I preach will cost my hearers nothing, so that I cannot be charged with abuse of my privileges as a Christian preacher.

ὁ ho “the”τὸ to “the”τοῦ tou “of the”τὸ to “<the>”τῇ tēa “the”τῷ tō “the”

Though free from all human control, I have made myself the slave of all in the hope of winning as many converts as possible.

τοὺς tous “the”

To the Jews I have become like a Jew in order to win Jews; to men under the Law as if I were under the Law--although I am not--in order to win those who are under the Law;

τοῖς tois “to the”τοῖς tois “To those”τοὺς tous “those”

to men without Law as if I were without Law--although I am not without Law in relation to God but am abiding in Christ's Law--in order to win those who are without Law.

τοῖς tois “To those”τοὺς tous “those”

To the weak I have become weak, so as to gain the weak. To all men I have become all things, in the hope that in every one of these ways I may save some.

τοῖς tois “to the”τοὺς tous “the”τοῖς tois “The [things]”τὰ ta “<the>”

And I do everything for the sake of the Good News, that I may share with my hearers in its benefits.

τὸ to “the”

Do you not know that in the foot-race the runners all run, but that only one gets the prize? You must run like him, in order to win with certainty.

οἱ hoi “those”τὸ to “the”

But every competitor in an athletic contest practices abstemiousness in all directions. They indeed do this for the sake of securing a perishable wreath, but we for the sake of securing one that will not perish.

ὁ ho “who”

but I hit hard and straight at my own body and lead it off into slavery, lest possibly, after I have been a herald to others, I should myself be rejected.

τὸ to “<the>”

For I would have you remember, brethren, how our forefathers were all of them sheltered by the cloud, and all got safely through the Red Sea.

οἱ hoi “the”τὴν tēn “the”τῆς tēs “the”

All were baptized in the cloud and in the sea to be followers of Moses.

τὸν ton “<the>”τῇ tēa “the”τῇ tēa “the”

All ate the same spiritual food,

τὸ to “the”

and all drank the same spiritual drink; for they long drank the water that flowed from the spiritual rock that went with them--and that rock was the Christ.

τὸ to “the”ἡ hē “the”ὁ ho “<the>”

But with most of them God was not well pleased; for they were laid low in the Desert.

τοῖς tois “the”ὁ ho “<the>”τῇ tēa “the”

And in this they became a warning to us, to teach us not to be eager, as they were eager, in pursuit of what is evil.

τὸ to “<the>”

And you must not be worshippers of idols, as some of them were. For it is written, "The People sat down to eat and drink, and stood up to dance."

ὁ ho “the”

And do not let us test the Lord too far, as some of them tested Him and were destroyed by the serpents.

τὸν ton “the”τῶν tōn “<the>”

And do not be discontented, as some of them were, and they were destroyed by the Destroyer.

τοῦ tou “the”