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Matthew Henry Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 9 - Introduction

* The apostle shows his authority, and asserts his right to be maintained. (1-14) He waved this part of his Christian liberty, for the good of others. (15-23) He did all this, with care and diligence, in view of an unfading crown. (24-27)

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See also 1 Corinthians 9 - Introduction in other biblical comments:

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  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Charles Box Commentaries

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  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    _HE SHEWETH HIS LIBERTY, AND THAT THE MINISTER OUGHT TO LIVE BY THE GOSPEL; YET THAT HIMSELF HATH OF HIS OWN ACCORD ABSTAINED, TO BE EITHER CHARGEABLE UNTO THEM, OR OFFENSIVE UNTO ANY IN MATTERS INDIF...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    IX. The assertion in the last verse of 1 Corinthians 8 of his willingness to sacrifice for ever his own right to eat meat, about which he had himself no conscientious scruple, out of a tender regard t...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

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  • Mark Dunagan Commentaries

    FIRST CORINTHIANS-CHAPTER NINE _ OUTLINE AND COMMENTARY-MARK DUNAGAN_ I. OUTLINE OF CHAPTER NINE: I. In Defense of Being An Apostle: 1 Corinthians 9:1-3 II. In Defense of Being Financially Support...

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    The substance of this long digression so far as the present chapter is concerned may be thus expressed: ‘I have been urging on you the duty of refraining from things lawful when by indulging in them t...

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