1 Corinthians 9:11 — Greek Interlinear

Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 9:11

“If we sowed unto you spiritual things, is it a great matter if we shall reap your carnal things?” Lo, he adds also a fourth argument for the duty of yielding support. For since he had said, “What soldier ever serves at his own charges?” and, “who plants a vineyard?” and, “who feeds a flock?” and introduced the ox that treads the grain; he points out likewise another most reasonable cause on account of which they might justly receive; viz. having bestowed much greater gifts,…