King James Version:
(The Lord speaking is red text)
If we have sown unto you spiritual things, [is it] a great thing if we shall reap your carnal things?
Complete Jewish Bible:
If we have sown spiritual seed among you, is it too much if we reap a material harvest from you?
Berean Standard Bible:
If we have sown spiritual seed among you, is it too much for us to reap a material harvest from you?
American Standard Version:
If we sowed unto you spiritual things, is it a great matter if we shall reap your carnal things?
KJV with Strong’s Numbers:
If{G1487} we{G2249} have sown{G4687} unto you{G5213} spiritual things{G4152}, is it a great thing{G3173} if{G1487} we{G2249} shall reap{G2325} your{G5216} carnal things{G4559}?
Cross-References (KJV):
Romans 15:27
- It hath pleased them verily; and their debtors they are. For if the Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual things, their duty is also to minister unto them in carnal things.
Galatians 6:6
- Let him that is taught in the word communicate unto him that teacheth in all good things.
2 Corinthians 11:15
- Therefore [it is] no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.
Matthew 10:10
- Nor scrip for [your] journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor yet staves: for the workman is worthy of his meat.
2 Kings 5:13
- And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, My father, [if] the prophet had bid thee [do some] great thing, wouldest thou not have done [it]? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean?
Malachi 3:8
- Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.
Malachi 3:9
- Ye [are] cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, [even] this whole nation.
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Commentary for 1 Corinthians 9:11
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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:
Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)
- Strong's Number: G1487
There are 271 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: εἰ
Transliteration: ei
Pronunciation: i
Description: a primary particle of conditionality; if, whether, that, etc.:--forasmuch as, if, that, (al-)though, whether. Often used in connection or composition with other particles, especially as in εἴγε, εἰ δὲ μή(γε), εἰ καί, εἰ μή, εἰ μή τι, εἴ περ, εἴ πως, εἴ τις, ἐκ. See also ἐάν. - Strong's Number: G2249
There are 121 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: ἡμεῖς
Transliteration: hēmeîs
Pronunciation: hay-mice'
Description: nominative plural of ἐγώ; we (only used when emphatic):--us, we (ourselves). - Strong's Number: G4687
There are 42 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: σπείρω
Transliteration: speírō
Pronunciation: spi'-ro
Description: probably strengthened from σπάω (through the idea of extending); to scatter, i.e. sow (literally or figuratively):--sow(- er), receive seed. - Strong's Number: G5213
There are 567 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: ὑμῖν
Transliteration: hymîn
Pronunciation: hoo-min'
Description: irregular dative case of ὑμεῖς; to (with or by) you:--ye, you, your(-selves). - Strong's Number: G4152
There are 21 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: πνευματικός
Transliteration: pneumatikós
Pronunciation: pnyoo-mat-ik-os'
Description: from πνεῦμα; non-carnal, i.e. (humanly) ethereal (as opposed to gross), or (dæmoniacally) a spirit (concretely), or (divinely) supernatural, regenerate, religious:--spiritual. Compare ψυχικός. - Strong's Number: G3173
There are 185 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: μέγας
Transliteration: mégas
Pronunciation: meg'-as
Description: (including the prolonged forms, feminine , plural , etc.; compare also μέγιστος, μείζων); big (literally or figuratively, in a very wide application):--(+ fear) exceedingly, great(-est), high, large, loud, mighty, + (be) sore (afraid), strong, X to years. - Strong's Number: G2325
There are 17 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: θερίζω
Transliteration: therízō
Pronunciation: ther-id'-zo
Description: from θέρος (in the sense of the crop); to harvest:--reap. - Strong's Number: G5216
There are 503 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: ὑμῶν
Transliteration: hymōn
Pronunciation: hoo-mone'
Description: genitive case of ὑμεῖς; of (from or concerning) you:--ye, you, your (own, -selves). - Strong's Number: G4559
There are 10 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: σαρκικός
Transliteration: sarkikós
Pronunciation: sar-kee-kos'
Description: from σάρξ; pertaining to flesh, i.e. (by extension) bodily, temporal, or (by implication) animal, unregenerate:--carnal, fleshly.