Commentary on the Epistles to the Corinthians John Calvin (continued)
Chapter
1 Corinthians 9:1-12
1 Corinthians 9:1-12 1. Am I not an apostle? am I not free? have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? are not ye my work in the Lord?
1. Non sum liber? non sum Apostolus? 477 nonne Iesum Christum Dominum nostrum vidi? nonne opus meum vos estis in Domino?
2. If I be not an an apostle unto others, yet doubtless I am to you: for the seal of mine apostleship are ye in the Lord.
2. Si aliis non sum Apostolus, vobis tamen sum: sigillum enim Apostolatus mei vos estis in Domino?
3. Mine answer to them that do examine me is this, 3. Haec mea defensio est apudeos, qui in me inquirunt. 4. Have we not power to eat and to drink? 4. Numquid non habemus potestatem edendi et bibendi? 5. Have we not power to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as other apostles, and as the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?
5. Numquid potestatem non habemus circumducendae uxoris sororis, quemadmodum et reliqui Apostoli, et fratres Domini, et Cephas?
6. Or I only and Barnabas, have not we power to forbear working? 6. An ego solus et Barnabas non habemus potestatem hoc agendi? 478
7. Who goeth a warfare any time own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock?
7. Quis militavit suo sumptu unquam? quis plantat vitem, et ex fructu ejus non comedit? quis pascit gregem, et lacte gregis non vescitur?
8. Say I these things as a man? Or saith not the law the same also? 8. Num secundum hominem haec dico? 9. For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen?
477"Ne suis-ie point Apostre? ne suis-ie point en liberte;" — "Am I not an Apostle? Am I not free?" "The order of the words in Calvin's Latin version is the order in which they are read in the Vat., Alex., and some other MSS. and ancient versions, and in which they are quoted by Origen, Tertullian and Augustine…The Latin retains the primitive order; we read, therefore, in Wiclif's version — "Whether I am not free? am I not Apostle?" — Penn. Ed.
478"De ne trauailler point;" — "To refrain from working."