1 Corinthians 9:7
What soldier ever serves at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard, and doesn’t eat of its fruit? Or who feeds a flock, and doesn’t drink from the flock’s milk?This verse in the real world
In what words
- ὀψώνιονopsṓnionrations for a soldier, i.e. (by extension) his stipend or pay
- ποίμνηpoímnēa flock (literally or figuratively)
- γάλαgálamilk (figuratively)
- στρατεύομαιstrateúomaito serve in a military campaign; figuratively, to execute the apostolate (with its arduous
- ποιμαίνωpoimaínōto tend as a shepherd of (figuratively, superviser)
- φυτεύωphyteúōto set out in the earth, i.e. implant; figuratively, to instil doctrine
- ἀμπελώνampelṓna vineyard
- ποτέpotéindefinite adverb, at some time, ever
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.