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John Gill's Exposition on 1 Corinthians 9:10
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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Or saith he it altogether for our sakes, etc.] That is, God says this, or delivers out this law, forbidding the muzzling the ox, while it treads out the corn; not merely for the sake of the ox, but chiefly for the sake of men; and so Jarchi upon the place says, that the ox is mentioned, µda ta ayxwhl, “to express man”; and so another of the Jewish writers f156 interprets the law in (<052206>Deuteronomy 22:6). “Thou shalt not take the dam with the young”; “the intention of the command is, not to have mercy on birds, “but for the sake of men”, he (God) says this, whom he would accustom to meekness and compassion:” and particularly this is here said, for the sake of ministers of the Gospel, who for their spiritual strength, and labours in their work, may be compared to oxen; (see <260110>Ezekiel 1:10). This law is elsewhere produced by the apostle, and urged in favour of the maintenance of ministers, as here, (<540517>1 Timothy 5:17,18) and therefore for our sakes no doubt it is written; to teach men, that as any workmen are not to be deprived of proper sustenance, so neither they that labour in the word and doctrine: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; of enjoying the fruit of his labours: and that he that thresheth in hope, should be partaker of his hope; of having a supply out of that he is threshing.
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