1 Corinthians 9:14
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for 1 Corinthians 9:14 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
1 Corinthians 9:14 is a verse from the book of 1 Corinthians in the New Testament. The KJV reads: "Even so hath the Lord ordained that they which preach the gospel should live of the gospel." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
1 Corinthians 9:14 — KJV
“Even so hath the Lord ordained that they which preach the gospel should live of the gospel.”
— 1 Corinthians 9:14 (KJV)
1 Corinthians 9:14 in Context — About the Book of 1 Corinthians
1 Corinthians is pastoral surgery on a gifted, divided, messy church — addressing factions, immorality, lawsuits, worship chaos, and doubts about resurrection. It contains the love chapter read at countless weddings and the Bible's fullest teaching on spiritual gifts and the resurrection body.
Cross-References for 1 Corinthians 9:14
“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,”
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“And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the LORD thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven. divided: or, imparted”
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“And they said unto Joshua, Truly the LORD hath delivered into our hands all the land; for even all the inhabitants of the country do faint because of us. faint: Heb. melt”
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“And Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation, and for the altar of the LORD, even unto this day, in the place which he should choose. made: Heb. gave, or, delivered to be”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 9:14: even, lord, should
“And now, behold, the LORD hath kept me alive, as he said, these forty and five years, even since the LORD spake this word unto Moses, while the children of Israel wandered in the wilderness: and now, lo, I am this day fourscore and five years old. wandered: Heb. walked”
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