9:1-23

grounds

PARAGRAPH CLUSTER1 CONSTITUENT 9:1-23

(expository Paragraph Cluster2: grounds of 9:1-27)

PARAGRAPH GROUP 1 CONSTITUENT>>PARAGRAPH CLUSTER1 CONSTITUENT 9:1-23

(expository paragraph group 2: grounds of 9:1-27)>>(expository paragraph cluster2: grounds of 9:1-27)

9:1-23  I do not use things that I have authority to use although I as an apostle have that authority.  I do this so that I will not hinder anyone from believing the gospel concerning Jesus Christ, and so that I may be someone who works together with God so that people will believe the gospel. 

concession

9:1-2  Although, I certainly am free from the obligation to do things just because other people believe I should do them since I certainly am an apostle.  You certainly should recognize that I am an apostle, since I certainly have seen Jesus our Lord, whereby he appointed me to be an apostle, and since you became believers by means of the Lord enabling me to preach the gospel to you.

I understand adding "Although" to the theme statement to indicate that 9:1-2 is a concession to 9:3-23.  However, to add it to the first sentence of the theme statement will require some rewording of the other sentences in the theme statement.  As stated, there is no  sentence to correspond to the 'although' as it is now written.

9:1-2

concession

PARAGRAPH CLUSTER2 CONSTITUENT

(Expository paragraph: concession of 9:1-23)

PARAGRAPH GROUP 2 CONSTITUENT>>PARAGRAPH CLUSTER2 CONSTITUENT 9:1-2

(Expository paragraph: concession of 9:1-27>>(Expository paragraph: concession of 9:1-23)

9:1a

CONCLUSION

9:1a Ouvk eivmi. evleu,qerojÈ

9:1a I certainly am not obligated to do things just because others believe I should do them/(OR, free to do anything I believe God wants me to do) 

grounds

9:1b

CONCLUSION

9:1b ouvk eivmi. avpo,stolojÈ

9:1b I certainly am an apostle [RHQ]

9:1c

grounds(1)

9:1c ouvci. VIhsou/n to.n ku,rion h`mw/n e`o,rakaÈ

9:1c  since I most certainly have seen our Lord Jesus [RHQ]

9:1d-2

grounds(2)

9:1d-e

contraction

9:1d

means

9:1d ouv to. e;rgon mou u`mei/j evste evn kuri,w|È 

9:ld 

and since by means of the Lord enabling me to preach the gospel to you 

9:1e

RESULT

9:le you certainly became believers [RHQ]

9:2

AMPLIFICATION

9:2a

concession

9:2a eiv a;lloij ouvk eivmi. avpo,stoloj(

9:2a That is, even though other people consider that I am not an apostle 

9:2b-e

CONTRAEXPECTATION

9:2b

NUCLEUS

9:2b avlla, ge u`mi/n eivmi\

9:2b nevertheless you most certainly should realize/consider that I am an apostle 

9:2c-e

grounds

9:2d-e

reason

9:2d

RESULT

9:2d  u`mei/j evste

9:2d you believed in Christ/(OR, you became believers)

9:2e

means

9:2e evn kuri,w|Å 

9:2e since by means of the Lord enabling me to preach the gospel to you 

9:2c

RESULT

9:2c h` ga.r sfragi,j mou th/j avpostolh/j

9:2c This [2d-e] confirms that I certainly am an apostle {MET]

CONTRAEXPECTATION

9:3-23  I show that I am an apostle by preaching the gospel without people recompensing me for proclaiming it; I endure difficult things (including not being recompensed for preaching the gospel) so that I will not hinder anyone from believing the good news of the gospel; by doing this God permits me to work with him so that people will accept the gospel.  In a similar manner, you exert yourselves fully and completely on doing what God wants you to do so that God may reward you.

9:3-23

CONTRAEXPECTATION

PARAGRAPH CLUSTER2 CONSTITUENT

(Expository Paragraph Cluster3: CONTRAEXPECTATION of 9:1-23)

PARAGRAPH GROUP 2 CONSTITUENT>>PARAGRAPH CLUSTER2 CONSTITUENT 9:3-23

(expository paragraph cluster: CONTRAEXPECTATION of 9:1-27 1>>expository paragraph cluster3: CONTRAEXPECTATION of 9:1-23)

orienter

9:3

orienter

(propositional cluster: orienter of 9:3-23)

PARAGRAPH CLUSTER 1 CONSTITUENT>>PARAGRAPH CLUSTER3 CONSTITUENT 9:3

9:3a-b

MEANS

9:3a

item

9:3a  This [9:4-23] is what I say to people

9:3a  ~H evmh. avpologi,a toi/j ... ἐστιν αὕτη

9:3b

identification of 'people'

9:3b evme. avnakri,nousi,n

9:3b who are scrutinizing and criticizing/(or, judging) me

9:3c

purpose

9:3c  ἡ ἐμὴ ἀπολογία. . .[ ]

9:3c in order to defend myself/that I am an apostle

CONTENT

means

9:4-17  Although God authorized that people should

recompense people who work for him,

I have not and am not asking you to recompense

me because I preached the gospel to you, because

I do not want anyone to stop me from boasting

that I preached the gospel to you without you

recompensing me for doing that.  

God will not reward me just for proclaiming the gospel,

because I am obligated to do that.

9:4-17

means

PARAGRAPH CLUSTER3 CONSTITUENT

(Expository paragraph cluster4:

means of 9:4-23)

PARAGRAPH CLUSTER2 CONSTITUENT>>PARAGRAPH CLUSTER4 CONSTITUENT 9:4-17

(Expository paragraph cluster3: means of 9:4-23)>>(Expository paragraph cluster5: means of 9:4-23)

reason

9:4-12

REASON

PARAGRAPH CLUSTER4 CONSTITUENT

(Expository paragraph: reason of 9:4-17)

PARAGRAPH CLUSTER3 CONSTITUENT>>PARAGRAPH CLUSTER5 CONSTITUENT 9:4-12

9:4-12b

concession

THEME: We as apostles are authorized to benefit from what we do as apostles.

9:4-10

NUCLEUS

9:4-5c

INFERENCE

9:4-5b

NUCLEUS

9:4

NUCLEUS (1)

9:4a

NUCLEUS

9:4 mh. ouvk e;comen evxousi,an fagei/n kai. pei/nÈ 

9:4 Barnabas and I, as apostles, certainly are authorized/(OR, have the right) to receive from you food and drink [RHQ]

9:4b

circumstance

9:4b when we(exc) travel in order that we(exc) preach the gospel 

9:5a-b

NUCLEUS (2)

9:5a

NUCLEUS (1)

5:5a mh. ouvk e;comen evxousi,an avdelfh.n gunai/ka peria,gein

5:5a We(exc) each certainly are authorized/(OR, have the right) to take a wife who is a believer along with us(exc) as well [RHQ]

9:5b

NUCLEUS (2)

9:5b and our wives also would have the right to receive food and drink from you

9:5c

circumstance

9:5c when we(exc) travel in order that we(exc) preach the gospel.

9:5d

syllogistic evidence (1)

9:5d w`j kai. oi` loipoi. avpo,stoloi kai. oi` avdelfoi. tou/ kuri,ou kai. Khfa/jÈ 

9:5d We certainly have the right to do this since the rest of the apostles, the Lord’s brothers and especially the apostle Cephas/Peter have the same right.

9:6

reductio ad adsurdum evidence

9:6a

NUCLEUS

6a h' mo,noj evgw. kai. Barnaba/j ouvk e;comen evxousi,an mh. evrga,zesqaiÈ  

9:6a If the other apostles are authorized to do those things, then you must conclude that I and Barnabas are the only apostles who must also do other work in order to earn money with which to buy our food and drink [IRO,RHQ]

9:6b

circumstance

9:6b while we preach the gospel.

9:7

analogic evidence

9:7a

NUCLEUS (1)

9:7a ti,j strateu,etai ivdi,oij ovywni,oij pote,È

9:7a A soldier would certainly never pay his own wages for that which he/(OR, his body) needs in order to live [RHQ]

9:7b

NUCLEUS (2)

9:7b ti,j futeu,ei avmpelw/na kai. to.n karpo.n auvtou/ ouvk evsqi,eiÈ

9:7b and a person who plants a vineyard would certainly eat some of the produce from that vineyard when it has developed and ripened [RHQ]

9:7c

NUCLEUS (3)

9:7c h' ti,j poimai,nei poi,mnhn kai. evk tou/ ga,laktoj th/j poi,mnhj ouvk evsqi,eiÈ 

9:7c and a person who takes care of sheep would certainly drink some of the milk/(OR, eat things made from the milk) from those sheep. [RHQ]

9:8-10

evidential grounds

Propositional Cluster

scriptural evidence

9:8a

NUCLEUS (1)

9:8a Mh. kata. a;nqrwpon tau/ta lalw/

9:8a I say these things [9:4–6] not only because people [SYN] think [RHQ] that it is right for preachers to receive material support for their preaching

9:8b-10

NUCLEUS (2)

9:8b

NUCLEUS

9:8b h' kai. o` no,moj tau/ta ouv le,geiÈ 

9:8b but also because God [PRS] in the law which he gave to Moses declares that this [8a] is right [RHQ].

9:9-10

grounds

9:9a-c

CONCLUSION

9:9a

orienter

9:9a evn ga.r tw/| Mwu?se,wj no,mw| ge,graptai(

9:9a Specifically he said in this Law which Moses wrote,

9:9b-c

CONTENT

9:9b

nucleus

9:9b Ouv khmw,seij bou/n

9:9b "You shall not muzzle an ox so that he is not able to eat grain

9:9c

circumstance

9:9c avlow/ntaÅ 

9:9c while he is threshing it.’’

9:9d-10

grounds

9:9d

alternate

9:9d mh. tw/n bow/n me,lei tw/| qew/| 

9:9d God caused Moses to write this [9b–c] not only  [HYP] because he cared for the oxen [RHQ]

NUCLEUS

9:10a-d

grounds

9:10a

nucleus

9:10a  h' diV h`ma/j pa,ntwj le,geiÈ

9:10a but most certainly God caused Moses to say and write this because he was concerned about us [inc] humans as well [RHQ].

9:10b

RESULT

9:10b diV h`ma/j ga.r evgra,fh

9:10b Yes, it was certainly because he was concerned for us [inc] that he caused Moses to write this,

9:10c-d

reason

9:10c

NUCLEUS (1)

9:10c o[ti ovfei,lei evpV evlpi,di o` avrotriw/n avrotria/n 

9:10c since just as a person who is ploughing the ground in order to plant and grow a crop has the right to expect to eat/receive some of that crop,

9:10d

NUCLEUS (2)

9:10d kai. o` avlow/n evpV evlpi,di tou/ mete,ceinÅ

9:10d and just as a person who is threshing grain has the right to expect to eat/receive some of that grain,

9:10e

CONCLUSION

9:10e we too should have the right to expect to receive material support/(OR, food or wages) for the work we do.

9:11-12b

equivalent

9:11

NUCLEUS (1)

9:11a-c

standard

9:11a

evaluative orienter

9:11a me,ga

9:11a Since it certainly is reasonable

9:11b-c

CONTENT

9:11b

circumstance

9:11b eiv h`mei/j u`mi/n ta. pneumatika. evspei,ramen(

9:11b that just as when a person sows seed

9:11c

NUCLEUS

9:11c [me,ga] eiv h`mei/j u`mw/n ta. sarkika. qeri,somenÈ

9:11c he has the right to eat/receive some of the food which that seed produces, [MET, RHQ]

9:11d-f

CONGRUENCE

9:11d

evaluative orienter

9:11d [me,ga] 

9:11d it certainly [RHQ] is reasonable

9:11e-f

CONTENT

9:11e

grounds

9:11e [eiv h`mei/j u`mi/n ta. pneumatika. evspei,ramen(]

9:11e that since we(exc) preached spiritual truth to you,

9:11f

CONCLUSION

9:11f [[me,ga] eiv h`mei/j u`mw/n ta. sarkika. qeri,somenÈ] 

9:11f we(exc) also have the right to receive some of the material support which you produce/earn.

9:12a-b

NUCLEUS (2)

9:12a

grounds

9:12a eiv a;lloi th/j u`mw/n evxousi,aj mete,cousin(

9:12a And since other people who preach to you have used this right,

9:12b

CONCLUSION

9:12b ouv ma/llon h`mei/jÈ

9:12b most certainly we(exc) have the same right to use it [RHQ].

9:12c-f

CONTRAEXPECTATION

9:12c-e

MEANS

9:12c-d

negative

9:12c

'things'

9:12c VAllV ouvk evcrhsa,meqa

9:12c Nevertheless we(exc) did not ask/require that you give us these things

9:12d

description

9:12d th/| evxousi,a| tau,th|(

9:12d which we(exc) are authorized/(OR, have a right) to receive from you.

9:12e

POSITIVE

9:12e avlla. pa,nta ste,gomen(

9:12e Instead we(exc) were willing to endure/(OR, deprive ourselves(exc) of) altogether anything

9:12f

purpose

9:12f i[na mh, tina evgkoph.n dw/men tw/| euvaggeli,w| tou/ Cristou/Å

9:12f in order that we(exc) not hinder any person at all from believing the gospel concerning Christ.

RESULT

9:13-17  Therefore, although God authorized that people should recompense people who work for him, I have not and am not asking you to recompense me because I preached the gospel to you, because I so much want that no one should stop me from boasting that I preached the gospel to you without you recompensing me for doing that.  I cannot boast that I preach the gospel, because I would be very miserable if I did not preach the gospel, and because God/Christ commissioned me to preach the gospel.

9:13-17

RESULT

PARAGRAPH CLUSTER4 CONSTITUENT

(Expository paragraph: RESULT of 9:4-17)

PARAGRAPH CLUSTER3 CONSTITUENT>>PARAGRAPH CLUSTER5 CONSTITUENT 9:13-17

9:13-14

concession

9:13

NUCLEUS (1)

9:13a

orienter

9:13a ouvk oi;date

9:13a You certainly know [RHQ]

9:13b-d

CONTNET

9:13b-c

GENERIC

9:13b

'things'

9:13b o[ti oi` ta. i`era. evrgazo,menoi Îta.Ð evk tou/ i`erou/ evsqi,ousin(

9:13b that those priests and Levites who work with things dedicated to God in the temple eat a part of the things/offerings

9:13c

identification

9:13c which people have brought to the temple;

9:13c-d

specific

9:13e

'priests'

9:13e tw/| qusiasthri,w| summeri,zontaiÈ 

9:13e specifically, the priests eat a part of the food which has been sacrificed [MTY] on the altar.

9:13d

description

9:13d oi` tw/| qusiasthri,w| paredreu,ontej

9:13d These priests work at the altar to receive that food which the people bring to be sacrificed on the altar

9:14

NUCLEUS (2)

9:14a

orienter

9:14a ou[twj kai. o` ku,rioj die,taxen toi/j to. euvagge,lion katagge,llousin

9:14a The Lord Jesus also instructed/taught his disciples the same principle for the benefit of those who preach the gospel

9:14b

CONTENT

9:14b  evk tou/ euvaggeli,ou zh/nÅ

9:14b that those who preach the gospel should receive food and wages which they need in order to live, from those to whom they preach it.

9:15-17

CONTRAEXPECTATION

9:15a-d

RESULT

9:15a-b

nucleus (1)

9:14a

'things'

9:15a evgw. de. ouv ke,crhmai ouvdeni. tou,twnÅ

9:15a Nevertheless, I have not asked that you give me any of these things

9:15b

description

9:15b which I have a right to receive from you.

9:15c-d

nucleus (2)

9:15c

means

9:15c  e;graya de. tau/ta(

9:15c And I write this [9:4–14] to you

9:15d

PURPOSE

9:15d ouvk ...  i[na ou[twj ge,nhtai evn evmoi,\

9:15d not in order that I might receive these things.

9:15e-17

reason

9:15e-f

CONCLUSION

9:15e

contraction

9:l5e  kalo.n ga,r moi ma/llon avpoqanei/n  h;&

9:15e I would rather die than [than to no longer have a reason to boast that I am not recompensed by you with money/(OR, I do not want to receive any of these things from you)].

9:15f

AMPLIFICATION

9:15f  to. kau,chma, mou ouvdei.j kenw,seiÅ

9:15f I will not allow anyone to stop me from truthfully boasting that I had not received any of these things from you,

9:16-17

GROUNDS

9:16a

CONCLUSION

9:16a eva.n ga.r euvaggeli,zwmai( ouvk e;stin moi kau,chma\

9:16a I cannot boast about the fact that I preach the gospel

9:16b-17

GROUNDS

9:16b

contraction

9:16b avna,gkh ga,r moi evpi,keitai\

9:16b since I am obligated by God/Christ to do that.

9:16c-d

AMPLIFICATION (1)

9:16c

CONSEQUENCE

I deleted 'consequence/', which was in lower case letters.

9:16c ouvai. ga,r moi, evstin

9:16c I would be very miserable/(OR, be punished by God)

9:16d

condition

9:16d eva.n mh. euvaggeli,swmaiÅ

9:16d if I did not preach the gospel to people.

9:17

AMPLIFICATION (2)

9:17a-b

contrast

9:17a

condition

9:17a eiv ga.r e`kw.n tou/to pra,ssw(

9:17a If I had voluntarily chosen to preach the gospel,

9:17b

consequence

9:17b misqo.n e;cw\

9:17b I would be rewarded by God,

9:17c-e

nucleus

9:17c

condition

9:17c  eiv de. a;kwn(

9:17c but since I have not voluntarily chosen to preach the gospel,

9:17d-e

consequence

9:17d

negative

9:17d I am not rewarded by God for doing this,

9:17e

positive

9:17e  oivkonomi,an pepi,steumai\

9:17e I am merely doing what Christ/God entrusted me to do.

RESULT

9:18-23

RESULT

PARAGRAPH CLUSTER3 CONSTITUENT

(Expository paragraph: RESULT of 9:4-27)

PARAGRAPH CLUSTER2 CONSTITUENT>>PARAGRAPH CLUSTER4 CONSTITUENT 9:18-23

9:18

CONCLUSION

9:18a

[query]

occasion

9:18a ti,j ou=n mou, evstin o` misqo,jÈ

9:18a Therefore you may wonder what my reward is

[RESPONSE]

OUTCOME

9:18b

MEANS

9:18b i[na euvaggelizo,menoj avda,panon qh,sw to. euvagge,lion

9:18b I answer that that while I preach the good message about Jesus, I do not ask for food or wages for my doing it, so that, as I will state later, I may work together wth God as a partner in the work of enabling people to believe in Christ by my freely preaching the Gospel.

9:18c-d

purpose

9:18c

'things'

9:18c eivj to. mh. katacrh,sasqai

9:18c My purpose is that I deny myself of doing some of the things

9:18e

identification

9:18d τῇ ἐξουσίᾳ μου ἐν τῷ εὐαγγελίῳ.

9:18d which I have a right/(OR, am allowed by God) to do because I preach the gospel.

9:19-23

grounds

9:19-22

grounds

9:19-22b

nucleus

9:19

GENERIC

9:19a

concession

9:19a VEleu,qeroj ga.r w'n evk pa,ntwn

9:19a I am not obligated to do what any person thinks I should do,

9:19b-e

CONTRAEXPECTATION

9:19b

circumstance

9:19b pa/sin

9:19b nevertheless, when I was with any group of people [HYP],

9:19c-e

NUCLEUS

9:19c-d

MEANS

9:19c

NUCLEUS

9:19c evmauto.n evdou,lwsa(

9:19c I limited what I did, (OR, subjected myself) to what they believed a person should do [MET]

9:19d

comparison

9:19d just as a slave does what his master believes he should do.

9:19e

purpose

9:19e i[na tou.j plei,onaj kerdh,sw\

9:19e in order that I might bring many more people than I could otherwise do to the point of trusting in Christ [IDM].

9:20

specific (1)

9:20a-c

CONTRACTION

9:20a

circumstance

9:20a  kai. ... toi/j VIoudai,oij

9:20a Specifically, when I was with fellow Jews

9:20a-c

NUCLEUS

9:20b

MEANS

9:20b evgeno,mhn ... w`j VIoudai/oj(

9:20b I limited what I did to what they believe a person may do

9:20c

purpose

9:20c i[na VIoudai,ouj kerdh,sw\

9:20c in order that I might bring some of my fellow Jews to a point of trusting in Christ. [IDM]

9:20d-g

amplification

9:20d-f

MEANS

9:20d

circumstance

9:20d toi/j u`po. no,mon

9:20d That is, when I was with those who are obligated [IDM] to obey the law which God gave Moses

9:20e-f

NUCLEUS

9:20e

CONTRAEXPECTATION

9:20e w`j u`po. no,mon(

9:20e I limited what I did to that which people who consider themselves obligated [IDM] to obey this law believe a person may do,

9:20f

concession

9:20f mh. w'n auvto.j u`po. no,mon(

9:20f although, I am not obligated to obey this law in order to be accepted by God.

9:20g

purpose

9:20g i[na tou.j u`po. no,mon kerdh,sw\

9:20g I limited myself in this way in order that I may bring those who are obligated to obey that law to the point of trusting in Christ [IDM].

9:21

specific (2)

9:21a

circumstance

9:21a toi/j avno,moij

9:21a And specifically when I was with those who are Gentiles/(OR, who do not have/know that Law)

9:21b-e

NUCLEUS

9:21b-d

MEANS

9:21b

CONTRAEXPECTATION

9:21b w`j a;nomoj(

9:21b I limited myself to do what the Gentiles/(OR, those who do not have that Law) consider a person may do.

9:21c-d

concession

9:21c

negative

9:21c mh. w'n a;nomoj qeou/

9:21c I do not mean that I act lawlessly toward God (OR, am not obedient to what God has commanded us to do);

9:21d

POSITIVE

9:21d avllV e;nnomoj Cristou/(

9:21d Rather I certainly obey what Christ has commanded us to do.

9:21e

purpose

9:2le i[na kerda,nw tou.j avno,mouj\

9:21e I limited myself this [21b] way in order that I might bring the Gentiles/(OR, those who are not subject to the law which God gave to Moses) to the point of trusting in Christ.

9:22a-b

specific (3)

9:22a

MEANS

9:22a evgeno,mhn toi/j avsqene,sin avsqenh,j(

9:22a I limited what I did to what believers, who were not certain that they were permitted to do certain things which others disapprove of, considered a person may do when I was with them

9:22b

purpose

9:22b i[na tou.j avsqenei/j kerdh,sw\

9:22b in order that I might bring them to the point of trusting in Christ.

9:22c-d

SUMMARY

9:22c

MEANS

9:22c toi/j pa/sin ge,gona pa,nta(

9:22c In summary, I have limited what I do to what any of the groups of people I am with consider a person may do

9:22d

purpose

9:22d i[na pa,ntwj tina.j sw,swÅ

9:22d in order that by any means possible I may bring some people among them to the point of trusting in Christ.

9:23

CONCLUSION

9:23a-b

means

9:23a

MEANS

9:23a pa,nta de. poiw/

9:23a I do all these things [19–22]

9:23b

purpose

9:23b dia. to. euvagge,lion(

9:23b in order that the gospel may be believed by more people

9:23c

PURPOSE

9:23c i[na sugkoinwno.j auvtou/ ge,nwmaiÅ

9:23c in order that I may work together with God by proclaiming the gospel and people believing it.