SEV Biblia, Chapter 9:14
Así tambin orden el Seor a los que anuncian el Evangelio, que vivan del Evangelio.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 9:14
Verse 14. Even so hath the Lord ordained] This is evidently a reference to our Lord's ordination, Matt. x. 10: The workman is worthy of his meat. And Luke x. 7: For the labourer is worthy of his hire. And in both places it is the preacher of the Gospel of whom he is speaking. It was a maxim among the Jews, "that the inhabitants of a town where a wise man had made his abode should support him, because he had forsaken the world and its pleasures to study those things by which he might please God and be useful to men." See an ordinance to this effect in the tract Shabbath, fol. 114.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 14. Even so hath the Lord ordained , etc.] That is, the Lord Jesus Christ, in ( Matthew 10:10 Luke 10:7,8) it is an order and appointment of his that his ministering servants, who labour in preaching his Gospel, should be sufficiently taken care of, as to a comfortable livelihood; he has not indeed fixed it in the same way as the priests and Levites had theirs under the law; but as the one was just and right, that they should be maintained out of the things belonging to the temple and altar, and live on them, so it is his will and pleasure, that they which preach the Gospel ; that continue to do so, that labour, and not loiter in the word and doctrine, who do the work of the ministry fully and faithfully, and not bear the name only of Gospel preachers: should live of the Gospel; not the Gospel itself, which is spiritual, and not corporeal food; but the sense is, that in consideration and because of their preaching the Gospel, they should be supplied with the proper necessaries of life: the learned Mr. Mede has proved, by various instances, that the word euaggelion , here rendered Gospel, and which signifies good news and glad tidings, is in other writers used for a reward, given to such that bring good tidings; and has rightly observed, that the Hebrew word hrb , which signifies the same, is used in a like sense in ( 2 Samuel 4:10) and accordingly the sense here will be, that it is the ordination of Christ, that such who faithfully bring the news and glad tidings of salvation to sinners, should, as a reward for such good news, be provided for with a comfortable maintenance, on which they should live.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1-14 - It is not new for a minister to meet with unkind returns for good-wil to a people, and diligent and successful services among them. To the cavils of some, the apostle answers, so as to set forth himself as a example of self-denial, for the good of others. He had a right to marr as well as other apostles, and to claim what was needful for his wife and his children if he had any, from the churches, without labourin with his own hands to get it. Those who seek to do our souls good should have food provided for them. But he renounced his right, rathe than hinder his success by claiming it. It is the people's duty to maintain their minister. He may wave his right, as Paul did; but thos transgress a precept of Christ, who deny or withhold due support.
Greek Textus Receptus
ουτως 3779 ADV και 2532 CONJ ο 3588 T-NSM κυριος 2962 N-NSM διεταξεν 1299 5656 V-AAI-3S τοις 3588 T-DPM το 3588 T-ASN ευαγγελιον 2098 N-ASN καταγγελλουσιν 2605 5723 V-PAP-DPM εκ 1537 PREP του 3588 T-GSN ευαγγελιου 2098 N-GSN ζην 2198 5721 V-PAN
Robertson's NT Word Studies
9:14 {Even so did the Lord ordain} (houtws kai ho kurios dietaxen). Just as God gave orders about the priests in the temple, so did the Lord Jesus give orders for those who preach the gospel to live out of the gospel (ek tou euaggeliou zein). Evidently Paul was familiar with the words of Jesus in #Mt 10:10; Lu 10:7f. either in oral or written form. He has made his argument for the minister's salary complete for all time.
