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1 Corinthians IX, 13 — 'ἐκ τοῦ ἱεροῦ' - 'ek tou ierou' - 'from the temple'. The preposition 'ek' emphasises that the food for the (Jewish) temple ministers 'comes from' their ministry, i.e. their ministry 'feeds' them.
1 Corinthians IX, 14 — 'ἐκ τοῦ εὐαγγελίου' - 'ek tou euangeliou' - 'from the good news; from the gospel'. Since the word in the New Testament also means the Gospel, the translation is ambiguous. How and what a person preaches in Christ should feed
them.
1 Corinthians IX, 15 — 'ἐν ἐμοί' - 'en emoi' - 'in me; for me'. It can be translated generally into modern language as in my case
. Paul's words further emphasise that this is not just the situational behaviour of Paul and those around him, but his and their general condition.
1 Corinthians IX, 18 — 'εἰς τὸ μὴ καταχρήσασθαι τῇ ἐξουσίᾳ μου ἐν τῷ εὐαγγελίῳ' - 'eis to me katakhresasthai te exousia mou en to euangelio' - 'did not use up (waste) my power in the gospel (the Gospel)'. God's commandment and law gives rise to the authority of the Apostle Paul, and in general gives rise to spiritual power, spiritual authority. But Paul, by his personal example, tries not to use the power and authority he has according to God's commandment in order not to alienate those who have doubts about the truth of the commandment.
For more information about the reading from the Apostle, please refer to the following link:
https://oleksandr-zhabenko.github.io/en/commentaries/24072023.html
Matthew XVI, 1 — 'ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ' - 'ek tou ouranou' - 'from heaven; from sky'. The preposition 'ek' here indicates the origin
of the sign.
Jesus' words about the weather are not found in some of the ancient Gospel texts.
For more information about the Gospel reading, please refer to the following links:
https://oleksandr-zhabenko.github.io/en/commentaries/24072024.html
https://oleksandr-zhabenko.github.io/en/commentaries/24072023.html
Glory be to Thee, our God, glory be to Thee!