9:8 Am I saying these things only on the basis of common sense, 1 or does the law not say this as well?
9:9 For it is written in the law of Moses, “Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.” 2 God is not concerned here about oxen, is he?
1 tn Or “only according to human authority”; Grk “saying these things according to men.”