1 Corinthians 9
E408774
1 Corinthians 9 is a chapter in the New Testament in which the Apostle Paul defends his apostolic authority and explains his willingness to surrender his rights for the sake of the gospel.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| 1 Corinthians 9 canonical | 1 |
| 1 Corinthians 9:21 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3993750 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 1 Corinthians 9 Context triple: [First Epistle to the Corinthians, containsChapter, 1 Corinthians 9]
-
A.
1 Corinthians 8
1 Corinthians 8 is a chapter in the New Testament that addresses the issue of eating food sacrificed to idols and emphasizes acting in love so as not to cause others to stumble in their faith.
-
B.
1 Corinthians 11
1 Corinthians 11 is a chapter in the New Testament that addresses issues of worship practices, including head coverings and the proper observance of the Lord’s Supper, within the Christian community at Corinth.
-
C.
1 Corinthians 5
1 Corinthians 5 is a chapter in the New Testament in which Paul rebukes the Corinthian church for tolerating sexual immorality and instructs them on church discipline and purity.
-
D.
1 Corinthians 16
1 Corinthians 16 is the final chapter of Paul’s First Epistle to the Corinthians, containing his closing instructions, travel plans, commendations, and farewell exhortations to the church in Corinth.
-
E.
1 Corinthians 12
1 Corinthians 12 is a chapter in the New Testament that focuses on spiritual gifts and the unity and diversity of members within the body of Christ.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 1 Corinthians 9 Target entity description: 1 Corinthians 9 is a chapter in the New Testament in which the Apostle Paul defends his apostolic authority and explains his willingness to surrender his rights for the sake of the gospel.
-
A.
1 Corinthians 8
1 Corinthians 8 is a chapter in the New Testament that addresses the issue of eating food sacrificed to idols and emphasizes acting in love so as not to cause others to stumble in their faith.
-
B.
1 Corinthians 11
1 Corinthians 11 is a chapter in the New Testament that addresses issues of worship practices, including head coverings and the proper observance of the Lord’s Supper, within the Christian community at Corinth.
-
C.
1 Corinthians 5
1 Corinthians 5 is a chapter in the New Testament in which Paul rebukes the Corinthian church for tolerating sexual immorality and instructs them on church discipline and purity.
-
D.
1 Corinthians 16
1 Corinthians 16 is the final chapter of Paul’s First Epistle to the Corinthians, containing his closing instructions, travel plans, commendations, and farewell exhortations to the church in Corinth.
-
E.
1 Corinthians 12
1 Corinthians 12 is a chapter in the New Testament that focuses on spiritual gifts and the unity and diversity of members within the body of Christ.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | chapter of the New Testament ⓘ |
| addressesCommunity | Christian community in Corinth ⓘ |
| addressesTopic |
Paul’s right to receive material support
ⓘ
evangelistic strategy ⓘ freedom and servanthood ⓘ self-control for an imperishable crown ⓘ voluntary renunciation of rights ⓘ |
| audience |
Church in Corinth
ⓘ
surface form:
Christians in Corinth
|
| authorTraditionallyAttributedTo |
Apostle Paul
ⓘ
surface form:
Paul the Apostle
|
| book |
First Epistle to the Corinthians
ⓘ
surface form:
1 Corinthians
|
| canonicalStatus | canonical scripture in most Christian traditions ⓘ |
| chapterNumber | 9 ⓘ |
| containsMetaphor |
athletic competition
ⓘ
boxing ⓘ running a race ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
example of Paul’s personal conduct
ⓘ
use of Christian freedom in love ⓘ |
| genre | epistle ⓘ |
| influencesDoctrine |
Christian teaching on evangelism strategy
ⓘ
Christian teaching on self-discipline ⓘ Christian understanding of pastoral support ⓘ |
| keyConcept |
apostolic authority
ⓘ
becoming all things to all people ⓘ discipline of the body ⓘ gospel preaching without charge ⓘ imperishable crown ⓘ reward for preaching the gospel ⓘ |
| keyPerson |
Apostle Paul
ⓘ
surface form:
Paul the Apostle
|
| language | Koine Greek ⓘ |
| literaryContextFollowedBy | 1 Corinthians 10 ⓘ |
| literaryContextPrecededBy | 1 Corinthians 8 ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
defense of apostolic authority
ⓘ
financial support of ministers ⓘ self-discipline in Christian ministry ⓘ surrender of rights for the sake of the gospel ⓘ |
| partOf |
First Epistle to the Corinthians
ⓘ
New Testament ⓘ |
| scripturalArgumentFrom |
Mosaic Law
ⓘ
surface form:
Law of Moses
|
| scripturalCitation | "You shall not muzzle an ox while it treads out the grain" ⓘ |
| teaches |
Christians may relinquish rights for others’ salvation
ⓘ
ministers have a right to material support ⓘ spiritual life requires disciplined effort ⓘ |
| testament | New Testament ⓘ |
| traditionUsedIn |
Christian ethics of ministry
ⓘ
Christian liturgy ⓘ |
| verseCountApproximate | 27 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: 1 Corinthians 9 Description of subject: 1 Corinthians 9 is a chapter in the New Testament in which the Apostle Paul defends his apostolic authority and explains his willingness to surrender his rights for the sake of the gospel.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
1 Corinthians 9:21