Charles Ellicott Commentary 1 Corinthians 9:8

"Do I speak these things after the manner of men? or saith not the law also the same?" — 1 Corinthians 9:8 (ASV)

Say I these things as a man?—He proceeds to show that his appeal is not to a human principle, but to the recognition by men of a principle which is itself divine. The divinely given Law also says these things.