1Corinthians:9:4-14
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Do we have no right to eat and drink ?
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Do we have no right to take along a believing wife ,
as do also the other apostles ,
the brothers of the Lord ,
and Cephas ?
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Or is it only Barnabas and I who have no right to refrain from working ?
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Who ever goes to war at his own expense ?
Who plants a vineyard and does not eat of its fruit ?
Or who tends a flock and does not drink of the milk of the flock ?
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Do I say these things as a mere man ?
Or does not the law say the same also ?
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For it is written in the law of Moses , "
You shall not muzzle an ox while it treads out the grain ."
Is it oxen God is concerned about ?
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Or does He say it altogether for our sakes ?
For our sakes ,
no doubt ,
this is written ,
that he who plows should plow in hope ,
and he who threshes in hope should be partaker of his hope .
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If we have sown spiritual things for you ,
is it a great thing if we reap your material things ?
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If others are partakers of this right over you ,
are we not even more ?
Nevertheless we have not used this right ,
but endure all things lest we hinder the gospel of Christ .
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Do you not know that those who minister the holy things eat of the things of the temple ,
and those who serve at the altar partake of the offerings of the altar ?
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Even so the Lord has commanded that those who preach the gospel should live from the gospel .
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