1Corinthians:9:7-18
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Who serves as a soldier at his own expense ?
Who plants a vineyard without eating any of its fruit ?
Who tends a flock without getting some of the milk ?
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Do I say this on human authority ?
Does not the law say the same ?
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For it is written in the law of Moses , "
You shall not muzzle an ox when it is treading out the grain ."
Is it for oxen that God is concerned ?
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Does he not speak entirely for our sake ?
It was written for our sake ,
because the plowman should plow in hope and the thresher thresh in hope of a share in the crop .
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If we have sown spiritual good among you ,
is it too much if we reap your material benefits ?
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If others share this rightful claim upon you ,
do not we still more ?
Nevertheless ,
we have not made use of this right ,
but we endure anything rather than put an obstacle in the way of the gospel of Christ .
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Do you not know that those who are employed in the temple service get their food from the temple ,
and those who serve at the altar share in the sacrificial offerings ?
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In the same way ,
the Lord commanded that those who proclaim the gospel should get their living by the gospel .
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But I have made no use of any of these rights ,
nor am I writing this to secure any such provision .
For I would rather die than have any one deprive me of my ground for boasting .
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For if I preach the gospel ,
that gives me no ground for boasting .
For necessity is laid upon me .
Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel !
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For if I do this of my own will ,
I have a reward ;
but if not of my own will ,
I am entrusted with a commission .
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What then is my reward ?
Just this :
that in my preaching I may make the gospel free of charge ,
not making full use of my right in the gospel .
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