1 Corinthians 9:6-14

6Or areG2228 BarnabasG921 andG2532 IG1473 the onlyG3441 apostles who mustG3756G2192G1849G3361 work for a livingG2038?1

7WhoG5101 serves as a soldierG4754 at his ownG2398 expenseG3800? WhoG5101 plantsG5452 a vineyardG290 andG2532 does not eat ofG3756G2068 itsG846 fruitG2590? WhoG5101 tendsG4165 a flockG4167 andG2532 does not drinkG3756G2068 ofG1537 its milkG1051?

8Do I sayG3361G2980 thisG3778 from a human perspectiveG2596G444? Doesn’tG3756 the LawG3551 sayG3004 the same thingG3778? 9ForG1063 it is writtenG1125 inG1722 theG3588 LawG3551 of MosesG3475: “Do not muzzleG3756G5392 an oxG1016 while it is treading out the grainG248.”2 Is it aboutG3588 oxenG1016 that GodG2316 is concernedG3199? 10Isn’tG2228 He actually speakingG3004G3843 on our behalfG1223G1473? IndeedG1063, this was writtenG1125 forG1223 usG1473, becauseG3754 when theG3588 plowmanG722 plowsG722 andG2532 theG3588 thresherG248 threshes, they shouldG3784 also expectG1909G1680 to share in the harvestG3348.

11IfG1487 weG1473 have sownG4687 spiritualG4152 seed among youG4771, is it too muchG3173 for usG1487G1473 to reapG2325 a materialG4559 harvest from youG4771? 12IfG1487 othersG243 haveG3348 this rightG1849 to yourG4771 support, shouldn’tG3756 weG1473 have it all the moreG3123? ButG235 we did not exerciseG3756G5530 thisG3778 rightG1849. InsteadG235, we put up withG4722 anythingG3956 rather thanG2443G3361 hinderG1325G5100G1464 theG3588 gospelG2098 ofG3588 ChristG5547.

13Do you not knowG3756G1492 thatG3754 those whoG3588 workG2038 in theG3588 templeG2413 eat ofG2068 its food, and those whoG3588 serveG4332 at theG3588 altarG2379 partakeG4829 ofG3588 its offerings? 14In the same wayG3779G2532, theG3588 LordG2962 has prescribed thatG1299 those whoG3588 preachG2605 theG3588 gospelG2098 should receive their livingG2198 fromG1537 theG3588 gospelG2098.