1 Corinthians 9

^aAm I not an apostle? am I not ^aafree? ^bhave I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? ^care not you my work in the Lord? ²If I be not an apostle unto others, yet doubtless I am to you: for ^dthe seal of mine ^eapostleship are ye in the Lord. ³Mine ^eeanswer to them that do ^fexamine me is this: ⁴Have we not power ^gto eat and to drink? ^5hHave we not power to lead about ⁱa sister, a wife, as well as other apostles, and as ^jthe brethren of the Lord, and ^kCephas? ⁶Or I only and ^lBarnabas, have not we power ^gto forbear working? ⁷Who goeth ^ma warfare any time at his own ⁿcharges? who ^oplanteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who ^pfeedeth a ^qflock, and eateth not of the milk of the ^qflock? ⁸Say I these things ^ras a man? or saith not the law the same also? ⁹For it is written in the law of Moses, ^sThou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that ^ttreadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen? ¹⁰Or saith he it altogether for our sakes? ^uFor our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that ^whe that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that ^tthresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope. ^11xIf we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we shall reap your carnal things? ¹²If others be partakers of this power ^yover you, are not we rather? Nevertheless ^zwe have not used this power; but ^asuffer all things, ^blest we should hinder the gospel of Christ. ¹³Do ye not know that ^cthey which minister about holy things live of the things of the temple? and they which wait at the altar are partakers with the altar? ¹⁴Even so ^dhath the Lord ordained that they which preach the gospel ^gshould live of the gospel. ¹⁵But ^eI have used none of these things: neither have I written these things, that it should be so done unto me: for it were better for me to die, than that any man should make ^fmy glorying void. ¹⁶For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing ^fto glory of: for ^gnecessity is laid upon me; ^hyea, woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel! ¹⁷For if I do this thing willingly, I have ⁱa reward: but if against my will, ^ka dispensation of the gospel is committed unto me. ¹⁸What is my ⁱreward then? Verily that, when I preach the gospel, ^lI may make the gospel of Christ without charge, that I ^mabuse not my power in the gospel. ¹⁹For though I be ⁿfree from all men, yet have ^oI made myself servant unto all, that I might ^pgain the more. ²⁰And ^qunto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might ^pgain the Jews; ^qto them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might ^pgain them that are under the law; ^21rto them that are without law, as without law, (being not without law to God, but ^sunder the law to Christ,) that I might ^pgain them that are without law. ^22tTo the weak became I as weak, that I might ^pgain the weak: ^oI am made all things to all men, that I might by all means ^usave some. ^23vAnd this I do for the gospel’s sake, that I might be partaker thereof with you.

²⁴Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth ^wthe prize? So ^xrun, that ye may ^yobtain. ²⁵And every man that ^zstriveth for the mastery ^ais temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible ^bcrown; but we an ^cincorruptible. ²⁶I therefore so ^xrun, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that ^ccbeateth the air: ²⁷but ^dI ^ekeep under my body, and ^fbring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, ^gI myself should be ^ha castaway.

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