1 Corinthians 9:1–18

^aAm I not an apostle? am I not ^aafree? ^bhave I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? ^care not ye 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.