1 Corinthians 9
26;
26 Therefore I do not run like
someone running aimlessly; I do not fight like a boxer beating the air. (8)
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18 What
then is my reward? Just this: that in preaching the gospel I may offer it free
of charge, and so not make full use of my rights as a preacher of the gospel. (9)
Paul’s Use of His
Freedom
19 Though I am free and belong to no one, I have made myself a slave to
everyone, to win as many as possible.
20 To the Jews I became like a
Jew, to win the Jews. To those under the
law I became like one under the law (though I myself am not under the law), so
as to win those under the law.
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9 For
it is written in the Law of Moses: “Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading
out the grain.” Is it about oxen that God is concerned? (9)
10 Surely He says this for us,
doesn’t He? Yes, this was written for us, because whoever plows and threshes
should be able to do so in the hope of sharing in the harvest.
11 If we have sown spiritual seed among you, is it too much if we reap a material harvest from
you?
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The Need for
Self-Discipline
24 Do
you not know that in a race all the runners run, but
only one gets the prize? Run in such a way
as to get the prize.
(6)
25 Everyone who
competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that
will not last, but
we do it to get a crown that will last forever.
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15 But
I have not used any of these rights. And I am not writing this in the hope that
you will do such things for me, for I would rather die than allow anyone to
deprive me of this boast.
(6)
16 For when I preach
the gospel, I cannot boast, since I am compelled to preach. Woe to me if I do not preach
the gospel!
17 If I preach voluntarily,
I have a reward; if
not voluntarily, I am simply discharging the trust committed to me.
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6 Or
is it only I and Barnabas who lack the right to not work for a living? (6)
7 Who serves as a
soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat its grapes?
Who tends a flock and does not drink the milk?
8 Do I say this
merely on human authority? Doesn’t
the Law say the same thing?
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21 To
those not having the law I became like one not having the law (though I am not free from God’s law but am under
Christ’s law), so as to win
those not having the law.
(3)
22 To the weak I became weak, to win
the weak. I have become all
things to all people so that by all possible means I might save some.
23 I do all this for the sake of
the gospel, that I may share in its blessings.
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12 If
others have this right of support from you, shouldn’t we have it all the more?
But we did not use this right. On the contrary, we
put up with anything rather than hinder the gospel of Christ. (3)
13 Don’t you know that
those who serve in the temple get their food from the temple, and that those who serve at the altar share
in what is offered on the altar?
14 In the same way, the Lord has
commanded that those who preach the gospel should receive their living from the
gospel.
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Paul’s Rights as an
Apostle
9 Am I not free? Am I
not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you not the result of my work in the Lord?
2 Even though I may
not be an apostle to others, surely I am to you! For you are the seal of my
apostleship in the Lord.
3 This is my defense to those who
sit in judgment on me. (3)
4 Don’t
we have the right to food and drink?
5 Don’t
we have the right to take a
believing wife along with us, as do the other apostles and the Lord’s
brothers and Cephas?
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