(May, 23-2016 on Monday)
1 Corinthians 9: 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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