1 Corinthians 9:6-14

New American Standard Bible

⁶ Or do only ^[a](A)Barnabas and I have no right to refrain from ^[b]working? ⁷ Who at any time serves ^(B)as a soldier at his own expense? Who ^(C)plants a vineyard and does not eat its fruit? Or who tends a flock and does not ^[c]consume some of the milk of the flock?

⁸ I am not just asserting these things ^(D)according to human judgment, am I? Or does the Law not say these things as well? ⁹ For it is written in the Law of Moses: “^(E)You shall not muzzle the ox while it is threshing.” God is not concerned about ^(F)oxen, is He? ¹⁰ Or is He speaking entirely for our sake? Yes, it was written ^(G)for our sake, because ^(H)the plowman ought to plow in hope, and the thresher to thresh in hope of sharing in the crops. ^11 (I)If we sowed spiritual things in you, is it too much if we reap material things from you? ¹² If others share the right over you, do we not more? Nevertheless, we ^(J)did not use this right, but we endure all things ^(K)so that we will cause no hindrance to the ^(L)gospel of Christ. ^13 (M)Do you not know that those who ^(N)perform sacred services eat the food of the temple, and those who attend regularly to the altar have their share ^[d]from the altar? ¹⁴ So also ^(O)the Lord directed those who proclaim the ^(P)gospel to ^(Q)get their living from the gospel.