¹⁰ Surely he says this for us, doesn’t he? Yes, this was written for us,^(A) because whoever plows and threshes should be able to do so in the hope of sharing in the harvest.^{(B) 11} If we have sown spiritual seed among you, is it too much if we reap a material harvest from you?^{(C) 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.^(D) On the contrary, we put up with anything rather than hinder^(E) the gospel of Christ.