¹⁷ For if I do this of my own will, I have a wage, but if not of my own will, I am entrusted with a commission.^(A)

⁷ On the contrary, when they saw that I had been entrusted with the gospel for the uncircumcised, just as Peter had been entrusted with the gospel for the circumcised^(A)

⁸ The one who plants and the one who waters have one purpose, and each will receive wages according to their own labor.^(A)

²⁵ I became its minister according to God’s commission that was given to me for you, to make the word of God fully known,^(A)

The Ministry of the Apostles

4 Think of us in this way: as servants of Christ and stewards of God’s mysteries.^(A)

⁴¹ Whoever welcomes a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward, and whoever welcomes a righteous person in the name of a righteous person will receive the reward of the righteous,

² to tend the flock of God that is in your charge, exercising the oversight,^[a] not under compulsion but willingly, as God would have you do it,^[b] not for sordid gain but eagerly.^{(A) 3} Do not lord it over those in your charge, but be examples to the flock.^{(B) 4} And when the chief shepherd appears, you will win the crown of glory that never fades away.^(C)

¹⁴ If the work that someone has built on the foundation survives, the builder will receive a wage.

¹⁴ The spirit lifted me up and bore me away; I went in bitterness in the heat of my spirit, the hand of the Lord being strong upon me.^(A)