Be Generous and Do Good

^6 (A)Let him who is taught the word share in all good things with him who teaches.

²⁷ It pleased them indeed, and they are their debtors. For ^(A)if the Gentiles have been partakers of their spiritual things, ^(B)their duty is also to minister to them in material things.

Honor the Elders

¹⁷ Let the elders who rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in the word and doctrine. ¹⁸ For the Scripture says, ^(A)“You shall not muzzle an ox while it treads out the grain,” and, ^(B)“The laborer is worthy of his wages.”

^19 [a]Take heed to yourself that you do not forsake the Levite as long as you live in your land.

¹⁰ nor bag for your journey, nor two tunics, nor sandals, nor staffs; ^(A)for a worker is worthy of his food.

⁹ For it is written in the law of Moses, ^(A)“You shall not muzzle an ox while it treads out the grain.” Is it oxen God is concerned about? ¹⁰ Or does He say it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written, that ^(B)he who plows should plow in hope, and he who threshes in hope should be partaker of his hope. ^11 (C)If we have sown spiritual things for you, is it a great thing if we reap your material things? ¹² If others are partakers of this right over you, are we not even more?

^(D)Nevertheless we have not used this right, but endure all things ^(E)lest we hinder the gospel of Christ. ^13 (F)Do you not know that those who minister the holy things eat of the things of the ^(G)temple, and those who serve at the altar partake of the offerings of the altar? ¹⁴ Even so ^(H)the Lord has commanded ^(I)that those who preach the gospel should live from the gospel.