^7 (A)And remain in the same house, ^(B)eating and drinking such things as they give, for ^(C)the laborer is worthy of his wages. Do not go from house to house.

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.”

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

^11 (B)“Now whatever city or town you enter, inquire who in it is worthy, and stay there till you go out.

Gaius Commended for Generosity

⁵ Beloved, you do faithfully whatever you do for the brethren ^[a]and for strangers, ⁶ who have borne witness of your love before the church. If you send them forward on their journey in a manner worthy of God, you will do well, ⁷ because they went forth for His name’s sake, ^(A)taking nothing from the Gentiles. ⁸ We therefore ought to ^(B)receive^[b] such, that we may become fellow workers for the truth.

⁶ The hardworking farmer must be first to partake of the crops.

Be Generous and Do Good

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

^4 (A)Do we have no ^[a]right to eat and drink? ⁵ Do we have no right to take along ^[b]a believing wife, as do also the other apostles, ^(B)the brothers of the Lord, and ^(C)Cephas? ⁶ Or is it only Barnabas and I ^(D)who have no right to refrain from working? ⁷ Who ever ^(E)goes to war at his own expense? Who ^(F)plants a vineyard and does not eat of its fruit? Or who ^(G)tends a flock and does not drink of the milk of the flock?

⁸ Do I say these things as a mere man? Or does not the law say the same also? ⁹ For it is written in the law of Moses, ^(H)“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 ^(I)he who plows should plow in hope, and he who threshes in hope should be partaker of his hope. ^11 (J)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?

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

¹⁵ But ^(Q)I have used none of these things, nor have I written these things that it should be done so to me; for ^(R)it would be better for me to die than that anyone should make my boasting void.

¹⁸ But you must eat them before the Lord your God in the place which the Lord your God chooses, you and your son and your daughter, your male servant and your female servant, and the Levite who is within your gates; and you shall rejoice before the Lord your God in ^[a]all to which you put your hands. ^19 [b]Take heed to yourself that you do not forsake the Levite as long as you live in your land.

^4 (A)“Whatever house you enter, stay there, and from there depart.