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For it is written in the Law of Moses: "^(C1)YOU SHALL NOT MUZZLE THE OX WHILE IT IS THRESHING." God is not concerned about ^(C2)oxen, is He?

Or is He speaking entirely for our sake? Yes, it was written ^(C1)for our sake, because ^(C2)the plowman ought to plow in hope, and the thresher to thresh in hope of sharing in the crops.

^(C1)If we sowed spiritual things in you, is it too much if we reap material things from you?

If others share the right over you, do we not more? Nevertheless, we ^(C1)did not use this right, but we endure all things ^(C2)so that we will cause no hindrance to the ^(C3)gospel of Christ.

^(C1)Do you not know that those who ^(C2)perform sacred services eat the food of the temple, and those who attend regularly to the altar have their share ^(F1)from the altar?

So also ^(C1)the Lord directed those who proclaim the ^(C2)gospel to ^(C3)get their living from the gospel.

But I have ^(C1)used none of these things. And I have not written these things so that it will be done so in my case; for it would be better for me to die than that. No one shall make ^(C2)my boast an empty one!

For if I preach the gospel, I have nothing to boast about, for ^(C1)I am under compulsion; for woe to me if I do not preach ^(C2)the gospel.

For if I do this voluntarily, I have a ^(C1)reward; but if against my will, I have been entrusted with a ^(C2)commission nonetheless.