1Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you yourselves not my workmanship in the Lord?stylusActs 9:17, Acts 9:17, 1 Corinthians 3:6, 1 Timothy 2:7, Acts 9:32Even if I am not an apostle to others, surely I am to you. For you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.stylus2 Corinthians 12:12, 2 Corinthians 12:12, John 6:27, 2 Corinthians 3:1, 2 Corinthians 3:33This is my defense to those who scrutinize me:stylus1 Corinthians 14:37, 2 Corinthians 10:7, 2 Corinthians 10:8, 2 Corinthians 13:10, 2 Corinthians 13:34Have we no right to food and to drink?stylus1 Thessalonians 2:6, 1 Thessalonians 2:6, 2 Thessalonians 3:8, 2 Thessalonians 3:9, 2 Thessalonians 3:85Have we no right to take along a believing wife, as do the other apostles and the Lord’s brothers and Cephas?stylusJohn 1:42, John 1:42, Matthew 8:14, Matthew 8:14, Galatians 1:196Or are Barnabas and I the only apostles who must work for a living?stylus2 Thessalonians 3:7, 2 Thessalonians 3:9, 2 Thessalonians 3:7, 2 Thessalonians 3:9, Acts 13:17Who serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat of its fruit? Who tends a flock and does not drink of its milk?stylusProverbs 27:18, Proverbs 27:18, Deuteronomy 20:6, Deuteronomy 20:6, 2 Timothy 2:38Do I say this from a human perspective? Doesn’t the Law say the same thing?stylus1 Corinthians 7:40, Romans 3:31, Romans 6:19, 1 Thessalonians 2:13, Isaiah 8:209For it is written in the Law of Moses: “Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.” Is it about oxen that God is concerned?stylusDeuteronomy 25:4, Deuteronomy 25:4, 1 Timothy 5:18, 1 Timothy 5:18, Psalms 104:2710Isn’t He actually speaking on our behalf? Indeed, this was written for us, because when the plowman plows and the thresher threshes, they should also expect to share in the harvest.stylusRomans 15:4, 2 Timothy 2:6, Romans 15:4, 2 Timothy 2:6, Romans 4:2311If we have sown spiritual seed among you, is it too much for us to reap a material harvest from you?stylusRomans 15:27, Romans 15:27, Galatians 6:6, Galatians 6:6, 2 Corinthians 11:1512If others have this right to your support, shouldn’t we have it all the more? But we did not exercise this right. Instead, we put up with anything rather than hinder the gospel of Christ.stylus1 Corinthians 9:18, 1 Corinthians 9:15, 2 Corinthians 11:12, 1 Corinthians 9:18, 1 Corinthians 9:1513Do you not know that those who work in the temple eat of its food, and those who serve at the altar partake of its offerings?stylusNumbers 18:8, Numbers 18:20, Numbers 18:8, Numbers 18:20, Numbers 5:914In the same way, the Lord has prescribed that those who preach the gospel should receive their living from the gospel.stylusMatthew 10:10, Matthew 10:10, 1 Timothy 5:17, 1 Timothy 5:18, 1 Timothy 5:1715But I have not used any of these rights. And I am not writing this to suggest that something be done for me. Indeed, I would rather die than let anyone nullify my boast.stylus1 Thessalonians 2:9, 1 Thessalonians 2:9, 2 Thessalonians 3:8, 2 Thessalonians 3:8, 1 Corinthians 9:1216Yet when I preach the gospel, I have no reason to boast, because I am obligated to preach. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!stylusRomans 1:14, Romans 1:14, Jeremiah 20:9, Jeremiah 20:9, Colossians 4:1717If my preaching is voluntary, I have a reward. But if it is not voluntary, I am still entrusted with a responsibility.stylusGalatians 2:7, Galatians 2:7, 1 Corinthians 3:8, 1 Corinthians 3:8, 1 Corinthians 4:118What then is my reward? That in preaching the gospel I may offer it free of charge, and so not use up my rights in preaching it.stylus1 Corinthians 8:9, 2 Corinthians 11:7, 2 Corinthians 11:9, 1 Thessalonians 2:6, 1 Corinthians 8:919Though I am free of obligation to anyone, I make myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible.stylusGalatians 5:13, Galatians 5:13, Matthew 18:15, Matthew 18:15, James 5:1920To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win the Jews. To those under the law I became like one under the law (though I myself am not under the law), to win those under the law.stylusActs 16:3, Acts 16:3, Galatians 5:18, Galatians 5:18, Acts 21:2021To those without the law I became like one without the law (though I am not outside the law of God but am under the law of Christ), to win those without the law.stylusRomans 2:12, Romans 2:12, Galatians 3:2, Romans 2:14, Galatians 3:222To the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all people so that by all possible means I might save some.stylus1 Corinthians 10:33, 1 Corinthians 10:33, 1 Corinthians 9:19, 1 Corinthians 9:19, Romans 15:123I do all this for the sake of the gospel, so that I may share in its blessings.stylus2 Timothy 2:10, 2 Timothy 2:10, Mark 8:35, 1 Corinthians 9:25, 1 Corinthians 9:2724Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way as to take the prize.stylusPhilippians 3:14, Philippians 3:14, Hebrews 12:1, Hebrews 12:1, 2 Timothy 4:725Everyone who competes in the games trains with strict discipline. They do it for a crown that is perishable, but we do it for a crown that is imperishable.stylus2 Timothy 2:5, 2 Timothy 2:5, Revelation 2:10, Revelation 2:10, 1 Timothy 6:1226Therefore I do not run aimlessly; I do not fight like I am beating the air.stylus2 Peter 1:10, Philippians 1:21, 2 Timothy 2:5, 2 Peter 1:10, Philippians 1:2127No, I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.stylusRomans 8:13, Romans 8:13, 1 Corinthians 9:25, 1 Corinthians 9:25, Colossians 3:5