<vn='1'><sn="1510">Am</s> I <sn="3756">not</s> an <sn="652">apostle</s>? <sn="1510">am</s> I <sn="3756">not</s><sn="1658">free</s>? have I <sn="3780">not</s><sn="3708">seen</s><sn="2424">Jesus</s><sn="5547">Christ</s><sn="2257">our</s><sn="2962">Lord</s>? <sn="2075">are</s><sn="3756">not</s><sn="5210">ye</s><sn="3450">my</s><sn="2041">work</s><sn="1722">in</s> the <sn="2962">Lord</s>? </v>
<vn='2'><sn="1487">If</s> I <sn="1510">be</s><sn="3756">not</s> an <sn="652">apostle</s> unto <sn="243">others</s>, <sn="235">yet</s><sn="1065">doubtless</s> I <sn="1510">am</s> to <sn="5213">you</s>: <sn="1063">for</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4973">seal</s> of <sn="1699">mine</s><sn="651">apostleship</s><sn="2075">are</s><sn="5210">ye</s><sn="1722">in</s> the <sn="2962">Lord</s>. </v>
<vn='3'><sn="1699">Mine</s><sn="627">answer</s> to them that do <sn="350">examine</s><sn="1691">me</s><sn="2076">is</s><sn="3778">this</s>, </v>
<vn='4'><sn="2192">Have</s> we <sn="3378">not</s><sn="1849">power</s> to <sn="5315">eat</s><sn="2532">and</s> to <sn="4095">drink</s>? </v>
<vn='5'><sn="2192">Have</s> we <sn="3378">not</s><sn="1849">power</s> to lead <sn="4013">about</s> a <sn="79">sister</s>, a <sn="1135">wife</s>, as well <sn="5613 2532">as</s><sn="3062">other</s><sn="652">apostles</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> as <sn="3588">the</s><sn="80">brethren</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="2962">Lord</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="2786">Cephas</s>? </v>
<vn='6'><sn="2228">Or</s><sn="1473">I</s><sn="3441">only</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="921">Barnabas</s>, <sn="2192">have</s><sn="3756">not</s> we <sn="1849">power</s> to forbear <sn="2038 3361">working</s>? </v>
<vn='7'><sn="5101">Who</s> goeth a <sn="4754">warfare</s> any <sn="4218">time</s> at his <sn="2398">own</s><sn="3800">charges</s>? <sn="5101">who</s><sn="5452">planteth</s> a <sn="290">vineyard</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="2068">eateth</s><sn="3756">not</s><sn="1537">of</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2590">fruit</s><sn="848">thereof</s>? <sn="2228">or</s><sn="5101">who</s><sn="4165">feedeth</s> a <sn="4167">flock</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="2068">eateth</s><sn="3756">not</s><sn="1537">of</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1051">milk</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="4167">flock</s>? </v>
<vn='8'><sn="2980">Say</s> I these <sn="5023 *3361">things</s><sn="2596">as</s> a <sn="444">man</s>? <sn="2228">or</s><sn="3004">saith</s><sn="3780">not</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3551">law</s> the <sn="5023">same</s><sn="2532">also</s>? </v>
<vn='9'><sn="1063">For</s> it is <sn="1125">written</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3551">law</s> of <sn="3475">Moses</s>, Thou shalt <sn="3756">not</s><sn="5392">muzzle</s> the mouth of the <sn="1016">ox</s> that treadeth out the <sn="248">corn</s>. <sn="*3361">Doth</s><sn="2316">God</s> take <sn="3199">care</s> for <sn="1016">oxen</s>? </v>
<vn='10'><sn="2228">Or</s><sn="3004">saith</s> he it <sn="3843">altogether</s> for our <sn="1223 2248">sakes</s>? For our <sn="1223 2248">sakes</s>, no <sn="1063">doubt</s>, this is <sn="1125">written</s>: <sn="3754">that</s> he that <sn="722">ploweth</s><sn="3784">should</s><sn="722">plow</s><sn="1909">in</s><sn="1680">hope</s>; <sn="2532">and</s> that he that <sn="248">thresheth</s><sn="1909">in</s><sn="1680">hope</s> should be <sn="3348">partaker</s> of <sn="848">his</s><sn="1680">hope</s>. </v>
<vn='11'><sn="1487">If</s><sn="2249">we</s> have <sn="4687">sown</s> unto <sn="5213">you</s> spiritual <sn="4152">things</s>, is it a great <sn="3173">thing</s><sn="1487">if</s><sn="2249">we</s> shall <sn="2325">reap</s><sn="5216">your</s> carnal <sn="4559">things</s>? </v>
<vn='12'><sn="1487">If</s><sn="243">others</s> be <sn="3348">partakers</s> of this <sn="1849">power</s> over <sn="5216">you</s>, are <sn="3756">not</s><sn="2249">we</s><sn="3123">rather</s>? <sn="235">Nevertheless</s> we have <sn="3756">not</s><sn="5530">used</s><sn="5026">this</s><sn="1849">power</s>; <sn="235">but</s><sn="4722">suffer</s> all <sn="3956">things</s>, <sn="3363">lest</s> we should <sn="1325 5100 1464">hinder</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2098">gospel</s> of <sn="5547">Christ</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>Do ye <sn="3756">not</s><sn="1492">know</s><sn="3754">that</s> they which <sn="2038">minister</s> about holy <sn="2413">things</s><sn="2068">live</s> of the things <sn="1537">of</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2411">temple</s>? and they which <sn="4332">wait</s> at <sn="3588">the</s><sn="2379">altar</s> are partakers <sn="4829">with</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2379">altar</s>? </v>
<vn='14'><sn="2532">Even</s><sn="3779">so</s> hath <sn="3588">the</s><sn="2962">Lord</s><sn="1299">ordained</s> that they which <sn="2605">preach</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2098">gospel</s> should <sn="2198">live</s><sn="1537">of</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2098">gospel</s>. </v>
<vn='15'><sn="1161">But</s><sn="1473">I</s> have <sn="5530">used</s><sn="3762">none</s> of these <sn="5130">things</s>: <sn="1161 3756">neither</s> have I <sn="1125">written</s> these <sn="5023">things</s>, <sn="2443">that</s> it should be <sn="3779">so</s><sn="1096">done</s><sn="1722">unto</s><sn="1698">me</s>: <sn="1063">for</s> it were <sn="2570">better</s> for <sn="3427">me</s><sn="*3123">to</s><sn="599">die</s>, <sn="2228">than</s><sn="2443">that</s> any <sn="5100">man</s> should make my glorying <sn="2758 3450 2745">void</s>. </v>
<vn='16'><sn="1063">For</s><sn="1437">though</s> I preach the <sn="2097">gospel</s>, <sn="3427">I</s><sn="2076">have</s><sn="3756">nothing</s> to glory <sn="2745">of</s>: <sn="1063">for</s><sn="318">necessity</s> is laid <sn="1945">upon</s><sn="3427">me</s>; <sn="1161">yea</s>, <sn="3759">woe</s><sn="2076">is</s> unto <sn="3427">me</s>, <sn="1437">if</s> I preach not the <sn="2097 3361">gospel</s>! </v>
<vn='17'><sn="1063">For</s><sn="1487">if</s> I <sn="4238">do</s> this <sn="5124">thing</s><sn="1635">willingly</s>, I <sn="2192">have</s> a <sn="3408">reward</s>: <sn="1161">but</s><sn="1487">if</s> against my <sn="210">will</s>, a <sn="3622">dispensation</s> of the gospel is <sn="4100">committed</s> unto me. </v>
<vn='18'><sn="5101">What</s><sn="2076">is</s><sn="3427">my</s><sn="3408">reward</s><sn="3767">then</s>? Verily <sn="2443">that</s>, when I preach the <sn="2097">gospel</s>, I may <sn="5087">make</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2098">gospel</s> of <sn="5547">Christ</s> without <sn="77">charge</s>, that I <sn="2710">abuse</s><sn="3361">not</s><sn="3450">my</s><sn="1849">power</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2098">gospel</s>. </v>
<vn='19'><sn="1063">For</s> though I <sn="5607">be</s><sn="1658">free</s><sn="1537">from</s><sn="3956">all</s> men, yet have I made myself <sn="1402 1683">servant</s> unto <sn="3956">all</s>, <sn="2443">that</s> I might <sn="2770">gain</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4119">more</s>. </v>
<vn='20'><sn="2532">And</s> unto <sn="3588">the</s><sn="2453">Jews</s> I <sn="1096">became</s><sn="5613">as</s> a <sn="2453">Jew</s>, <sn="2443">that</s> I might <sn="2770">gain</s> the <sn="2453">Jews</s>; to <sn="3588">them</s> that are <sn="5259">under</s> the <sn="3551">law</s>, <sn="5613">as</s><sn="5259">under</s> the <sn="3551">law</s>, <sn="2443">that</s> I might <sn="2770">gain</s><sn="3588">them</s> that are <sn="5259">under</s> the <sn="3551">law</s>; </v>
<vn='21'>To them that are without <sn="459">law</s>, <sn="5613">as</s> without <sn="459">law</s>, ( <sn="5607">being</s><sn="3361">not</s> without <sn="459">law</s> to <sn="2316">God</s>, <sn="235">but</s> under the <sn="1772">law</s> to <sn="5547">Christ</s>,) <sn="2443">that</s> I might <sn="2770">gain</s> them that are without <sn="459">law</s>. </v>
<vn='22'>To <sn="3588">the</s><sn="772">weak</s><sn="1096">became</s> I <sn="5613">as</s><sn="772">weak</s>, <sn="2443">that</s> I might <sn="2770">gain</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="772">weak</s>: I am <sn="1096">made</s> all <sn="3956">things</s> to <sn="3956">all</s> men, <sn="2443">that</s> I might by all <sn="3843">means</s><sn="4982">save</s><sn="5100">some</s>. </v>
<vn='23'><sn="1161">And</s><sn="5124">this</s> I <sn="4160">do</s> for the gospel's <sn="1223 3588 2098">sake</s>, <sn="2443">that</s> I might <sn="1096">be</s> partaker thereof <sn="4791 846">with</s> you. </v>
<vn='24'><sn="1492">Know</s> ye <sn="3756">not</s><sn="3754">that</s> they which <sn="5143">run</s><sn="1722">in</s> a <sn="4712">race</s><sn="5143">run</s><sn="3956 *3303">all</s>, <sn="1161">but</s><sn="1520">one</s><sn="2983">receiveth</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1017">prize</s>? <sn="3779">So</s><sn="5143">run</s>, <sn="2443">that</s> ye may <sn="2638">obtain</s>. </v>
<vn='25'><sn="1161">And</s> every <sn="3956">man</s> that striveth for the <sn="75">mastery</s> is <sn="1467">temperate</s> in all <sn="3956">things</s>. <sn="3767">Now</s><sn="1565">they</s> do <sn="*3303">it</s><sn="2443">to</s><sn="2983">obtain</s> a <sn="5349">corruptible</s><sn="4735">crown</s>; <sn="1161">but</s><sn="2249">we</s> an <sn="862">incorruptible</s>. </v>
<vn='26'><sn="1473">I</s><sn="5106">therefore</s><sn="3779">so</s><sn="5143">run</s>, <sn="3756">not</s><sn="5613">as</s><sn="84">uncertainly</s>; <sn="3779">so</s><sn="4438">fight</s> I, <sn="3756">not</s><sn="5613">as</s> one that <sn="1194">beateth</s> the <sn="109">air</s>: </v>
<vn='27'><sn="235">But</s> I <sn="5299">keepunder</s><sn="3450">my</s><sn="4983">body</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> bring it into <sn="1396">subjection</s>: lest that by any <sn="3381">means</s>, when I have <sn="2784">preached</s> to <sn="243">others</s>, I <sn="848">myself</s> should <sn="1096">be</s> a <sn="96">castaway</s>. </v>