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WEB
World English Bible
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King James Version
Am I not free
? Am I not an
apostle
? Haven't
I seen Jesus Christ ,
our Lord? Aren't
you
my work in the Lord?
Am I not an
apostle
? am I not free
? have
I not
seen Jesus Christ our Lord? are
not
ye
my work in the Lord?
If to
others
I am
not an apostle, yet at
least
I am to you ;
for you
are
the seal of my
apostleship in the Lord.
If I be
not an apostle unto
others
, yet doubtless
I am to you :
for the seal of mine
apostleship are
ye
in the Lord.
My
defense
to those
who
examine me is this .
Mine
answer
to them
that
do
examine me is this ,
Have we no
right
to eat and to drink?
Have we not
power
to eat and to drink?
Have we no
right
to take
along
a wife
who
is
a believer
, even
as the
rest
of
the
apostles, and the brothers
of the Lord, and Cephas?
Have we not
power
to lead
about
a sister,
a wife
, as well
as
other
apostles, and as
the brethren
of the Lord, and Cephas?
Or have
only Barnabas
and I
no
right
to
not work
?
Or I
only and Barnabas,
have
not we
power
to
forbear
working
?
What
soldier
ever
serves
at his own expense
? Who plants
a vineyard, and doesn't
eat
of its
fruit? Or who feeds
a flock, and doesn't
drink
from
the flock's
milk?
Who
goeth
a
warfare
any
time
at his own charges
? who planteth
a vineyard, and eateth
not
of the
fruit thereof
? or who feedeth
a flock, and eateth
not
of
the milk of
the
flock
?
Do
I speak
these things according
to
the
ways
of
men
? Or doesn't
the law also
say
the same thing
?
Say
I these things as
a
man
? or saith
not
the law the same also
?
For it is written in the law of Moses, "You
shall
not muzzle an
ox while
it
treads
out the grain
. "
Is
it
for the
oxen that
God
cares,
For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou
shalt
not muzzle the
mouth
of
the
ox that
treadeth
out the corn
. Doth
God
take
care
for oxen ?
or does
he say
it assuredly
for our sake
? Yes,
it
was
written
for our sake
, because
he who
plows
ought
to
plow in hope ,
and he who
threshes
in hope should partake
of his hope.
Or saith
he it altogether
for our sakes
? For our sakes
, no
doubt,
this
is
written:
that
he that
ploweth
should
plow in hope ;
and that
he that
thresheth
in hope should be
partaker
of his hope.
If we sowed
to
you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we reap your fleshly
things?
If we have
sown
unto
you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we shall
reap your carnal
things?
If others partake
of this right
over you, don't
we yet
more
? Nevertheless we did
not use
this right,
but we
bear
all things, that
we may
cause
no
hindrance
to
the Gospel of Christ.
If others be
partakers
of this power
over you, are
not
we rather
? Nevertheless we have
not used
this power;
but suffer
all things, lest
we should
hinder
the gospel of Christ.
Don't
you
know that those
who
serve
around
sacred
things eat
from
the things of the temple ,
and those
who
wait on
the altar have
their
portion
with the altar?
Do
ye
not
know that they
which
minister
about
holy
things live
of
the things of the temple ?
and they
which
wait at
the altar are
partakers
with the altar?
Even so the Lord ordained that those
who
proclaim
the Gospel should live from
the Gospel.
Even so hath
the Lord ordained that they
which
preach
the gospel should live of
the gospel.
But I have used none of these things ,
and
I don't
write
these things that it may
be done
so in
my
case;
for I
would
rather
die, than that anyone
should make my boasting
void.
But I have used none of these things :
neither
have
I written
these things ,
that it should
be so done
unto
me:
for it
were
better
for
me
to
die, than that any
man
should make my glorying
void.
For if
I preach the Gospel, I have nothing to boast
about;
for necessity is laid on
me; but
woe is to
me, if I don't
preach the Gospel .
For though
I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory
of:
for necessity is laid upon
me; yea,
woe is unto
me, if I preach not
the gospel !
For if I do this of
my
own
will
, I have a reward .
But if not
of
my own
will, I
have
a stewardship
entrusted
to
me.
For if I do this thing
willingly
, I have a reward :
but if against
my will, a dispensation
of
the
gospel
is
committed
unto
me.
What then
is my reward? That, when I preach the Gospel, I may present
the Gospel of Christ without charge, so
as
not
to
abuse my authority
in the Gospel.
What is my reward then
? Verily
that, when I preach the gospel, I may make
the gospel of Christ without charge, that
I
abuse not
my power
in the gospel.
For though I was
free from all, I brought
myself under
bondage
to
all, that I might gain the more.
For though I be
free from all men
, yet
have
I made
myself servant
unto
all, that I might gain the more.
To
the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain Jews; to those
who
are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain those
who
are under the law;
And
unto
the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the
Jews; to them
that
are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them
that
are under the law;
to those
who
are without law, as without law ( not
being without law toward
God, but under law toward
Christ )
, that I might win
those
who
are without law.
To them
that
are without law, as without law ,
(being not
without law to
God, but under the
law to
Christ, )
that I might gain
them
that
are without law.
To the weak I
became as weak, that I might gain the weak .
I have
become
all things to all men, that I may
by all means save some.
To the weak became I
as weak, that I might gain the weak :
I am
made
all things to all men, that I might
by all means save some.
Now
I do this
for the Gospel's sake, that I may
be a
joint
partaker of
it
.
And
this
I do for the gospel's sake, that I might
be partaker thereof
with
you
.
Don't
you
know that those
who
run in a race all
run, but one receives
the prize? Run like
that
, that you
may win
.
Know ye
not
that they
which
run in a race run all
, but one receiveth
the prize? So
run, that ye
may obtain
.
Every man who
strives
in
the games
exercises
self-control
in all things. Now they do it to receive
a corruptible crown ,
but we an incorruptible.
And
every man that
striveth
for
the mastery
is
temperate
in all things. Now they do it to obtain
a corruptible crown ;
but we an incorruptible.
I therefore run like
that
, as
not uncertainly .
I
fight like
that
, as
not beating
the air ,
I therefore so
run, not as
uncertainly ;
so
fight I
, not as
one
that
beateth
the air :
but I beat
my body and bring it into submission,
lest by any means, after
I have preached to others, I myself should be rejected
.
But I keep
under
my body ,
and bring it into subjection:
lest that
by any means, when
I have preached to others, I myself should be a
castaway
.
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