What soldier ever serveth at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock?
or saith he it altogether for our sake? Yea, for our sake it was written: because he that ploweth ought to plow in hope, and he that thresheth, {cf15i to thresh} in hope of partaking.
If others partake of {cf15i this} right over you, do not 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.
Know ye not that they which minister about sacred things eat {cf15i of} the things of the temple, {cf15i and} they which wait upon the altar have their portion with the altar?
But I have used none of these things: and I write not these things that it may be so done in my case: for {cf15i it were} good for me rather to die, than that any man should make my glorying void.
And to the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, not being myself under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law;