1 Corinthians 9:5-17 Do we not have the right to take along a believing wife, as do the other apostles, and the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas?

RKJNT⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁵ Do we not have the right to take along a believing wife, as do the other apostles, and the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas? ⁶ Or is it only Barnabas and I who do not have the right to refrain from working? ⁷ Who serves as a soldier at his own expense? who plants a vineyard, and does not eat of its fruit? or who feeds a flock, and does not drink of the milk of the flock? ⁸ Do I say these things merely on human authority? or does not the law say the same? ⁹ For it is written in the law of Moses, You shall not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treads out the grain. Is God concerned about oxen? ¹⁰ Or does he say it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes it is written: that he who plows should plow in hope; and he who threshes should thresh in hope of a share of the crop. ¹¹ If we have sown spiritual things among you, is it too much if we reap material things from you? ¹² If others share this rightful claim upon you, do we not have a greater claim? Nevertheless, we have not used this right, but endure all things, lest we should hinder the gospel of Christ. ¹³ Do you not know that those who perform the temple services eat the food of the temple? and those who serve at the altar share what is offered at the altar? ¹⁴ In the same way the Lord ordained that those who preach the gospel should live by the gospel. ¹⁵ But I have used none of these things: nor am I writing these things that it should be done for me: for it would be better for me to die, than for any man to make my boast an empty one. ¹⁶ For if I preach the gospel, I have nothing to boast about: for it is a necessity laid upon me; woe to me if I do not preach the gospel! ¹⁷ If I do this willingly, I have a reward: but if against my will, a commission has been entrusted to me.