1 Corinthians 9:5-17 Have we not a power to take along with us a sister, wife as well as the other apostles, and the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?

Thomson⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁵ Have we not a power to take along with us a sister, wife as well as the other apostles, and the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas? ⁶ Or are I only and Barnabas excluded from the privilege of not working? ⁷ Who goeth to war any time at his own expenses? Who planteth a vineyard and eateth not of the fruit thereof? Who feedeth a flock and doth not eat of the milk of that flock? ⁸ Do I say these things according to the custom of human affairs? Doth not the law say the same? ⁹ For in the law of Moses it is written, "Thou shalt not muzzle an ox treading out corn": Is God solicitous for oxen? ¹⁰ Or doth he not unquestionably say this for our sake? For us indeed it was written, because he who plougheth ought to plough in hope; and he who thresheth in hope ought to partake of his hope. ¹¹ If we have sown for you spiritual things is it a great matter if we reap your carnal things? ¹² If others exercise this power over you, may not we rather? But we have not made use of this power; but endure all things that we may not give any obstruction to the glad tidings of the Christ. ¹³ Do you not know that they who prepare the sacrifice eat of the sacrifice? They who attend on the altar partake with the altar. ¹⁴ So also the Lord hath ordered for them who proclaim the glad tidings, that they should live by the glad tidings ¹⁵ But as for me I have not made use of any of these privileges nor have I written these things that they should be a rule for me. For it were better for me to die than that any should deprive me of what is my boast. ¹⁶ For though I publish the glad tidings I have no cause of boasting; for I am under an obligation and woe is for me if I do not publish the glad tiding ¹⁷ for if I do this willingly, I have a reward; but if against my will I have been intrusted with an office, what then is the reward for me?