1 Timothy 5:17 Cross References - Goodspeed

¹⁷ Elders who do their duties well should be considered as deserving twice as much as they get, particularly those who work at preaching and teaching.

³⁷ Then he said to his disciples, "The harvest is abundant enough, but the reapers are few. ³⁸ So pray to the owner of the harvest to send reapers to gather it."

²⁵ Here I have told you beforehand.

¹ After this the Master appointed seventy-two others, and sent them on before him, two by two, to every town or place to which he intended to come. ² And he said to them, "The harvest is abundant enough, but the reapers are few. So pray to the owner of the harvest to send reapers to gather it.

⁷ Stay at the same house, eating and drinking what they offer you, for the workman deserves his pay. Do not change from one house to another.

⁴² And the Master said, "Who then will be the faithful, thoughtful manager, whom his master will put in charge of his household, to give the members of it their supplies at the proper time?

³⁸ I have sent you to reap a harvest on which you have not worked. Other men have worked and you have profited by their work."

³⁰ and this they did, sending it to the elders by Barnabas and Saul.

³⁵ I showed you in every way that by hard work like that we must help those who are weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, for he said, 'It makes one happier to give than to be given to.' "

¹⁰ They made us many presents, and when we sailed, they provided us with everything that we needed.

⁸ the speaker, in his exhortation, the giver of charity, with generosity, the office-holder, with devotion, the one who does acts of mercy, with cheerfulness.

²⁷ They determined to do it, and they really are indebted to them, for if the heathen have shared their spiritual blessings, they ought to do them a service in material ways.

¹² Remember me to Tryphaena and Tryphosa, those hard workers in the Lord's cause. Remember me to my dear Persis, who has worked so hard for the Lord,

⁹ For we are fellow-laborers for God, and you are God's farm, God's building.

⁵ Have we not a right to take a Christian wife about with us, like the rest of the apostles and the Lord's brothers and Cephas? ⁶ Or is it only Barnabas and I that have no right to give up working for a living? ⁷ What soldier ever pays his expenses out of his own pay? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat any of the grapes? Who tends a flock and does not get any of the milk? ⁸ Am I saying only what men say? Does not the Law say so too? ⁹ For in the Law of Moses it reads, "You shall not muzzle an ox that is treading out the grain." Is it about the oxen that God is concerned? ¹⁰ Is he not clearly speaking in our interests? Of course this law was written in our interests, because the plowman ought to plow, and the thresher to thresh, in the expectation of sharing in the crop. ¹¹ If it was we who sowed the spiritual seed among you, is it too much if we reap material benefits from you? ¹² If others enjoy such rights over you, have we not a still better claim? But, you say, we have never availed ourselves of this right. No, we will stand anything rather than put any hindrance in the way of the good news of the Christ. ¹³ Do you not know that those who do the work about the Temple get their living from the Temple, and those who attend to the altar divide the sacrifices with the altar? ¹⁴ In just that way the Lord directed that those who preach the good news should get their living from it.

¹⁰ But by God's favor I have become what I am, and the favor he showed me has not gone for nothing, but I have worked harder than any of them, although it was not really I but the favor God showed me.

¹⁶ I want you to enlist under such leaders, and under anyone who joins with you and works hard.

¹ As God's fellow-worker, I appeal to you, too, not to accept the favor of God and then waste it.

⁶ Those who are taught the message must share all their goods with their teacher.

¹⁶ offering men the message of life. Then I will have reason to boast of you on the Day of Christ, because my exertion and labor have not been wasted.

²⁹ So give him a hearty Christian welcome, and value men like him very highly,

³ And I beg you, my true comrade, help them, for they toiled at my side in spreading the good news, with Clement and the rest of my fellow-workers, whose names are in the book of life.

¹² We beg you, brothers, to respect those who work with you and who lead you in the service of the Lord, and teach you. ¹³ Hold them in the highest esteem and affection for what they do. Live at peace with one another.

⁵ for if a man does not know how to conduct his own household, how can he look after a church of God?

⁶ If you point this out to the brothers, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, living on the principles of the faith and the excellent teaching you have had.

¹⁰ It is for this that we toil and struggle, for we have fixed our hopes on the living God, the Savior of all men, especially those who believe.

¹⁶ Look out for yourself and for your teaching. Persevere in your work, for if you do you will save both yourself and those who listen to you.

³ Look after widows who are really dependent.

⁶ The farmer who does the work ought to be the first to have some of the produce.

² preach the message; be at it in season and out of season; convince, reprove, exhort people, with perfect patience and willingness to teach.

⁷ Do not forget your former leaders, the men who brought you God's message. Remember how they ended their lives and imitate their faith.

¹⁷ Obey your leaders and give way to them, for they are keeping watch in defense of your souls, as men accountable for the trust. Make their work a joy and not a grief, for that would be the worse for you.

²⁴ Remember us to all your leaders and to all your fellow-Christians. The brothers from Italy wish to be remembered to you.