1 Corinthians 9:14

KJV1611 – Modern English

Even so the Lord has commanded that those who preach the gospel should live from the gospel.

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  • Matt 10:10 : 10 Nor bag for your journey, nor two tunics, nor sandals, nor staffs: for the worker is worthy of his food.
  • 1 Cor 9:4 : 4 Do we not have the right to eat and drink?
  • Luke 10:7 : 7 And remain in the same house, eating and drinking such things as they give, for the laborer is worthy of his wages. Do not go from house to house.
  • 1 Tim 5:17-18 : 17 Let the elders who rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in the word and doctrine. 18 For the Scripture says, You shall not muzzle an ox while it treads out the grain. And, The laborer is worthy of his wages.
  • Gal 6:6 : 6 Let him who is taught in the word share with him who teaches in all good things.

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  • 1 Cor 9:6-13
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    6Or is it only Barnabas and I who do not have the right to refrain from working?

    7Who goes to war at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat of its fruit? Or who tends a flock and does not drink of the milk of the flock?

    8Do I say these things as a mere man? Or does not the Law say the same also?

    9For it is written in the Law of Moses, 'You shall not muzzle an ox while it treads out the grain.' Does God care for oxen?

    10Or does He say it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he who plows should plow in hope, and he who threshes in hope should partake of his hope.

    11If we have sown spiritual things for you, is it a great thing if we reap your material things?

    12If others are partakers of this right over you, should not we even more? Nevertheless, we have not used this right, but endure all things lest we hinder the gospel of Christ.

    13Do you not know that those who minister the holy things eat of the things of the temple, and those who serve at the altar partake of the offerings of the altar?

  • 1 Cor 9:15-18
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    15But I have used none of these things, nor have I written these things that it should be done so to me; for it would be better for me to die than that anyone should make my boasting void.

    16For if I preach the gospel, I have nothing to boast of, for necessity is laid upon me; yes, woe is me if I do not preach the gospel!

    17For if I do this willingly, I have a reward; but if against my will, I have been entrusted with a stewardship.

    18What then is my reward? That when I preach the gospel, I may present the gospel of Christ without charge, that I may not abuse my authority in the gospel.

  • 1 Tim 5:17-18
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    17Let the elders who rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in the word and doctrine.

    18For the Scripture says, You shall not muzzle an ox while it treads out the grain. And, The laborer is worthy of his wages.

  • Luke 10:7-8
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    7And remain in the same house, eating and drinking such things as they give, for the laborer is worthy of his wages. Do not go from house to house.

    8And into whatever city you enter, and they receive you, eat such things as are set before you:

  • Acts 20:34
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    34Yes, you yourselves know that these hands have provided for my necessities, and for those who were with me.

  • 2 Thess 3:8-10
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    8Nor did we eat anyone's bread without paying for it, but we worked with labor and toil night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you.

    9Not because we do not have the right, but to make ourselves an example for you to follow.

    10For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: If anyone will not work, neither shall he eat.

  • 2 Cor 11:7-9
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    7Did I commit a sin by humbling myself that you might be exalted, because I preached to you the gospel of God freely?

    8I robbed other churches, taking wages from them, to serve you.

    9And when I was with you and in need, I was a burden to no one: for what I lacked the brothers who came from Macedonia supplied. And in all things I have kept myself from being a burden to you, and so I will keep myself.

  • 2 Cor 9:10
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    10Now he who supplies seed to the sower also provides bread for your food, and multiplies your seed sown, and increases the fruits of your righteousness;

  • 2 Cor 9:13
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    13While by the evidence of this ministry they glorify God for your professed submission to the gospel of Christ, and for your generous sharing with them, and with all men;

  • Rom 15:16
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    16That I should be a minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering of the Gentiles might be acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

  • 2 Cor 9:5-7
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    5Therefore I thought it necessary to urge the brethren, that they would go ahead to you and prepare in advance your generous gift, which had been promised before, that it might be ready as a matter of generosity, and not as of covetousness.

    6But this I say: He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly; and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.

    7Every man according to what he purposes in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or out of necessity: for God loves a cheerful giver.

  • 1 Thess 2:9
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    9For you remember, brothers, our labor and toil: for working night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you, we preached to you the gospel of God.

  • 2 Thess 3:12
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    12Now those who are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that they work quietly and eat their own bread.

  • 1 Pet 5:2
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    2Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by compulsion, but willingly; not for dishonest gain, but with a ready mind;

  • 1 Cor 15:11
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    11Therefore, whether it was I or they, so we preach and so you believed.

  • 1 Cor 9:4
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    4Do we not have the right to eat and drink?

  • Matt 10:10
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    10Nor bag for your journey, nor two tunics, nor sandals, nor staffs: for the worker is worthy of his food.

  • 1 Cor 16:1
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    1Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have instructed the churches of Galatia, so you must do as well.

  • Rom 14:8
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    8For if we live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the Lord. Therefore, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.

  • Rom 13:6
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    6For this reason, pay your taxes also, for they are God's ministers attending continually to this very thing.

  • 1 Cor 9:23
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    23And this I do for the sake of the gospel, that I may be a partaker of it with you.

  • 1 Cor 7:17
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    17But as God has distributed to each one, as the Lord has called each one, so let him walk. And so I ordain in all the churches.

  • 2 Cor 10:16
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    16To preach the gospel in the regions beyond you, and not to boast in another man's line of things made ready to our hand.

  • 2 Cor 8:13
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    13For I do not mean that others should be relieved and you burdened;

  • Mark 13:10
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    10And the gospel must first be published among all nations.

  • Gal 6:6
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    6Let him who is taught in the word share with him who teaches in all good things.

  • Rom 12:7
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    7Or ministry, let us attend to our ministering: or he who teaches, on teaching;

  • 1 Thess 2:4
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    4But as we were allowed by God to be entrusted with the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, who tests our hearts.

  • 2 Tim 2:6
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    6The hardworking farmer must be first to partake of the crops.

  • 1 Pet 4:6
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    6For this reason was the gospel preached also to those who are dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit.

  • Rom 10:15
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    15And how shall they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: "How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the gospel of peace, who bring glad tidings of good things!"

  • 2 Cor 8:9
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    9For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that through his poverty you might become rich.