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13 Do you not know that those who perform sacred services eat the food of the temple, and those who attend regularly to the altar have their share from the altar?
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Don’t you know that those who serve in the temple get their food from the temple, and that those who serve at the altar share in what is offered on the altar?
14 So also the Lord directed those who proclaim the gospel to get their living from the gospel.
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In the same way, the Lord has commanded that those who preach the gospel should receive their living from the gospel.
15 But I have used none of these things. And I am not writing these things so that it will be done so in my case; for it would be better for me to die than have any man make my boast an empty one.
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But I have not used any of these rights. And I am not writing this in the hope that you will do such things for me, for I would rather die than allow anyone to deprive me of this boast.
16 For if I preach the gospel, I have nothing to boast of, for I am under compulsion; for woe is me if I do not preach the gospel.
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For when I preach the gospel, I cannot boast, since I am compelled to preach. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!
17 For if I do this voluntarily, I have a reward; but if against my will, I have a stewardship entrusted to me.
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If I preach voluntarily, I have a reward; if not voluntarily, I am simply discharging the trust committed to me.
18 What then is my reward? That, when I preach the gospel, I may offer the gospel without charge, so as not to make full use of my right in the gospel.
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What then is my reward? Just this: that in preaching the gospel I may offer it free of charge, and so not make full use of my rights as a preacher of the gospel.
19 For though I am free from all men, I have made myself a slave to all, so that I may win more.
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Though I am free and belong to no one, I have made myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible.
20 To the Jews I became as a Jew, so that I might win Jews; to those who are under the Law, as under the Law though not being myself under the Law, so that I might win those who are under the Law;
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To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win the Jews. To those under the law I became like one under the law (though I myself am not under the law), so as to win those under the law.
21 to those who are without law, as without law, though not being without the law of God but under the law of Christ, so that I might win those who are without law.
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To those not having the law I became like one not having the law (though I am not free from God’s law but am under Christ’s law), so as to win those not having the law.
22 To the weak I became weak, that I might win the weak; I have become all things to all men, so that I may by all means save some.
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To the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all people so that by all possible means I might save some.
23 I do all things for the sake of the gospel, so that I may become a fellow partaker of it.
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I do all this for the sake of the gospel, that I may share in its blessings.
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