⁶ But let him who gets teaching in the word give a part in all good things to his teacher.

¹⁰ Take no bag for your journey and do not take two coats or shoes or a stick: for the workman has a right to his food.

²⁷ Yes, it has been their good pleasure; and they are in their debt. For if the Gentiles have had a part in the things of the Spirit which were theirs, it is right for them, in the same way, to give them help in the things of the flesh.

¹⁷ Let rulers whose rule is good be honoured twice over, specially those whose work is preaching and teaching.

¹⁸ For the Writings say, It is not right to keep the ox from taking the grain when he is crushing it. And, The worker has a right to his reward.

¹⁹ See that you do not give up caring for the Levite as long as you are living in your land.

⁹ For it says in the law of Moses, It is not right to keep the ox from taking the grain when he is crushing it. Is it for the oxen that God is giving orders?

¹⁰ Or has he us in mind? Yes, it was said for us; because it is right for the ploughman to do his ploughing in hope, and for him who is crushing the grain to do his work hoping for a part in the fruits of it.

¹¹ If we have been planting the things of the Spirit for you, does it seem a great thing for you to give us a part in your things of this world?

¹² If others have a part in this right over you, have we not even more? But we did not make use of our right, so that we might put nothing in the way of the good news of Christ.

¹³ Do you not see that the servants of the holy things get their living from the Temple, and the servants of the altar have their part in the food which is offered on the altar?

¹⁴ Even so did the Lord give orders that the preachers of the good news might get their living from the good news.