1 Corinthians 9:12-15 ▼

12 If others receive this right from you, are we not more deserving? But we have not made use of this right. Instead we endure everything so that we may not be a hindrance to the gospel of Christ.

13 Don't you know that those who serve in the temple eat food from the temple, and those who serve at the altar receive a part of the offerings?

14 In the same way the Lord commanded those who proclaim the gospel to receive their living by the gospel.

15 But I have not used any of these rights. And I am not writing these things so that something will be done for me. In fact, it would be better for me to die than--no one will deprive me of my reason for boasting!