1 Corinthians 9:12-18 If others have a share in this right from you, do not we even more? Nevertheless we have not used this right, but we put up with everything so as not to cause any hindrance to the Gospel of Christ.

WPNT⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹² If others have a share in this right from you, do not we even more? Nevertheless we have not used this right, but we put up with everything so as not to cause any hindrance to the Gospel of Christ. ¹³ Don’t you know that those who minister the sacred things eat from the temple, and those who serve at the altar have a share in the altar? ¹⁴ So also the Lord has instructed those who proclaim the Gospel to live from the Gospel. ¹⁵ Now I have not used any of these rights, nor have I written these things that it should be done so in my case; for it would be better for me to die than that anyone should make my boasting void ¹⁶ —I cannot boast because I preach the Gospel, because I am compelled to do so; indeed, woe is me if I don’t preach it! ¹⁷ (If I do this of my own volition, I have a reward; but if otherwise, I have been entrusted with a commission.) ¹⁸ So what is my reward? That when I evangelize I may present the Gospel of Christ without charge, so as not to use my rights in the Gospel.