Do we have no right to eat and drink?
not a knapsack for the road, nor two tunics, nor sandals, nor staffs; for a worker is worthy of his food.
And remain in that very house, eating and drinking what they have, for the worker is worthy of his wages. Do not move from house to house.
I have desired the silver or gold or clothes of no one.
My defense to those who examine me is this:
Let him who is taught the word share in all good things with him who teaches.
Nor seeking glory from men, neither from you, nor from others, even though we were able to carry weight as apostles of Christ.
For you remember, brothers, our labor and toil; for laboring night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you, we proclaimed to you the gospel of God.
