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1 Corinthians 9:12

James Moffatt - New Testament

If others share this right over you, why not we all the more? We did not avail ourselves of it, you say? No, we do not mind any privations if we can only avoid putting any obstacle in the way of the gospel of Christ.

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No, I intend to go on as I am doing, in order to checkmate those who would fain make out that in the apostolate of which they boast they work on the same terms as I do.

And my reward? This, that I can preach the gospel free of charge, that I can refrain from insisting on all my rights as a preacher of the gospel.

Only, I have not availed myself of any of these rights, and I am not writing in order to secure any such provision for myself. I would die sooner than let anyone deprive me of this, my source of pride.

To other people I may be no apostle, but to you I am, for you are the seal set upon my apostleship in the Lord.

You put up with a man who assumes control of your souls, with a man who spends your money, with a man who dupes you, with a man who gives himself airs, with a man who flies in your face.

I put no obstacle in the path of any, so that my ministry may not be discredited;

Even to have law-suits with one another is in itself evidence of defeat. Why not rather let yourselves be wronged? Why not rather let yourselves be defrauded?

This is why I have been so often prevented from visiting you.

and as he belonged to the same trade he stayed with them and they all worked together. (They were workers in leather by trade.)

Woe to you jurists! you have taken the key that unlocks the door of knowledge; you have not entered yourselves, and you have stopped those who were entering."

so the Lord's instructions were that those who proclaim the gospel are to get their living by the gospel?

What I am proud of is not the mere preaching of the gospel; that I am constrained to do. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!

always slow to expose, always eager to believe the best, always hopeful, always patient.

Well, when I reached Troas to preach the gospel of Christ, though I had a wide opportunity in the Lord,




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