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1. Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are not ye my work in the Lord?
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1. Am G1510 I not G3756 an apostle G652 ? am G1510 I not G3756 free G1658 ? have I not G3780 seen G3708 Jesus G2424 Christ G5547 our G2257 Lord G2962 ? are G2075 not G3756 ye G5210 my G3450 work G2041 in G1722 the Lord G2962 ?
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2. If to others I am not an apostle, yet at least I am to you; for the seal of mine apostleship are ye in the Lord.
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2. If G1487 I be G1510 not G3756 an apostle G652 unto others G243 , yet G235 doubtless G1065 I am G1510 to you G5213 : for G1063 the G3588 seal G4973 of mine G1699 apostleship G651 are G2075 ye G5210 in G1722 the Lord G2962 .
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3. My defence to them that examine me is this.
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3. Mine G1699 answer G627 to them that do examine G350 me G1691 is G2076 this G3778 ,
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4. Have we no right to eat and to drink?
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4. Have G2192 we not G3378 power G1849 to eat G5315 and G2532 to drink G4095 ?
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5. Have we no right to lead about a wife that is a believer, even as the rest of the apostles, and the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?
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5. Have G2192 we not G3378 power G1849 to lead about G4013 a sister G79 , a wife G1135 , as well as G5613 G2532 other G3062 apostles G652 , and G2532 as the G3588 brethren G80 of the G3588 Lord G2962 , and G2532 Cephas G2786 ?
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6. Or I only and Barnabas, have we not a right to forbear working?
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6. Or G2228 I G1473 only G3441 and G2532 Barnabas G921 , have G2192 not G3756 we power G1849 to forbear working G2038 G3361 ?
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7. What soldier ever serveth at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not the fruit thereof? Or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock?
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7. Who G5101 goeth a warfare G4754 any time G4218 at his own G2398 charges G3800 ? who G5101 planteth G5452 a vineyard G290 , and G2532 eateth G2068 not G3756 of G1537 the G3588 fruit G2590 thereof G848 ? or G2228 who G5101 feedeth G4165 a flock G4167 , and G2532 eateth G2068 not G3756 of G1537 the G3588 milk G1051 of the G3588 flock G4167 ?
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8. Do I speak these things after the manner of men? or saith not the law also the same?
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8. Say G2980 I these things G5023 G3361 as G2596 a man G444 ? or G2228 saith G3004 not G3780 the G3588 law G3551 the same G5023 also G2532 ?
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9. For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn. Is it for the oxen that God careth,
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9. For G1063 it is written G1125 in G1722 the G3588 law G3551 of Moses G3475 , Thou shalt not G3756 muzzle G5392 the mouth of the ox G1016 that treadeth out the corn G248 . Doth G3361 God G2316 take care G3199 for oxen G1016 ?
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10. or saith he it assuredly for our sake? Yea, for our sake it was written: because he that ploweth ought to plow in hope, and he that thresheth, to thresh in hope of partaking.
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10. Or G2228 saith G3004 he it altogether G3843 for our sakes G1223 G2248 ? For our sakes G1223 G2248 , no doubt G1063 , this is written G1125 : that G3754 he that ploweth G722 should G3784 plow G722 in G1909 hope G1680 ; and G2532 that he that thresheth G248 in G1909 hope G1680 should be partaker G3348 of his G848 hope G1680 .
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11. If we sowed unto you spiritual things, is it a great matter if we shall reap your carnal things?
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11. If G1487 we G2249 have sown G4687 unto you G5213 spiritual things G4152 , is it a great thing G3173 if G1487 we G2249 shall reap G2325 your G5216 carnal things G4559 ?
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12. If others partake of this right over you, do not we yet more? Nevertheless we did not use this right; but we bear all things, that we may cause no hindrance to the gospel of Christ.
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12. If G1487 others G243 be partakers G3348 of this power G1849 over you G5216 , are not G3756 we G2249 rather G3123 ? Nevertheless G235 we have not G3756 used G5530 this G5026 power G1849 ; but G235 suffer G4722 all things G3956 , lest G3363 we should hinder G1325 G5100 G1464 the G3588 gospel G2098 of Christ G5547 .
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13. Know ye not that they that minister about sacred things eat of the things of the temple, and they that wait upon the altar have their portion with the altar?
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13. Do ye not G3756 know G1492 that G3754 they which minister G2038 about holy things G2413 live G2068 of the things of G1537 the G3588 temple G2411 ? and they which wait G4332 at the G3588 altar G2379 are partakers with G4829 the G3588 altar G2379 ?
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14. Even so did the Lord ordain that they that proclaim the gospel should live of the gospel.
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14. Even G2532 so G3779 hath the G3588 Lord G2962 ordained G1299 that they which preach G2605 the G3588 gospel G2098 should live G2198 of G1537 the G3588 gospel G2098 .
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15. But I have used none of these things: and I write not these things that it may be so done in my case; for it were good for me rather to die, than that any man should make my glorifying void.
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15. But G1161 I G1473 have used G5530 none G3762 of these things G5130 : neither G1161 G3756 have I written G1125 these things G5023 , that G2443 it should be so G3779 done G1096 unto G1722 me G1698 : for G1063 it were better G2570 for me G3427 to G3123 die G599 , than G2228 that G2443 any man G5100 should make my glorying void G2758 G3450 G2745 .
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16. For if I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of; for necessity is laid upon me; for woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel.
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16. For G1063 though G1437 I preach the gospel G2097 , I G3427 have G2076 nothing G3756 to glory of G2745 : for G1063 necessity G318 is laid upon G1945 me G3427 ; yea G1161 , woe G3759 is G2076 unto me G3427 , if G1437 I preach not the gospel G2097 G3361 !
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17. For if I do this of mine own will, I have a reward: but if not of mine own will, I have a stewardship intrusted to me.
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17. For G1063 if G1487 I do G4238 this thing G5124 willingly G1635 , I have G2192 a reward G3408 : but G1161 if G1487 against my will G210 , a dispensation G3622 of the gospel is committed G4100 unto me.
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18. What then is my reward? That, when I preach the gospel, I may make the gospel without charge, so as not to use to the full my right in the gospel.
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18. What G5101 is G2076 my G3427 reward G3408 then G3767 ? Verily that G2443 , when I preach the gospel G2097 , I may make G5087 the G3588 gospel G2098 of Christ G5547 without charge G77 , that I abuse G2710 not G3361 my G3450 power G1849 in G1722 the G3588 gospel G2098 .
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19. For though I was free from all men, I brought myself under bondage to all, that I might gain the more.
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19. For G1063 though I be G5607 free G1658 from G1537 all G3956 men, yet have I made myself servant G1402 G1683 unto all G3956 , that G2443 I might gain G2770 the G3588 more G4119 .
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20. And to the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, not being myself under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law;
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20. And G2532 unto the G3588 Jews G2453 I became G1096 as G5613 a Jew G2453 , that G2443 I might gain G2770 the Jews G2453 ; to them G3588 that are under G5259 the law G3551 , as G5613 under G5259 the law G3551 , that G2443 I might gain G2770 them G3588 that are under G5259 the law G3551 ;
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21. to them that are without law, as without law, not being without law to God, but under law to Christ, that I might gain them that are without law.
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21. To them that are without law G459 , as G5613 without law G459 , ( being G5607 not G3361 without law G459 to God G2316 , but G235 under the law G1772 to Christ G5547 ,) that G2443 I might gain G2770 them that are without law G459 .
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22. To the weak I became weak, that I might gain the weak: I am become all things to all men, that I may by all means save some.
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22. To the G3588 weak G772 became G1096 I as G5613 weak G772 , that G2443 I might gain G2770 the G3588 weak G772 : I am made G1096 all things G3956 to all G3956 men, that G2443 I might by all means G3843 save G4982 some G5100 .
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23. And I do all things for the gospels sake, that I may be a joint partaker thereof.
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23. And G1161 this G5124 I do G4160 for the gospel's sake G1223 G3588 G2098 , that G2443 I might be G1096 partaker thereof with G4791 G846 you.
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24. Know ye not that they that run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? Even so run; that ye may attain.
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24. Know G1492 ye not G3756 that G3754 they which run G5143 in G1722 a race G4712 run G5143 all G3956 G3303 , but G1161 one G1520 receiveth G2983 the G3588 prize G1017 ? So G3779 run G5143 , that G2443 ye may obtain G2638 .
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25. And every man that striveth in the games exerciseth self-control in all things. Now they do it to receive a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.
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25. And G1161 every man G3956 that striveth for the mastery G75 is temperate G1467 in all things G3956 . Now G3767 they G1565 do it G3303 to G2443 obtain G2983 a corruptible G5349 crown G4735 ; but G1161 we G2249 an incorruptible G862 .
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26. I therefore so run, as not uncertainly; so fight I, as not beating the air:
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26. I G1473 therefore G5106 so G3779 run G5143 , not G3756 as G5613 uncertainly G84 ; so G3779 fight G4438 I, not G3756 as G5613 one that beateth G1194 the air G109 :
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27. but I buffet my body, and bring it into bondage: lest by any means, after that I have preached to others, I myself should be rejected.
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27. But G235 I keepunder G5299 my G3450 body G4983 , and G2532 bring it into subjection G1396 : lest that by any means G3381 , when I have preached G2784 to others G243 , I myself G848 should be G1096 a castaway G96 .
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