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1. Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Haven't I seen Jesus Christ, our Lord? Aren't you 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 you are the seal of my apostleship 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 defense to those who 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 take along a wife who is a believer, even as the rest of the apostles, and the brothers 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 have only Barnabas and I no right to not work?
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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 serves at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard, and doesn't eat of its fruit? Or who feeds a flock, and doesn't drink from the flock's milk?
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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 according to the ways of men? Or doesn't the law also say the same thing?
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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, "You shall not muzzle an ox while it treads out the grain." Is it for the oxen that God cares,
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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 does he say it assuredly for our sake? Yes, it was written for our sake, because he who plows ought to plow in hope, and he who threshes in hope should partake of his hope.
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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 to you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we reap your fleshly 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, don't 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. Don't you know that those who serve around sacred things eat from the things of the temple, and those who wait on 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 the Lord ordained that those who proclaim the gospel should live from 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 don't write these things that it may be done so in my case; for I would rather die, than that anyone should make my boasting 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 boast about; for necessity is laid on me; but woe is to me, if I don't preach 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 my own will, I have a reward. But if not of my own will, I have a stewardship entrusted 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 present the gospel of Christ without charge, so as not to abuse my authority 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, 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. To the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain Jews; to those who are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain those who 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 those who are without law, as without law (not being without law toward God, but under law toward Christ), that I might win those who 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 as weak, that I might gain the weak. I have 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. Now I do this for the gospel's sake, that I may be a joint partaker of it.
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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. Don't you know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run like that, that you may win.
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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. Every man who strives in the games exercises 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 run like that, as not uncertainly. I fight like that, 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 beat my body and bring it into submission, lest by any means, after 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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