Catholic Public Domain Version
"So, too, has the Lord ordained that those who announce the Gospel should live by the Gospel. "
— 1 Corinthians 9:14, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Even so hath the Lord ordained that they which preach the gospel should live of the gospel.”
“Even so did the Lord ordain that they that proclaim the gospel should live of the gospel. ”
“Even so the Lord ordained that those who proclaim the Good News should live from the Good News.”
“In the same way the Lord commanded those who proclaim the gospel to receive their living by the gospel.”
“So also the Lord ordained that they who preach the gospel should live by the gospel.”
“Even so did the Lord give orders that the preachers of the good news might get their living from the good news.”
“Even so hath the Lord ordained that they which preach the gospel should live of the gospel.”
If we have sown spiritual things in you, is it important if we harvest from your worldly things?
If others are sharers in this authority over you, why are we not more entitled? And yet we have not used this authority. Instead, we bear all things, lest we give any hindrance to the Gospel of Christ.
Do you not know that those who work in the holy place eat the things that are for the holy place, and that those who serve at the altar also share with the altar?
So, too, has the Lord ordained that those who announce the Gospel should live by the Gospel.
Yet I have used none of these things. And I have not written so that these things may be done for me. For it is better for me to die, rather than to let anyone empty out my glory.
For if I preach the Gospel, it is not glory for me. For an obligation has been laid upon me. And woe to me, if I do not preach the Gospel.
For if I do this willingly, I have a reward. But if I do this reluctantly, a dispensation is granted to me.