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So also the Lord directed those who proclaim the gospel to get their living from the gospel.
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But I have used none of these things. And I am not writing these things so that it will be done so in my case; for it would be better for me to die than have any man make my boast an empty one.
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For if I preach the gospel, I have nothing to boast of, for I am under compulsion; for woe is me if I do not preach the gospel.
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For if I do this voluntarily, I have a reward; but if against my will, I have a stewardship entrusted to me.
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What then is my reward? That, when I preach the gospel, I may offer the gospel without charge, so as not to make full use of my right in the gospel.