1 Corinthians 9:15
But I have not made use of any of these things: and I am not writing this in the hope that it may be so for me: for it would be better for me to undergo death, than for any man to make this pride of mine of no effect.
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1 Corinthians 9:15
But I have not made use of any of these things: and I am not writing this in the hope that it may be so for me: for it would be better for me to undergo death, than for any man to make this pride of mine of no effect.
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1 Corinthians 9:14
Even so did the Lord give orders that the preachers of the good news might get their living from the good news.
1 Corinthians 9:15
But I have not made use of any of these things: and I am not writing this in the hope that it may be so for me: for it would be better for me to undergo death, than for any man to make this pride of mine of no effect.
1 Corinthians 9:16
For if I am a preacher of the good news, I have no cause for pride in this; because I am forced to do so, for a curse is on me if I do not.
1 Corinthians 9:17
But if I do it gladly, I have a reward; and if not, I am under orders to do it.
1 Corinthians 9:18
What then is my reward? This, that when I am giving the good news, I may give it without payment, not making use of my rights as a preacher of the good news.
1 Corinthians 9:4
Have we no right to take food and drink?
1 Corinthians 9:5
Have we no right to take about with us a Christian wife, like the rest of the Apostles, and the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas?
1 Corinthians 9:6
Or I only and Barnabas, have we no right to take a rest from work?
1 Corinthians 9:7
Who ever goes to war without looking to someone to be responsible for his payment? who puts in vines and does not take the fruit of them? or who takes care of sheep without drinking of their milk?
1 Corinthians 9:8
Am I talking as a man? does not the law say the same?
1 Corinthians 9:9
For it says in the law of Moses, It is not right to keep the ox from taking the grain when he is crushing it. Is it for the oxen that God is giving orders?
1 Corinthians 9:10
Or has he us in mind? Yes, it was said for us; because it is right for the ploughman to do his ploughing in hope, and for him who is crushing the grain to do his work hoping for a part in the fruits of it.
1 Corinthians 9:11
If we have been planting the things of the Spirit for you, does it seem a great thing for you to give us a part in your things of this world?
1 Corinthians 9:12
If others have a part in this right over you, have we not even more? But we did not make use of our right, so that we might put nothing in the way of the good news of Christ.
Genesis 14:24
Give me nothing but the food which the fighting-men who went with me have had; but let Aner and Eshcol and Mamre have their part of the goods.
2 Corinthians 10:1
Now I, Paul, myself make request to you by the quiet and gentle behaviour of Christ, I who am poor in spirit when with you, but who say what is in my mind to you without fear when I am away from you:
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1 Corinthians 9:13
Do you not see that the servants of the holy things get their living from the Temple, and the servants of the altar have their part in the food which is offered on the altar?
2 Corinthians 13:10
For this cause I am writing these things while I am away, so that there may be need for me, when I am present, to make use of sharp measures, by the authority which the Lord has given me for building up and not for destruction.
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Acts 20:34
You yourselves have seen that with these hands I got what was necessary for me and those who were with me.
1 Thessalonians 2:6
Or looking for glory from men, from you or from others, when we might have made ourselves a care to you as Apostles of Christ.
1 Thessalonians 2:7
But we were gentle among you, like a woman caring for her little ones:
1 Thessalonians 2:8
Even so, being full of loving desire for you, we took delight in giving you not only God's good news, but even our lives, because you were dear to us.
1 Thessalonians 2:9
For you have the memory, my brothers, of our trouble and care; how, working night and day, so that we might not be a trouble to any of you, we gave you the good news of God.
2 Thessalonians 3:8
And we did not take food from any man for nothing, but were working hard night and day not to be a trouble to any of you:
2 Thessalonians 3:9
Not because we have not the right, but to make ourselves an example to you, so that you might do the same.
Acts 18:3
And because he was of the same trade, he was living with them, and they did their work together; for by trade they were tent-makers.
Acts 28:30
And for the space of two years, Paul was living in the house of which he had the use, and had talk with all those who went in to see him,
1 Corinthians 4:12
And with our hands we do the hardest work: when they give us curses we give blessings, when we undergo punishment we take it quietly;
3 John 1:7
For they went out for love of the Name, taking nothing from the Gentiles.
Ezra 8:22
For I would not, for shame, make request to the king for a band of armed men and horsemen to give us help against those who might make attacks on us on the way: for we had said to the king, The hand of our God is on his servants for good, but his power and his wrath are against all those who are turned away from him.
Philippians 4:11
But I will not say anything about my needs, for I am able, wherever I am, to be dependent on myself.
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Acts 20:33
I have had no desire for any man's silver or gold or clothing.
2 Corinthians 11:7
Or did I do wrong in making myself low so that you might be lifted up, because I gave you the good news of God without reward?
2 Corinthians 11:8
I took money from other churches as payment for my work, so that I might be your servant;
2 Corinthians 11:9
And when I was present with you, and was in need, I let no man be responsible for me; for the brothers, when they came from Macedonia, gave me whatever was needed; and in everything I kept myself from being a trouble to you, and I will go on doing so.
2 Corinthians 11:10
As the true word of Christ is in me, I will let no man take from me this my cause of pride in the country of Achaia.
2 Corinthians 12:14
This is now the third time that I am ready to come to you; and I will not be a trouble to you: my desire is for you, not for your property: for it is not the children's business to make store for their fathers, but the fathers for the children.
2 Corinthians 12:15
And I will gladly give all I have for your souls. If I have the more love for you, am I to be loved the less?
2 Corinthians 12:16
But let it be so, that I was not a trouble to you myself; but (someone may say) being false, I took you with deceit.
2 Corinthians 12:17
Did I make a profit out of you by any of those whom I sent to you?
2 Corinthians 12:18
I gave orders to Titus, and I sent the brother with him. Did Titus make any profit out of you? were we not guided by the same Spirit, in the same ways?
2 Corinthians 12:19
It may seem to you that all this time we have been attempting to put ourselves in the right; but we are saying these things before God in Christ. For all things, dear brothers, are for your profit.
Matthew 18:6
But whoever is a cause of trouble to one of these little ones who have faith in me, it would be better for him to have a great stone fixed to his neck, and to come to his end in the deep sea.
2 Corinthians 1:12
For our glory is in this, in the knowledge which we have that our way of life in the world, and most of all in relation to you, has been holy and true in the eyes of God; not in the wisdom of the flesh, but in the grace of God.
1 Peter 5:2
Keep watch over the flock of God which is in your care, using your authority, not as forced to do so, but gladly; and not for unclean profit but with a ready mind;
2 Peter 2:3
And in their desire for profit they will come to you with words of deceit, like traders doing business in souls: whose punishment has been ready for a long time and their destruction is watching for them.
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1 Corinthians 9:19
For though I was free from all men, I made myself a servant to all, so that more might have salvation.
1 Corinthians 9:20
And to the Jews I was as a Jew, so that I might give the good news to them; to those under the law I was the same, not as being myself under the law, but so that I might give the good news to those under the law.
1 Corinthians 9:21
To those without the law I was as one without the law, not as being without law to God, but as under law to Christ, so that I might give the good news to those without the law.
1 Corinthians 9:22
To the feeble, I was as one who is feeble, so that they might have salvation: I have been all things to all men, so that some at least might have salvation.
1 Corinthians 9:23
And I do all things for the cause of the good news, so that I may have a part in it.
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2 Corinthians 11:12
But what I do, that I will go on doing, so that I may give no chance to those who are looking for one; so that, in the cause of their pride, they may be seen to be the same as we are.
2 Corinthians 12:13
For what is there in which you were made less than the other churches, but in the one thing that I was not a trouble to you? Let me have forgiveness for this wrong.
1 Corinthians 1:17
For Christ sent me, not to give baptism, but to be a preacher of the good news: not with wise words, for fear that the cross of Christ might be made of no value.
1 Corinthians 4:14
I am not saying these things to put you to shame, but so that, as my dear children, you may see what is right.
2 Corinthians 3:1
Do we seem to be again attempting to put ourselves in the right? or have we need, as some have, of letters of approval to you or from you?
2 Corinthians 11:16
I say again, Let me not seem foolish to anyone; but if I do, put up with me as such, so that I may take a little glory to myself.
Philippians 2:7
But he made himself as nothing, taking the form of a servant, being made like men;
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1 Corinthians 9:24
Do you not see that in a running competition all take part, but only one gets the reward? So let your minds be fixed on the reward.
1 Corinthians 9:25
And every man who takes part in the sports has self-control in all things. Now they do it to get a crown which is of this world, but we for an eternal crown.
1 Corinthians 9:26
So then I am running, not uncertainly; so I am fighting, not as one who gives blows in the air:
1 Corinthians 9:27
But I give blows to my body, and keep it under control, for fear that, after having given the good news to others, I myself might not have God's approval.
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Philippians 1:26
So that your pride in me may be increased in Christ Jesus through my being present with you again.
Romans 4:2
For if Abraham got righteousness by works, he has reason for pride; but not before God.
1 Corinthians 5:6
This pride of yours is not good. Do you not see that a little leaven makes a change in all the mass?
2 Corinthians 1:14
Even as you have been ready, in part, to say that we are your glory, in the same way that you are ours, in the day of the Lord Jesus.
Galatians 6:4
But let every man make test of his work, and then will his cause for glory be in himself only, and not in his neighbour.
Philippians 2:16
Offering the word of life; so that I may have glory in you in the day of Christ, because my running was not for nothing and my work was not without effect.
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Numbers 16:15
Then Moses was very angry, and said to the Lord, Give no attention to their offering: not one of their asses have I taken, or done wrong to any of them.
1 Samuel 12:3
Here I am: give witness against me before the Lord and before the man on whom he has put the holy oil: whose ox or ass have I taken? to whom have I been untrue? who has been crushed down by me? from whose hand have I taken a price for the blinding of my eyes? I will give it all back to you.
1 Samuel 12:4
And they said, You have never been untrue to us or cruel to us; you have taken nothing from any man.
2 Corinthians 7:2
Let your hearts be open to us: we have done no man wrong, no man has been damaged by us, we have made no profit out of any man,
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Jonah 4:3
So now, O Lord, give ear to my prayer and take my life from me; for death is better for me than life.
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Matthew 19:12
For there are men who, from birth, were without sex: and there are some who were made so by men: and there are others who have made themselves so for the kingdom of heaven. He who is able to take it, let him take it.
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1 Corinthians 7:32
But it is my desire for you to be free from cares. The unmarried man gives his mind to the things of the Lord, how he may give pleasure to the Lord:
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1 Corinthians 7:34
And the wife is not the same as the virgin. The virgin gives her mind to the things of the Lord, so that she may be holy in body and in spirit: but the married woman takes thought for the things of the world, how she may give pleasure to her husband.
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