1 Corinthians 9:14

or a bag for your journey, or even two tunics, or sandals, or a staff; for the worker is worthy of his support.

“Stay in that house, eating and drinking what they give you; for the laborer is worthy of his wages. Do not keep moving from house to house.

and because he was of the same trade, he was staying with them and they were working, for by trade they were tent-makers.

“I have coveted no one’s silver or gold or clothes.

For if you were to have countless tutors in Christ, yet you would not have many fathers, for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel.

Do we not have authority to eat and drink?

If we sowed spiritual things in you, is it too much if we reap material things from you?

If others share this authority over you, do we not more? Nevertheless, we did not use this authority, but we endure all things so that we will cause no hindrance to the gospel of Christ.

For if I proclaim the gospel, I have nothing to boast, for I am under compulsion. For woe is me if I do not proclaim the gospel.

And the one who is instructed in the word is to share in all good things with the one who instructs him.

for our gospel did not come to you in word only, but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with full assurance; just as you know what kind of men we proved to be among you for your sake.

not because we do not have the authority, but in order to offer ourselves as a model for you, so that you would imitate us.

For the Scripture says, “You shall not muzzle the ox while it is threshing,” and “The laborer is worthy of his wages.”