Verš 1
Am I not free? Am I not an Apostle? Have I not seen Christ Jesus our Lord? Are you not my work in the Lord?
Sk 9:3 - And as he made the journey, it happened that he was approaching Damascus. And suddenly, a light from heaven shone around him.
Sk 9:17 - And Ananias departed. And he entered the house. And laying his hands upon him, he said: “Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, he who appeared to you on the way by which you arrived, sent me so that you would receive your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”
Sk 22:14 - But he said: ‘The God of our fathers has preordained you, so that you would come to know his will and would see the Just One, and would hear the voice from his mouth.
Sk 22:18 - and I saw him saying to me: ‘Hurry! Depart quickly from Jerusalem! For they will not accept your testimony about me.’
Sk 23:11 - Then, on the following night, the Lord stood near him and said: “Be constant. For just as you have testified about me in Jerusalem, so also it is necessary for you to testify at Rome.”
1Kor 15:8 - And last of all, he was seen also by me, as if I were someone born at the wrong time.
2Kor 12:2 - I know a man in Christ, who, more than fourteen years ago (whether in the body, I do not know, or out of the body, I do not know: God knows), was enraptured to the third heaven.
1Kor 4:15 - For you might have ten thousand instructors in Christ, but not so many fathers. For in Christ Jesus, through the Gospel, I have begotten you.
Verš 4
Do we not have the authority to eat and to drink?
1Kor 9:14 - So, too, has the Lord ordained that those who announce the Gospel should live by the Gospel.
1Sol 2:6 - Nor did we seek the glory of men, neither from you, nor from others.
2Sol 3:9 - It was not as if we had no authority, but this was so that we might present ourselves as an example to you, in order to imitate us.
Verš 5
Do we not have the authority to travel around with a woman who is a sister, just as do the other Apostles, and the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas?
Mt 8:14 - And when Jesus had arrived at the house of Peter, he saw his mother-in-law lying ill with a fever.
Verš 7
Who has ever served as a soldier and paid his own stipend? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat from its produce? Who pastures 660 a flock and does not drink from the milk of the flock?
2Kor 10:4 - For the weapons of our battles are not carnal, yet still they are powerful with God, unto the destruction of fortifications: tearing down every counsel
1Kor 3:6 - I planted, Apollo watered, but God provided the growth.
Jn 21:15 - Then, when they had dined, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord, you know that I love you.” He said to him, “Feed my lambs.”
1Pt 5:2 - pasture the flock of God that is among you, providing for it, not as a requirement, but willingly, in accord with God, and not for the sake of tainted profit, but freely,
Verš 9
For it is written in the law of Moses: “You shall not bind the mouth of an ox, while it is treading out the grain.” Is God here concerned with the oxen?
Dt 25:4 - You shall not muzzle an ox as it is treading out your crops in the field.
1Tim 5:18 - For Scripture says: “You shall not muzzle an ox as it is treading out the grain,” and, “The worker is worthy of his pay.”
Verš 11
If we have sown spiritual things in you, is it important if we harvest from your worldly things?
Rim 15:27 - And this has pleased them, because they are in their debt. For, since the Gentiles have become partakers of their spiritual things, they also ought to minister to them in worldly things.
Gal 6:6 - And let him who is being taught the Word discuss it with him who is teaching it to him, in every good way.
Verš 12
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.
Sk 20:33 - I have coveted neither silver and gold, nor apparel,
2Kor 11:9 - And when I was with you and in need, I was burdensome to no one. For the 668 brothers who came from Macedonia supplied whatever was lacking to me. And in all things, I have kept myself, and I will keep myself, from being burdensome to you.
2Kor 12:13 - For what is there that you have had which is less than the other churches, except that I myself did not burden you? Forgive me this injury.
Verš 13
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?
Dt 18:1 - “The priests and the Levites, and all who are from the same tribe, shall have no portion or inheritance with the rest of Israel. For they shall eat the sacrifices of the Lord and his oblations.
Verš 14
So, too, has the Lord ordained that those who announce the Gospel should live by the Gospel.
Lv 19:13 - You shall not slander your neighbor, nor shall you oppress him by violence. The wages of a hired hand, you shall not delay with you until tomorrow.
Dt 24:14 - You shall not refuse the pay of the indigent and the poor, whether he is your brother, or he is a new arrival who dwells with you in the land and is within your gates.
Dt 25:4 - You shall not muzzle an ox as it is treading out your crops in the field.
Mt 10:10 - nor provisions for the journey, nor two tunics, nor shoes, nor a staff. For the laborer deserves his portion.
Lk 10:7 - And remain in the same house, eating and drinking the things that are with them. For the worker is worthy of his pay. Do not choose to pass from house to house.
1Tim 5:18 - For Scripture says: “You shall not muzzle an ox as it is treading out the grain,” and, “The worker is worthy of his pay.”
Verš 16
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.
Rim 1:14 - To the Greeks and to the uncivilized, to the wise and to the foolish, I am in debt.
Verš 20
And so, to the Jews, I became like a Jew, so that I might gain the Jews.
Sk 16:3 - Paul wanted this man to travel with him, and taking him, he circumcised him, because of the Jews who were in those places. For they all knew that his father was a Gentile.
Sk 18:18 - Yet truly, Paul, after he had remained for many more days, having said goodbye to the brothers, sailed into Syria, and with him were Priscilla and Aquila. Now he had shaved his head in Cenchreae, for he had made a vow.
Sk 21:23 - Therefore, do this thing that we ask of you: We have four men, who are under a vow.
Verš 21
To those who are under the law, I became as if I were under the law, (though I was not under the law) so that I might gain those who were under the law. To those who were without the law, I became as if I were without the law, (though I was not without the law of God, being in the law of Christ) so that I might gain those who were without the law.
Gal 2:3 - But even Titus, who was with me, though he was a Gentile, was not compelled to be circumcised,
Verš 22
To the weak, I became weak, so that I might gain the weak. To all, I became all, so that I might save all.
Rim 15:1 - But we who are stronger must bear with the feebleness of the weak, and not so as to please ourselves.
1Kor 10:33 - just as I also, in all things, please everyone, not seeking what is best for myself, but what is best for many others, so that they may be saved.
Gal 6:1 - And, brothers, if a man has been overtaken by any offense, you who are spiritual should instruct someone like this with a spirit of leniency, considering that you yourselves might also be tempted.
Verš 24
Do you not know that, of those who run in a race, all of them, certainly, are runners, but only one achieves the prize. Similarly, you must run, so that you may achieve.
Gal 2:2 - And I went up according to revelation, and I debated with them about the Gospel that I am preaching among the Gentiles, but away from those who were pretending to be something, lest perhaps I might run, or have run, in vain.
Gal 5:7 - You have run well. So what has impeded you, that you would not obey the truth?
Flp 2:16 - holding to the Word of Life, until my glory in the day of Christ. For I have not run in vain, nor have I labored in vain.
2Tim 4:7 - I have fought the good fight. I have completed the course. I have preserved the faith.
Heb 6:18 - so that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have the strongest solace: we who have fled together so as to hold fast to the hope set before us.
Verš 25
And one who competes in a contest abstains from all things. And they do this, of course, so that they may achieve a corruptible crown. But we do this, so that we may achieve what is incorruptible.
2Tim 2:4 - No man, acting as a soldier for God, entangles himself in worldly matters, so that he may be pleasing to him for whom he has proven himself.
2Tim 4:8 - As for the remainder, a crown of justice has been reserved for me, one which the Lord, the just judge, will render to me in that day, and not only to me, but also to those who look forward to his return. Hurry to return to me soon.
1Pt 1:4 - unto an incorruptible and undefiled and unfading inheritance, which is reserved for you in heaven.
1Pt 5:4 - And when the Leader of pastors will have appeared, you shall secure an unfading crown of glory.
