9Moses wrote, "Don''t muzzle an ox to keep it from eating the grain when it''s threshing." Do you think Moses'' primary concern was the care of farm animals?a
10Don''t you think his concern extends to us? Of course. Farmers plow and thresh expecting something when the crop comes in.
1 Corinthians 9 finds Paul defending his apostolic authority and his surprising choice to forgo financial support from the Corinthian church. He argues that while he has every right to be paid for his ministry—citing soldiers, farmers, shepherds, and even the Law of Moses—he will
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