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3 my apostleship from the Lord. My defence to my accusers is this :

4 Whether or no have we a right to eat 5 and drink? Whether or no have we at right to travel with a Christian wife like the rest of the apostles, and the

6 Lerd’s brothers, and Kephas? Ori and Barnabas a.lone——ha.ve we no right

7 at all, except to work? Who cam- paigns at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard, and does not eat of its produce? Who feeds cattle and does not consume the milk of the cattle? 8 I do not say this humanly; does g not the Law also say the same? For in the law of Moses it is written: YOU SHALL Nor MUzzLE THE THRESHING BULLOcx.* Bullocks are an object

ro of care with God. But he speaks II I2 18 for us also, he wrote for us as well; because the ploughman ought to plough in hope, and the thresher ought to share in the hope. If we have sown spiritually for you, is it much if we reap the necessaries of life with you? lf others exercise this right to be paid by you, how much more can wel But we have not used this right; on the contrary, we went short of everything, in order that we might not give trouble to any one on ac- count of the gospel of Christ. Do you not know that those serving

the temple eat from the temple? that those devoted to the altar are main- tained from the altar? And so the Lord ordained to the preachers of the gospel, that they should live out of the gospel. But I have availed myself of none of these; nor have I written this so that it might be done thus to myself ; for better to me to die rather than that any one should destroy my boast in that manner. For if I am preaching the gospel, it is no credit to me: rather a necessity is laid upon me; because it is a punishment for hinthe osel

me if I am not preacg p. Yet if I do this willingly, I gave a reward; if unwillingly, I have been entrusted with an oHice. What are my wages then? That preaching with- out pay, I lay a foundation for the gospel; while none can deprive me of the power which that gospel gives me. For being free from all, I have en-

slaved myself to all, so that I might 1 Deut. xxtv. 4. 10-—xo

benelit the greatest possible number. And I became like a jew to the ews, so that I might benefit the fews; to those under a law as thoughnnder a law so that I might benefit those under a law; to those not possessing a law as though not possessing a law not,'however,_being without a Divine law; but, on the contrary, under a law of Christ-—so thatl might gain those not possessing a law. To the weak I became as weak, so that I might gain the weak. To all these I adapted myself, so that I might save some, at all events. And I do it all for the sake of the good news, so that I may become a participator in it. Do you not know that the runners

on the track all run, but a single one carries od the prize? Thus run; so that you may win it. And every com- petitor restrains himself in all things ; they, however, so that they may re- ceive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable. Therefore I run thus; not like a trifier. I strike thus; not as beating wind. Butinstead, I train my body and lead a s1ave’s life; for fear that, after having trained others, I myself should be disapproved. Z! 22 26 Gnrmxrugzmmi in {aliens: unb ®¤¤h $z2lixtg. I do not wish you to ignore, 10 brothers, that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea; and all were ba tized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea; and all ate the same spiritual food, and all drank the same spiritual drink: for they drank of a Rock of spiritual progress; and the Rock was the Messiah. God, however, was not pleased with the greater part of them ; for they were strewn in the desert. And these became types for us, that we should not be lustful for vice, as they were lustful. Neither should you be idolaters, like some of them; as it is written: Tun rnorrz sn Down! To Ea'! Arm DRINK, AND THEY Axosn 1.*0 PLAY} Neither should we fornicate, as some ofthem fornicated, and fell in a single day to the number of twenty·three thousand. Neither should we try the Lord, as some of them tried Him, and were slain by serpents. Neither should you murmur, as some of them murmured, and were destroyed by the 1 Exodus xxxii. 6 1193 [E