ACC ~ 1 Corinthians 9 v14

LIVING FROM ONE’S LABOR. AMBROSIASTER: It was not by the law of Moses that God followed the practice of the Gentiles, but natural reason itself decrees that a person should live from his labor. COMMENTARY ON PAUL’S EPISTLES.

THE RIGHT OF SUPPORT. AUGUSTINE: The apostle says this [here and in 2 Timothy 2:3-6] so that Timothy might understand that what he took from those for whom he was, as it were, fighting, and whom he was cultivating as a vine, or feeding as a flock, was not a sign of begging but an acknowledgment of a right. THE WORK OF MONKS 15.

PAUL’S COMMISSION TO PREACH THE GOSPEL 1 CORINTHIANS 9:15-18

OVERVIEW: Paul served freely as an apostle (AMBROSE). His reward was preaching itself (CHRYSOSTOM). He did not overreach his claim in being an apostle but expressed it fully. The servant sent by the Lord does what he has to do even under difficult circumstances, putting everything in end-time perspective (AMBROSIASTER). It is a serious offense to lead others astray (ORIGEN). That the laborer deserves his hire is permitted but not commanded in the case of support for ministry. Although Paul defended the right of pastoral leaders to receive support, he himself did not accept it (AUGUSTINE).

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