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As part of their pay, priests in the temple would receive a portion of the offerings as their food. These verses concerning Paul’s rights and church responsibilities have a two-part challenge for the church today. First, the church must support its workers in a fair and equitable for this is the church’s responsibility. Second, Christian workers must not let their attitude about pay and benefits hinder the gospel. It is way too tempting for the desire for more pay to enter someone’s mind and distract from the service God has already established for them. All ministers and leaders in the church must need Paul’s attitude: a willingness not to demand their rights if to do so would hinder the gospel.

1 Corinthians 9:13-15
13 Don’t you know that those who serve in the temple get their food from the temple, and that those who serve at the altar share in what is offered on the altar? 14 In the same way, the Lord has commanded that those who preach the gospel should receive their living from the gospel.
15 But I have not used any of these rights. And I am not writing this in the hope that you will do such things for me, for I would rather die than allow anyone to deprive me of this boast.