Devotions

“Therefore I run in such a way, as not without aim; I box in such a way, as not beating the air;  but I discipline my body and make it…

“Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may win.  Everyone who…

“To those who are without law, as without law, though not being without the law of God but under the law of Christ, so that I might win those who…

“For though I am free from all men, I have made myself a slave to all, so that I may win more.  To the Jews I became as a Jew,…

“For if I do this voluntarily, I have a reward; but if against my will, I have a stewardship entrusted to me.  What then is my reward? That, when I…

“But I have used none of these things. And I am not writing these things so that it will be done so in my case; for it would be better…

“Do you not know that those who perform sacred services eat the food of the temple, and those who attend regularly to the altar have their share from the altar? …

“If we sowed spiritual things in you, is it too much if we reap material things from you?  If others share the right over you, do we not more? Nevertheless,…

“For it is written in the Law of Moses, “You shall not muzzle the ox while he is threshing.” God is not concerned about oxen, is He? Or is He…

Who at any time serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat the fruit of it? Or who tends a flock and…