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         <div class="label">38</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Altar of Burnt Offering</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="EXO.38.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">They</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">38:1 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">He</span><span class="ft">; also in verses 2-9</span></span></span><span class="content"> built the altar of burnt offering of acacia wood, three cubits</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">38:1 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 4 1/2 feet or about 1.4 meters</span></span></span><span class="content"> high; it was square, five cubits long and five cubits wide.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">38:1 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 7 1/2 feet or about 2.3 meters long and wide</span></span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EXO.38.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">They made a horn at each of the four corners, so that the horns and the altar were of one piece, and they overlaid the altar with bronze. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EXO.38.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">They made all its utensils of bronze&#8212;its pots, shovels, sprinkling bowls, meat forks and firepans. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EXO.38.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">They made a grating for the altar, a bronze network, to be under its ledge, halfway up the altar. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EXO.38.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">They cast bronze rings to hold the poles for the four corners of the bronze grating. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EXO.38.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">They made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with bronze. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EXO.38.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">They inserted the poles into the rings so they would be on the sides of the altar for carrying it. They made it hollow, out of boards.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Basin for Washing</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EXO.38.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EXO.38.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">They made the bronze basin and its bronze stand from the mirrors of the women who served at the entrance to the tent of meeting.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Courtyard</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EXO.38.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EXO.38.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Next they made the courtyard. The south side was a hundred cubits</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">38:9 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 150 feet or about 45 meters</span></span></span><span class="content"> long and had curtains of finely twisted linen, </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EXO.38.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">with twenty posts and twenty bronze bases, and with silver hooks and bands on the posts. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EXO.38.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The north side was also a hundred cubits long and had twenty posts and twenty bronze bases, with silver hooks and bands on the posts.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EXO.38.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EXO.38.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The west end was fifty cubits</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">38:12 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 75 feet or about 23 meters</span></span></span><span class="content"> wide and had curtains, with ten posts and ten bases, with silver hooks and bands on the posts. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EXO.38.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">The east end, toward the sunrise, was also fifty cubits wide. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EXO.38.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Curtains fifteen cubits</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">38:14 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 22 feet or about 6.8 meters</span></span></span><span class="content"> long were on one side of the entrance, with three posts and three bases, </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EXO.38.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">and curtains fifteen cubits long were on the other side of the entrance to the courtyard, with three posts and three bases. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EXO.38.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">All the curtains around the courtyard were of finely twisted linen. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EXO.38.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The bases for the posts were bronze. The hooks and bands on the posts were silver, and their tops were overlaid with silver; so all the posts of the courtyard had silver bands.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EXO.38.17"></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EXO.38.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">The curtain for the entrance to the courtyard was made of blue, purple and scarlet yarn and finely twisted linen&#8212;the work of an embroiderer. It was twenty cubits</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">38:18 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 30 feet or about 9 meters</span></span></span><span class="content"> long and, like the curtains of the courtyard, five cubits</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">38:18 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 7 1/2 feet or about 2.3 meters</span></span></span><span class="content"> high, </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="EXO.38.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">with four posts and four bronze bases. Their hooks and bands were silver, and their tops were overlaid with silver. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="EXO.38.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">All the tent pegs of the tabernacle and of the surrounding courtyard were bronze.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Materials Used</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="EXO.38.20"></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="EXO.38.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">These are the amounts of the materials used for the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the covenant law, which were recorded at Moses&#8217; command by the Levites under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron, the priest. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="EXO.38.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">(Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made everything the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> commanded Moses; </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="EXO.38.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">with him was Oholiab son of Ahisamak, of the tribe of Dan&#8212;an engraver and designer, and an embroiderer in blue, purple and scarlet yarn and fine linen.) </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="EXO.38.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">The total amount of the gold from the wave offering used for all the work on the sanctuary was 29 talents and 730 shekels,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">38:24 </span><span class="ft">The weight of the gold was a little over a ton or about 1 metric ton.</span></span></span><span class="content"> according to the sanctuary shekel.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="EXO.38.24"></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="EXO.38.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">The silver obtained from those of the community who were counted in the census was 100 talents</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">38:25 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 3 3/4 tons or about 3.4 metric tons; also in verse 27</span></span></span><span class="content"> and 1,775 shekels,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">38:25 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 44 pounds or about 20 kilograms; also in verse 28</span></span></span><span class="content"> according to the sanctuary shekel&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="EXO.38.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">one beka per person, that is, half a shekel,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">38:26 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 1/5 ounce or about 5.7 grams</span></span></span><span class="content"> according to the sanctuary shekel, from everyone who had crossed over to those counted, twenty years old or more, a total of 603,550 men. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="EXO.38.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">The 100 talents of silver were used to cast the bases for the sanctuary and for the curtain&#8212;100 bases from the 100 talents, one talent for each base. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="EXO.38.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">They used the 1,775 shekels to make the hooks for the posts, to overlay the tops of the posts, and to make their bands.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="EXO.38.28"></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="EXO.38.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">The bronze from the wave offering was 70 talents and 2,400 shekels.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">38:29 </span><span class="ft">The weight of the bronze was about 2 1/2 tons or about 2.4 metric tons.</span></span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="EXO.38.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">They used it to make the bases for the entrance to the tent of meeting, the bronze altar with its bronze grating and all its utensils, </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="EXO.38.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">the bases for the surrounding courtyard and those for its entrance and all the tent pegs for the tabernacle and those for the surrounding courtyard.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">100</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 100</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">A psalm. For giving grateful praise.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.100.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Shout for joy to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, all the earth.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.100.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.100.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Worship the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> with gladness;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.100.2"><span class="content">come before him with joyful songs.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.100.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.100.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Know that the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is God.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.100.3"><span class="content">It is he who made us, and we are his</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">100:3 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">and not we ourselves</span></span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.100.3"><span class="content">we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.100.3"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.100.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.100.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Enter his gates with thanksgiving</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.100.4"><span class="content">and his courts with praise;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.100.4"><span class="content">give thanks to him and praise his name.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.100.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.100.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">For the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is good and his love endures forever;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.100.5"><span class="content">his faithfulness continues through all generations.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">101</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 101</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">Of David. A psalm.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.101.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">I will sing of your love and justice;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.101.1"><span class="content">to you, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, I will sing praise.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.101.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.101.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">I will be careful to lead a blameless life&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.101.2"><span class="content">when will you come to me?</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.101.2"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.101.2"><span class="content">I will conduct the affairs of my house</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.101.2"><span class="content">with a blameless heart.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.101.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.101.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">I will not look with approval</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.101.3"><span class="content">on anything that is vile.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.101.3"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.101.3"><span class="content">I hate what faithless people do;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.101.3"><span class="content">I will have no part in it.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.101.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.101.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">The perverse of heart shall be far from me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.101.4"><span class="content">I will have nothing to do with what is evil.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.101.4"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.101.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.101.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Whoever slanders their neighbor in secret,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.101.5"><span class="content">I will put to silence;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.101.5"><span class="content">whoever has haughty eyes and a proud heart,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.101.5"><span class="content">I will not tolerate.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.101.5"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.101.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.101.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">My eyes will be on the faithful in the land,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.101.6"><span class="content">that they may dwell with me;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.101.6"><span class="content">the one whose walk is blameless</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.101.6"><span class="content">will minister to me.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.101.6"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.101.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.101.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">No one who practices deceit</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.101.7"><span class="content">will dwell in my house;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.101.7"><span class="content">no one who speaks falsely</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.101.7"><span class="content">will stand in my presence.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.101.7"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.101.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.101.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Every morning I will put to silence</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.101.8"><span class="content">all the wicked in the land;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.101.8"><span class="content">I will cut off every evildoer</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.101.8"><span class="content">from the city of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">8</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Concerning Food Sacrificed to Idols</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1CO.8.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Now about food sacrificed to idols: We know that &#8220;We all possess knowledge.&#8221; But knowledge puffs up while love builds up. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1CO.8.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Those who think they know something do not yet know as they ought to know. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1CO.8.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">But whoever loves God is known by God.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">8:2,3 </span><span class="ft">An early manuscript and another ancient witness </span><span class="fqa">think they have knowledge do not yet know as they ought to know. </span><span class="fv">3 </span><span class="fqa">But whoever loves truly knows.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1CO.8.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1CO.8.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">So then, about eating food sacrificed to idols: We know that &#8220;An idol is nothing at all in the world&#8221; and that &#8220;There is no God but one.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1CO.8.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as indeed there are many &#8220;gods&#8221; and many &#8220;lords&#8221;), </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1CO.8.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we live; and there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we live.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1CO.8.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1CO.8.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">But not everyone possesses this knowledge. Some people are still so accustomed to idols that when they eat sacrificial food they think of it as having been sacrificed to a god, and since their conscience is weak, it is defiled. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1CO.8.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">But food does not bring us near to God; we are no worse if we do not eat, and no better if we do.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1CO.8.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1CO.8.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Be careful, however, that the exercise of your rights does not become a stumbling block to the weak. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1CO.8.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">For if someone with a weak conscience sees you, with all your knowledge, eating in an idol&#8217;s temple, won&#8217;t that person be emboldened to eat what is sacrificed to idols? </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1CO.8.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">So this weak brother or sister, for whom Christ died, is destroyed by your knowledge. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1CO.8.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">When you sin against them in this way and wound their weak conscience, you sin against Christ. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1CO.8.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Therefore, if what I eat causes my brother or sister to fall into sin, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause them to fall.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">9</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Paul&#8217;s Rights as an Apostle</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1CO.9.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you not the result of my work in the Lord? </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1CO.9.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Even though I may not be an apostle to others, surely I am to you! For you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1CO.9.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1CO.9.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">This is my defense to those who sit in judgment on me. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1CO.9.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Don&#8217;t we have the right to food and drink? </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1CO.9.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Don&#8217;t we have the right to take a believing wife along with us, as do the other apostles and the Lord&#8217;s brothers and Cephas</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">9:5 </span><span class="ft">That is, Peter</span></span></span><span class="content">? </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1CO.9.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Or is it only I and Barnabas who lack the right to not work for a living?</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1CO.9.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1CO.9.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Who serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat its grapes? Who tends a flock and does not drink the milk? </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1CO.9.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Do I say this merely on human authority? Doesn&#8217;t the Law say the same thing? </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1CO.9.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">For it is written in the Law of Moses: &#8220;Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">9:9 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" usfm="DEU.25.4">Deut. 25:4</span></span></span></span><span class="content"> Is it about oxen that God is concerned? </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1CO.9.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Surely he says this for us, doesn&#8217;t he? Yes, this was written for us, because whoever plows and threshes should be able to do so in the hope of sharing in the harvest. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1CO.9.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">If we have sown spiritual seed among you, is it too much if we reap a material harvest from you? </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1CO.9.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">If others have this right of support from you, shouldn&#8217;t we have it all the more?</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1CO.9.12"><span class="content">But we did not use this right. On the contrary, we put up with anything rather than hinder the gospel of Christ.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1CO.9.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1CO.9.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Don&#8217;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? </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1CO.9.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">In the same way, the Lord has commanded that those who preach the gospel should receive their living from the gospel.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1CO.9.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1CO.9.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">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. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1CO.9.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">For when I preach the gospel, I cannot boast, since I am compelled to preach. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel! </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1CO.9.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">If I preach voluntarily, I have a reward; if not voluntarily, I am simply discharging the trust committed to me. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1CO.9.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">What then is my reward? Just this: that in preaching the gospel I may offer it free of charge, and so not make full use of my rights as a preacher of the gospel.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Paul&#8217;s Use of His Freedom</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1CO.9.18"></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1CO.9.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Though I am free and belong to no one, I have made myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1CO.9.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win the Jews. To those under the law I became like one under the law (though I myself am not under the law), so as to win those under the law. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1CO.9.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">To those not having the law I became like one not having the law (though I am not free from God&#8217;s law but am under Christ&#8217;s law), so as to win those not having the law. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1CO.9.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">To the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all people so that by all possible means I might save some. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="1CO.9.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">I do all this for the sake of the gospel, that I may share in its blessings.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Need for Self-Discipline</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="1CO.9.23"></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="1CO.9.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="1CO.9.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last, but we do it to get a crown that will last forever. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="1CO.9.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Therefore I do not run like someone running aimlessly; I do not fight like a boxer beating the air. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="1CO.9.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">No, I strike a blow to my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize.</span></span></div>
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