Paid ministry
Levitical priests received payment for their labor
Apostles and seventy instructed to carry no money and receive their living from the gospel
Mt 10:9–13 (cf. Mk 6:8–10; Lk 9:3–4); Lk 10:4–7
Paul’s defense of paid ministry
1Co 9:1–19 (cites Dt 25:4); Gal 6:6, 10; Php 4:10–20; 1Th 2:6; 2Th 3:9; 1Ti 5:17–18 (cites Dt 25:4; Lk 10:7) — Paul accepted support at least once: 2Co 11:7–9
Ministers should not be greedy
2Ki 5:15–16, 19–27; 1Co 9:12, 15–19; Php 4:11–13, 17; 1Th 2:5–6; 2Th 3:6–12; 1Ti 3:3, 8; Tit 1:7; 1Pe 5:2