Tota Scriptura

Paid ministry

Levitical priests received payment for their labor

Nu 5:9–10; 18:8–32; Dt 18:1–8

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

See also

Categories: Ecclesiology

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