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Pablo oquijtoj on tlen quimelahua quichihuasquej on apóstoles

Nejhua, tej, nimacaticaj niman no niapóstol. Nejhua oniquitac toTeco Jesús. Niman sa no nemejhuamej onentlaneltocaquej ipampa on tequitl yejhuan nemotzajlan onicchiu para toTeco. Tla para ocsequimej xniapóstol, para nemejhuamej quemaj niapóstol, pampa nemejhuamej onenquineltocaquej on toTeco ijcuac onemechmachtij. On yejhua ica nesi ica melahuac niapóstol.

Aman nemechijlis quen ijqui ninomanahuis intech on yejhuan nechixcomacaj tlajtlamach. Nechmelahua nicselis on tlen nechmacaj para nicuas niman niconis pampa on tequitl nicchihua. Niman tla nicpiasquia nosihuau, no nechmelahuasquia nicuicatinemisquia campa niau ijcon quen quichihuaj on ocsequimej apóstoles, niman icnihuan on toTeco, niman Pedro. ¿Nenquinemiliaj ica san Bernabé niman nejhua ica oncaj titequitisquej ican tomahuan para sa no tejhuamej titotequipanosquej chica titemachtiaj? Xacaj sa no yejhua notlaxtlahuilia tla tequiti quen soldado. Niman on yejhuan quitoca uvas hueli quicua on tlacyotl yejhuan quisa ipan icojtlaquilyo. Niman on yejhuan quimpixtinemi on borreguitos hueli xconi on leche ijcuac yoquimpatzcac. Niman ma ca xquijtocan ica san nicnejnemilia on tlen nemechijlia pampa on itlanahuatil Moisés on ijqui quijtohua. Ijquin tlajcuilolnesticaj ipan on itlanahuatil Moisés: “Ma ca xtentematlayoti on huacax ijcuac quiteinia on trigo chica cacahuayo quixtia.” Dios ijcon oquijtoj xsan pampa oquinmelnamic on huacaxtin, 10 yej pampa tejhuamej techajmatzticatca. Yejhua in tlanahuatijli tlajtohua ica tejhuamej yejhuan tiitlaquehualhuan toTeco. Yejhua ica, tej, sanquen on tlacatl yejhuan tlaxoponia niman on yejhuan pixca quitocarohua tequitisquej ican tlamachalistli para cada se quiselis on tlacyotl yejhuan quitocarohua. 11 Tla tejhuamej otictocaquej ipan nemoyojlo on tlen yectli tlajtojli, tla ijcon ¿xno techtocarohua ticpixcasquej nemotzalan on tlen ica titopanoltisquej? 12 Tla ocsequimej quinmelahua nemotech quiselisquej on tlen ica notequipanosquej, tejhuamej más sanoyej techmelahua. Pero tejhuamej xticuij on tlen techmelahua. Yej ocse tlamantic ticchihuaj. Nochi ticualijyohuijtihuij para ma ca noteltlalis itlaj ica on cuajli tlajtojli de Cristo. 13 Nemejhuamej cuajli nenquimatztoquej ica on yejhuan quichihuaj itequiu Dios ipan ihueyi tiopan on hebreos quiseliaj intlacual ne itech on tiopan. Niman on yejhuan quinhuentlaliaj on yolquej ne tlaixpan no quiseliaj on huentli quen cada se caxilia. 14 No ijqui, tej, otlanahuatij toTeco, para on yejhuan quiteijliaj on cuajli tlajtojli yejhuan quitemaca temaquixtilistli quinmelahua quiselisquej tlen quicuasquej itech on intequiu. 15 Pero nejhua xnicchihua itlaj on tlen nechmelahua. Nion aman xnemechijcuilohuilia yejhua in para itlaj xnechmacacan. ¡Nicnequisquia, tej, yej achtoj ma nimiqui para ma ca nemechtlajtlanis xnechpalehuican!

16 Nejhua, tej, xquitocarohua ninohueyimatis ica nicteijlia on cuajli tlajtojli yejhuan quitemaca temaquixtilistli, pampa on yejhua nechtocarohua nicchihuas. ¡Lástima de nejhua, tla xnicteijlis on temachijli yejhuan quitemaca temaquixtilistli! 17 Yejhua ica, tej, tla nicchihuas pampa ijcon onictlapejpenij, toTeco nechtlaxtlahuilisquia. Pero xnicchihua pampa nejhua onictlapejpenij nicchihuas. San nicchihua pampa Dios onechnahuatij. 18 ¿Catlejhua, tej, notlaxtlahuil yejhua ica on? Notlaxtlahuil sa no yejhua on paquilistli yejhuan nicselia ijcuac nicteijlia on cuajli tlajtojli yejhuan quitemaca temaquixtilistli masqui xnictlani tomin. Ijcon xnicui on tlen nechmelahua nicselis pampa nitequiti quen temachtijquetl.

19 Masqui xnitlanamactli itech yacaj tlacatl, nochi tlacatl itech ninochihua tlanamactli para más miyequej niquinhuicas itech Cristo. 20 Ijcuac ninemi intzajlan on hebreos, ninochihua quen yejhuamej para niquinhuicas itech Cristo. In quijtosnequi ica ijcuac ninemi intzajlan on yejhuan quitlacamatij itlanahuatil Moisés, nictlacamati on tlanahuatijli masqui xnonequi para nictlacamatis on tlanahuatijli. Ijquin nicchihua para niquinhuicas itech Cristo on yejhuan quitlacamatij on tlanahuatijli. 21 Ijcuac ninemi intzajlan on yejhuan xquipiaj itlanahuatil Moisés, ninohuica quen yejhuamej para niquinhuicas itech Cristo on yejhuan xquipiaj on tlanahuatijli. Yejhua in xquijtosnequi tla xnitlacamati itlanahuatil Dios, pampa nejhua melahuac nictlacamati itlanahuatil Cristo. 22 Ijcuac ninemi intzajlan on yejhuan xcojtiquej ipan intlaneltoc, nejhua ninochihua quen yejhuamej para niquimpalehuis más ipan intlaneltoc. Yejhua ica nenquitaj ica ninohuica quen cada se nohuica para ijcon masqui sa quen ijqui hueli semej nomaquixtisquej. 23 Niman nochi on nicchihua para on temachtijli yejhuan techmaca temaquixtilistli ma tequiti ipan inyojlo, niman para ijcon nicselis on tlatiochihualistli yejhuan nechtocarohua.

24 Nemejhuamej cuajli nenquimatztoquej ica ipan se tlacsalistli miyequej tehuan notlatlanij, pero san se tetlani niman quiselia on tetlayocolijli. Nemejhuamej no ijqui xmotlatlanican ipan se tlacsalistli ixpan Dios, niman xmotlalocan para nenquitlanisquej on tetlayocolijli yejhuan Dios quinequi mechmacas. 25 Nochimej yejhuan tehuan notlatlanij ipan se tlacsalistli, quejehuaj intlalnacayo para tlaxicosquej. Yejhuamej ijcon quichihuaj para tetlanij niman quiseliaj quen intetlayocolil se cuaxochitl tlachijchiutli ican xojtli. Yejhuamej quiseliaj on cuaxochitl yejhuan xhuejcahui oncaj, pero tejhuamej titotlatlanij para ticselisquej se tetlayocolijli yejhuan nochipa onyas. 26 Yejhua ica, tej, ipan notlacsalis ixpan Dios, xsecan niconmelahua, niman xsa quen ijqui nicchihua itequiu Cristo quen quichihua on tlahuisoquetl yejhuan san ipan ajacatl panohua imatepayol. 27 Notlalnacayo niquixtlamachtia quen nonequi para nechtlacamatis. Ijcon nicchihua para xnechquixtisquej ipan on tlacsalistli niman ijcon xnicpolos notetlayocolil ijcuac yotlan nicteijlia on itlajtoltzin Dios.

Paul’s Rights as an Apostle

Am I not free?(A) Am I not an apostle?(B) Have I not seen Jesus our Lord?(C) Are you not the result of my work in the Lord?(D) Even though I may not be an apostle to others, surely I am to you! For you are the seal(E) of my apostleship in the Lord.

This is my defense to those who sit in judgment on me. Don’t we have the right to food and drink?(F) Don’t we have the right to take a believing wife(G) along with us, as do the other apostles and the Lord’s brothers(H) and Cephas[a]?(I) Or is it only I and Barnabas(J) who lack the right to not work for a living?

Who serves as a soldier(K) at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard(L) and does not eat its grapes? Who tends a flock and does not drink the milk? Do I say this merely on human authority? Doesn’t the Law say the same thing? For it is written in the Law of Moses: “Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.”[b](M) Is it about oxen that God is concerned?(N) 10 Surely he says this for us, doesn’t he? Yes, this was written for us,(O) because whoever plows and threshes should be able to do so in the hope of sharing in the harvest.(P) 11 If we have sown spiritual seed among you, is it too much if we reap a material harvest from you?(Q) 12 If others have this right of support from you, shouldn’t we have it all the more?

But we did not use this right.(R) On the contrary, we put up with anything rather than hinder(S) the gospel of Christ.

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?(T) 14 In the same way, the Lord has commanded that those who preach the gospel should receive their living from the gospel.(U)

15 But I have not used any of these rights.(V) 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.(W) 16 For when I preach the gospel, I cannot boast, since I am compelled to preach.(X) Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel! 17 If I preach voluntarily, I have a reward;(Y) if not voluntarily, I am simply discharging the trust committed to me.(Z) 18 What then is my reward? Just this: that in preaching the gospel I may offer it free of charge,(AA) and so not make full use of my rights(AB) as a preacher of the gospel.

Paul’s Use of His Freedom

19 Though I am free(AC) and belong to no one, I have made myself a slave to everyone,(AD) to win as many as possible.(AE) 20 To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win the Jews.(AF) To those under the law I became like one under the law (though I myself am not under the law),(AG) so as to win those under the law. 21 To those not having the law I became like one not having the law(AH) (though I am not free from God’s law but am under Christ’s law),(AI) so as to win those not having the law. 22 To the weak I became weak, to win the weak.(AJ) I have become all things to all people(AK) so that by all possible means I might save some.(AL) 23 I do all this for the sake of the gospel, that I may share in its blessings.

The Need for Self-Discipline

24 Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize?(AM) Run(AN) in such a way as to get the prize. 25 Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown(AO) that will not last, but we do it to get a crown that will last forever.(AP) 26 Therefore I do not run like someone running aimlessly;(AQ) I do not fight like a boxer beating the air.(AR) 27 No, I strike a blow to my body(AS) and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize.(AT)

Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 9:5 That is, Peter
  2. 1 Corinthians 9:9 Deut. 25:4