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It’s specifically found in 1 Cor 9:13-14. As I mentioned earlier, houtoos kai of vs. 14 is rendered “even so” in the KJV, and as “so also” and “in the same way” in other translations. This phrase serves as a hinge to link what comes after it to what comes before it. But it’s more than a hinge, because it’s saying that what comes after it is based upon what came before it.
So, what comes after houtoos kai is the Lord’s command (ordination) that they who preach the Gospel should live “of the Gospel”- literally, “out of the Gospel”. What comes before it is:
"Do ye not know that they which minister about holy things live of the things of the temple? and they which wait at the altar are partakers with the altar?" (1Cor 9:13)
This, of course, is a direct reference to the Levitical tithing system. Paul is not saying that they who preach the Gospel are to partake of the Levitical system itself, otherwise he would have said "Gospel ministers are allowed to partake of the Levitical tithe". Rather, he said that they are to be supported "in the same way", IOW, "in like manner". This, then, is an appeal to the underlying principle of vs 13- the tithe, or tenth.
We must remember that the concept or underlying principle of the tithe pre-dated the Levitical system, therefore, it is not specifically tied to it. The former system can (and did) pass away, but the underlying principle remains.
Does that mean minutes shouldn't own property and such so they can "even so" live llike the priest did?
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