1 Corinthians 9:1

Continuing in 1 Corinthians 9, Paul anticipates the question of what liberties he has personally restricted, defending his rights as an apostle—particularly the right to financial support—through a series of rhetorical questions and five supporting reasons, only to demonstrate that he willingly laid that right aside for the sake of the gospel. The lesson: love gives us the freedom to forego even well-founded rights for the good of others.