Thirsting Souls Bible Teaching

(1Co 9:12) “If others be partakers of this power over you, are not we rather? Nevertheless we have not used this power; but suffer all things, lest we should hinder the gospel of Christ.”  Notice that this is not simply a “gift of giving” on the part of the congregation: “If others be partakers of this power [authority] over you,…” This thought has been built upon the previous verse, the spiritual is of such value that “… , is it a great thing if we shall reap your carnal things?”