What is meant by, "Those who receive instruction in the word should share all good things with the instructor"?
Galatians 6:6
ESV - 6 One who is taught the word must share all good things with the one who teaches.
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Asked September 28 2017
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Gregory Jones
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Tim Maas
To me, the thought that Paul is expressing here (as he did elsewhere in his epistles (such as in 1 Corinthians 9:3-14), and as Jesus also said in Matthew 10:9-10) is that those who instruct others in the faith deserve material compensation for their work from those whom they teach or serve.
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