‘they that preach the goodnews ought to live of the goodnews,’ most often quoted legitimate passage regarding the financial support of the priesthood, as it follows by ‘they serve temple things.’ yet this Apostle Paul, as well as all of the rest of the early ‘ministers’/'workers’ all primarily supported themselves because they knew how to work and pay the bills, so to speak, whether the other people paid them or not. i have observed where religious leaders are not dependent upon others for their livelihood they’re also not under the control of it, or them – perhaps, to borrow an early american, borrowed also, phrase, ‘freeman/person.’ not that there’s anything wrong with the so-called ‘full-time minister,’ as though any Christian is less than full-time, but one thing for sure, it’s difficult for one in the ministry never having worked elsewhere and paying their way to understand others that do, or for that matter having the respect of those that work 40+hrs a week and come to services, besides doing many other services weekly to empathize with a full-time minister as though they do so much, or even begin to understand. i would still fall back on the Apostle’s words of the primary way a priest earns their living is through the ministry/ministries of the gospel. yet if one is ‘called’ and only goes to school, and then is ordained, not good? i see the same thing in the business world, where people with experience are passed over for those without it but with business degrees. It’s not either, or. Jesus grew in favor with those around him because his empathy was as true as it was real. Also, why many of the same killed him. Empathy they liked, reality was another thing