Every one of you already has all that heart can desire; already you have grown rich; without waiting for us, you have ascended your thrones! Yes indeed, would to God that you had ascended your thrones, that we also might reign with you!

For in the Law of Moses it is written, "Thou shalt not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain."

If it is we who sowed the spiritual grain in you, is it a great thing that we should reap a temporal harvest from you?

and as for what you sow, it is not the plant which is to be that you are sowing, but a bare grain, of wheat (it may be)