6:6 Now the one who receives instruction in the word must share all good things with the one who teaches 3 it.
1 tn That is, “if you are harming and exploiting one another.” Paul’s metaphors are retained in most modern translations, but it is possible to see the meanings of δάκνω and κατεσθίω (daknw and katesqiw, L&N 20.26 and 88.145) as figurative extensions of the literal meanings of these terms and to translate them accordingly. The present tenses here are translated as customary presents (“continually…”).
2 tn Or “destroyed.”
3 tn Or “instructs,” “imparts.”