1 Corinthians 9:6-11

English Standard Version

⁶Or is it only Barnabas and I who have no right to refrain from working for a living? ⁷^(A)Who serves as a soldier at his own expense? ^(B)Who plants a vineyard without eating any of its fruit? Or who tends a flock without getting some of the milk?

⁸Do I say these things on human authority? Does not the Law say the same? ⁹For it is written in the Law of Moses, ^(C)“You shall not muzzle an ox when it treads out the grain.” Is it for oxen that God is concerned? ¹⁰Does he not certainly speak for our sake? It was written ^(D)for our sake, because ^(E)the plowman should plow in hope and the thresher thresh in hope of sharing in the crop. ¹¹^(F)If we have sown spiritual things among you, is it too much if we reap material things from you?

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1 Corinthians 9:6-11

New International Version

⁶Or is it only I and Barnabas^(A) who lack the right to not work for a living?

⁷Who serves as a soldier^(B) at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard^(C) and does not eat its grapes? Who tends a flock and does not drink the milk? ⁸Do I say this merely on human authority? Doesn’t the Law say the same thing? ⁹For it is written in the Law of Moses: “Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.”^[a]^(D) Is it about oxen that God is concerned?^(E) ¹⁰Surely he says this for us, doesn’t he? Yes, this was written for us,^(F) because whoever plows and threshes should be able to do so in the hope of sharing in the harvest.^(G) ¹¹If we have sown spiritual seed among you, is it too much if we reap a material harvest from you?^(H)