1 Corinthians 9:4-8

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⁴ Don’t we have the right to food and drink?^{(A) 5} Don’t we have the right to take a believing wife^(B) along with us, as do the other apostles and the Lord’s brothers^(C) and Cephas^[a]?^{(D) 6} Or is it only I and Barnabas^(E) who lack the right to not work for a living?

⁷ Who serves as a soldier^(F) at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard^(G) and does not eat its grapes? Who tends a flock and does not drink the milk? ⁸ Do I say this merely on human authority? Doesn’t the Law say the same thing?