1 Corinthians 9:5-7

English Standard Version

⁵^(A)Do we not have the right to take along a believing wife,^[a] as do the other apostles and ^(B)the brothers of the Lord and ^(C)Cephas? ⁶Or is it only Barnabas and I who have no right to refrain from working for a living? ⁷^(D)Who serves as a soldier at his own expense? ^(E)Who plants a vineyard without eating any of its fruit? Or who tends a flock without getting some of the milk?

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1 Corinthians 9:5 Greek a sister as wife

1 Corinthians 9:5-7

New American Standard Bible

⁵^[a]^(A)Do we not have a right to take along a ^[b]believing wife, even as the rest of the apostles and the ^(B)brothers of the Lord, and ^[c]^(C)Cephas? ⁶Or do only ^[d]^(D)Barnabas and I have no right to refrain from ^[e]working? ⁷Who at any time serves ^(E)as a soldier at his own expense? Who ^(F)plants a vineyard and does not eat its fruit? Or who tends a flock and does not ^[f]consume some of the milk of the flock?

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1 Corinthians 9:5 Lit It is not that we have no right to take along...Cephas, is it?
1 Corinthians 9:5 Lit sister, as a wife
1 Corinthians 9:5 Peter’s Aramaic name
1 Corinthians 9:6 Lit I and Barnabas
1 Corinthians 9:6 I.e., to support themselves
1 Corinthians 9:7 Lit eat from

1 Corinthians 9:5-7

New International Version

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

⁷Who serves as a soldier^(E) at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard^(F) and does not eat its grapes? Who tends a flock and does not drink the milk?

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