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1 Corinthians 9:3-7
Legacy Standard Bible
1 Corinthians 9:3-7
Legacy Standard Bible
3 My defense to those who examine me is this: 4 (A)Do we not have authority to eat and drink? 5 (B)Do we not have authority to take along a [a]believing wife, even as the rest of the apostles and the (C)brothers of the Lord and (D)Cephas? 6 Or do only [b](E)Barnabas and I not have authority to refrain from working? 7 Who at any time serves (F)as a soldier at his own expense? Who (G)plants a vineyard and does not [c]consume the fruit of it? Or who shepherds a flock and does not [d]consume the milk of the flock?
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- 1 Corinthians 9:5 Lit sister, as wife
- 1 Corinthians 9:6 Lit I and Barnabas
- 1 Corinthians 9:7 Lit eat of
- 1 Corinthians 9:7 Lit eat of
1 Corinthians 9:3-7
New International Version
1 Corinthians 9:3-7
New International Version
3 This is my defense to those who sit in judgment on me. 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?
Footnotes
- 1 Corinthians 9:5 That is, Peter
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