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· ho This houtos is eimi my emos defense apologia to those ho who sit in judgment on anakrinō me egō. Do we not ou have echō the right exousia to eat esthiō and kai drink pinō? Do we not ou have echō the right exousia to the company of periagō a believing adelphē wife gynē, as hōs also kai the ho other loipos apostles apostolos, · kai the ho Lord’ s kyrios brothers adelphos, · ho and kai Cephas Kēphas do? Or ē is it only monos I egō and kai Barnabas Barnabas who have echō no ou right exousia to refrain from working ergazomai? Who tis ever pote serves in the army at his own idios expense opsōnion? Who tis plants phyteuō a vineyard ampelōn and kai does esthiō not ou eat esthiō · ho its autos fruit karpos? Or ē who tis tends poimainō a flock poimnē and kai does esthiō not ou drink esthiō of ek · ho its poimnē milk gala? · ho

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This is my defense to those who would examine me. Do we not have the right to our food and drink?(A) Do we not have the right to be accompanied by a believing wife,[a] as do the other apostles and the brothers of the Lord and Cephas?(B) Or is it only Barnabas and I who have no right to refrain from working for a living?(C) Who at any time pays the expenses for doing military service? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat any of its fruit? Or who tends a flock and does not get any of its milk?(D)

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  1. 9.5 Gk a sister as wife

This is my defense to those who sit in judgment on me. Don’t we have the right to food and drink?(A) 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) Or is it only I and Barnabas(E) who lack the right to not work for a living?

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?

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  1. 1 Corinthians 9:5 That is, Peter