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1 Corinthians 9:3-7
New English Translation
1 Corinthians 9:3-7
New English Translation
3 This is my defense to those who examine me. 4 Do we not have the right to financial support?[a] 5 Do we not have the right to the company of a believing wife, like the other apostles and the Lord’s brothers and Cephas?[b] 6 Or do only Barnabas and I lack the right not to work? 7 Who ever serves in the army at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat its fruit? Who tends a flock and does not consume its milk?
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- 1 Corinthians 9:4 tn Grk “the right to eat and drink.” In the context this is a figurative reference to financial support.
- 1 Corinthians 9:5 sn Cephas. This individual is generally identified with the Apostle Peter (L&N 93.211). Both the Aramaic name “Cephas” and the Greek name “Peter” are related to words in each language which mean “rock.”
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