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1 Corinthians 9:3-7
New King James Version
1 Corinthians 9:3-7
New King James Version
3 My defense to those who examine me is this: 4 (A)Do we have no [a]right to eat and drink? 5 Do we have no right to take along [b]a believing wife, as do also the other apostles, (B)the brothers of the Lord, and (C)Cephas? 6 Or is it only Barnabas and I (D)who have no right to refrain from working? 7 Who ever (E)goes to war at his own expense? Who (F)plants a vineyard and does not eat of its fruit? Or who (G)tends a flock and does not drink of the milk of the flock?
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- 1 Corinthians 9:4 authority
- 1 Corinthians 9:5 Lit. a sister, a wife
1 Corinthians 9:3-7
American Standard Version
1 Corinthians 9:3-7
American Standard Version
3 My defence to them that examine me is this. 4 Have we no right to eat and to drink? 5 Have we no right to lead about a wife that is a [a]believer, even as the rest of the apostles, and the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas? 6 Or I only and Barnabas, have we not a right to forbear working? 7 What soldier ever serveth at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock?
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- 1 Corinthians 9:5 Greek sister.
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?
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- 1 Corinthians 9:5 That is, Peter
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