1 Corinthians 9:3-7
Christian Standard Bible
3 My defense to those who examine me is this: 4 Don’t we have the right to eat and drink?(A) 5 Don’t we have the right to be accompanied by a believing wife[a] like the other apostles,(B) the Lord’s brothers, and Cephas?(C) 6 Or do only Barnabas(D) and I have no right to refrain from working? 7 Who serves as a soldier at his own expense?(E) Who plants a vineyard and does not eat its fruit? Or who shepherds a flock and does not drink the milk from the flock?
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- 9:5 Lit a sister as a wife
1 Corinthians 9:3-7
Lexham English Bible
3 My defense to those who examine me is this: 4 Do we not have the right to eat and drink? 5 Do we not have the right to take along a sister as wife, like the rest of the apostles and the brothers of the Lord and Cephas? 6 Or do only I and Barnabas not have the right to refrain from working[a]? 7 Who ever serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat the fruit of it? Who[b] shepherds a flock and does not drink[c] from the milk of the flock?
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- 1 Corinthians 9:6 Literally “not to work”
- 1 Corinthians 9:7 Some manuscripts have “Or who”
- 1 Corinthians 9:7 Literally “eat”
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