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Mine answer to those who examine me is this:

Have we not power to eat and to drink?

Have we not power to lead about a sister, a wife, as do other apostles and as the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?

Or is it I only and Barnabas who have not power to forbear working?

Who goeth to war at any time at his own expense? Who planteth a vineyard and eateth not of the fruit thereof? Or who feedeth a flock and eateth not of the milk of the flock?

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My defence to them that examine me is this. Have we no right to eat and to drink? 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? Or I only and Barnabas, have we not a right to forbear working? 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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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 9:5 Greek sister.