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My defense to those who examine me is this: (A)Do we not have authority to eat and drink? (B)Do we not have authority to take along a [a]believing wife, even as the rest of the apostles and the (C)brothers of the Lord and (D)Cephas? Or do only [b](E)Barnabas and I not have authority to refrain from working? Who at any time serves (F)as a soldier at his own expense? Who (G)plants a vineyard and does not [c]consume the fruit of it? Or who shepherds a flock and does not [d]consume the milk of the flock?

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  1. 1 Corinthians 9:5 Lit sister, as wife
  2. 1 Corinthians 9:6 Lit I and Barnabas
  3. 1 Corinthians 9:7 Lit eat of
  4. 1 Corinthians 9:7 Lit eat of

This is my defense to those who examine me. Do we not have a right to eat and to drink? Do we not have a right to take along a wife who is a believer, as the rest of the apostles do, and the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas?[a] Or are Barnabas and I the only ones who have no right to be spared from manual labor? What soldier ever serves at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat some of its fruit? Or who takes care of a flock and does not drink milk from the flock?

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  1. 1 Corinthians 9:5 Cephas is the Aramaic name for Peter. Both Cephas and Peter mean rock.