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1 Corinthians 9:3-7
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
1 Corinthians 9:3-7
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
3 this[a] is my defense to the ones examining me! 4 We do not fail to have the right to eat[b] and drink, do we? 5 We do not fail to have the right to take along[c] a sister who is a wife, do we?— as also the other apostles, and the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas. 6 Or I alone and Barnabas— do not we have the right not to be working[d]?
Workers Always Partake of The Fruit of Their Labors
7 Who ever serves-as-a-soldier with his own rations? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat the fruit of it? Or who shepherds a flock and does not eat of the milk of the flock?
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- 1 Corinthians 9:3 That is, you are the defense of my apostleship to any who would oppose it (making this a parenthetical comment). Or, “Lord. This is my defense (for the bold statement in 8:13) to the ones examining me— we” (making verse 2 parenthetical).
- 1 Corinthians 9:4 That is, to sustain ourselves through our work among you.
- 1 Corinthians 9:5 That is, to take a believing wife with us in our ministry to you, at your expense.
- 1 Corinthians 9:6 That is, not to be working outside of our ministry to you in order to support ourselves.
Disciples’ Literal New Testament (DLNT) 
Disciples' Literal New Testament: Serving Modern Disciples by More Fully Reflecting the Writing Style of the Ancient Disciples, Copyright © 2011 Michael J. Magill. All Rights Reserved. Published by Reyma Publishing
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