⁴Have we not power ^gto eat and to drink? ⁵^hHave we not power to lead about ⁱa sister, a ^||wife, as well as other apostles, and as ^jthe brethren of the Lord, and ^kCephas? ⁶Or I only and ^lBarnabas, have not we power ^gto forbear working? ⁷Who goeth ^ma warfare any time at his own ⁿcharges? who ^oplanteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who ^pfeedeth a ^qflock, and eateth not of the milk of the ^qflock? ⁸Say I these things ^ras a man? or saith not the law the same also?

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gver. 14. 1 Thess. 2:6, 9. 2 Thess. 3:8, 9.
hComp. ch. 7:7.
ich. 7:15.
||Or, woman.
jSee Matt. 12:46.
k Matt. 8:14. See ch. 1:12.
lSee Acts 4:36.
gver. 14. 1 Thess. 2:6, 9. 2 Thess. 3:8, 9.
mSee 2 Cor. 10:4.
nSee Luke 3:14.
oSo Deut. 20:6. Prov. 27:18. ch. 3:6–8. Comp. Cant. 8:12.
pSee John 21:16.
q John 10:16 (Gk.).
q John 10:16 (Gk.).
rSee Rom. 3:5. Comp. ch. 15:32 marg.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

Do we not have the right to eat and drink? Do we not have the right to take along a believing wife, as do the other apostles and the brothers of the Lord and Cephas? Or is it only Barnabas and I who have no right to refrain from working for a living? Who serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard without eating any of its fruit? Or who tends a flock without getting some of the milk?

Do I say these things on human authority? Does not the Law say the same?

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Don’t we have the right to food and drink? Don’t we have the right to take a believing wife along with us, as do the other apostles and the Lord’s brothers and Cephas? Or is it only I and Barnabas who lack the right to not work for a living?

Who serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat its grapes? Who tends a flock and does not drink the milk? Do I say this merely on human authority? Doesn’t the Law say the same thing?

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Don’t we have the right to eat and drink? Don’t we have the right to be accompanied by a believing wife like the other apostles, the Lord’s brothers, and Cephas? Or do only Barnabas and I have no right to refrain from working? Who serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat its fruit? Or who shepherds a flock and does not drink the milk from the flock?

Am I saying this from a human perspective? Doesn’t the law also say the same thing?

NLTNew Living Translation

Don’t we have the right to live in your homes and share your meals? Don’t we have the right to bring a believing wife with us as the other apostles and the Lord’s brothers do, and as Peter does? Or is it only Barnabas and I who have to work to support ourselves?

What soldier has to pay his own expenses? What farmer plants a vineyard and doesn’t have the right to eat some of its fruit? What shepherd cares for a flock of sheep and isn’t allowed to drink some of the milk? Am I expressing merely a human opinion, or does the law say the same thing?

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Do we not have the right to eat and drink? 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? Or do only I and Barnabas not have the right to refrain from working? Who ever serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat the fruit of it? Who shepherds a flock and does not drink from the milk of the flock? I am not saying these things according to a human perspective. Or does the law not also say these things?