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1 Corinthians 9:4–6

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4Do we not have the right to our food and drink?* 5Do we not have the right to be accompanied by a believing wife,l as do the other apostles and the brothers of the Lord and Cephas?* 6Or is it only Barnabas and I who have no right to refrain from working for a living?*

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Footnotes

  1. lGk a sister as wife

Cross references

  1. *1 Thess 2:6; 2 Thess 3:8, 9
  2. *Mt 8:14; 12:46; 1 Cor 7:7, 8
  3. *Acts 4:36

In other versions

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?

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?

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?

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?

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?

KJV 1900King James Version

Have we not power to eat and to drink? Have we not power to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as other apostles, and as the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas? Or I only and Barnabas, have not we power to forbear working?