1 Corinthians 9:4

New Testament · SCRIPTURE

1 Corinthians 9:4

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Berean Standard Bible

Have we no right to food and to drink?

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KJV

King James Version

Have we not power to eat and to drink?

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WEB

World English Bible

Have we no right to eat and to drink?

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ASV

American Standard Version

Have we no right to eat and to drink?

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BLB

Berean Literal Bible

Have we no authority to eat and to drink?

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

1 Corinthians 9

² Even if I am not an apostle to others, surely I am to you. For you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.

³ This is my defense to those who scrutinize me:

⁴ Have we no right to food and to drink?

⁵ Have we no right to take along a believing wife, as do the other apostles and the Lord’s brothers and Cephas?

⁶ Or are Barnabas and I the only apostles who must work for a living?

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