1 Corinthians 9:6

New Testament · SCRIPTURE

1 Corinthians 9:6

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

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

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KJV

King James Version

Or I only and Barnabas, have not we power to forbear working?

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WEB

World English Bible

Or have only Barnabas and I no right to not work?

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ASV

American Standard Version

Or I only and Barnabas, have we not a right to forbear working?

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BLB

Berean Literal Bible

Or do only I and Barnabas have no authority to work?

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

1 Corinthians 9

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?

⁷ Who serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat of its fruit? Who tends a flock and does not drink of its milk?

⁸ Do I say this from a human perspective? Doesn’t the Law say the same thing?

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