1 Corinthians 9:7
Who ever enlists in an army at his own wage? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat from the fruit of it? Or who feeds a flock and does not eat from the milk of the flock?
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
6Or have only I and Barnabas no right not to be occupied earning a living?
8Do I say these things according to man, or does not the law also say these things?
Cross References
Deuteronomy 18:8They shall have like portions to eat, besides that which comes of the sale of his patrimony.
Proverbs 27:18He who keeps the fig tree shall eat the fruit of it, and he who regards his master shall be honored.
Song of Solomon 8:12My vineyard, which is mine, is before me. Thou, O Solomon, shall have the thousand, and those who keep the fruit of it, two hundred.
Jeremiah 23:2Therefore thus says LORD, the God of Israel, against the shepherds who feed my people: Ye have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them. Behold, I will visit upon you the evil of your doings, says LORD.
Acts 20:28Take heed therefore to yourselves, and to all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit placed you guardians, to tend the church of the Lord and God, which he purchased by his own blood.
2 Corinthians 10:4For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty in God for the demolition of strongholds,
Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 9:4-15
Rights of a Christian Minister. ( a. d. 57.) 3 Mine answer to them that do examine me is this, 4 Have we not power to eat and to drink? 5 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? 6 Or I only and Barnabas, have not we power to forbear working? 7 Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock? 8 Say I these… Read the whole commentary →