1 Corinthians 9:7
Which soldier ever had to pay his own salary? Who plants a vineyard and doesn't get to eat its fruits? Who feeds a flock and doesn't consume its milk?
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6Is it only Barnabas and myself who have to work to support ourselves?
8Am I just speaking from a human point of view? Doesn't the law say the same thing?
Cross References
Deuteronomy 18:8They will all receive the same food allowances, despite him having received money from the sale of his father's property.
Proverbs 27:18Those who care for a fig tree eat its fruit, and those who care for their master are rewarded.
Song of Solomon 8:12But I own my vineyard, it is mine alone. One thousand silver coins are for you, Solomon, and two hundred for those who look after it.
Jeremiah 23:2This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says about the shepherds who were meant to look after my people: You have scattered my flock. You have chased them away. You didn't take care of them, so now I will take care of you for all the evil you've done, declares the Lord.
Acts 20:28Take care of yourselves and of all the flock, which the Holy Spirit has given to you to supervise. Feed the Lord's church which he bought with his own blood.
2 Corinthians 10:4Our weapons are not of this world but God's mighty power that destroys fortresses of human thinking, demolishing misleading theories.
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 →