1 Corinthians 9:4
do we not have authority to eat and to drink?
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Have we not power to eat and to drink?
In Context
3My defense to those who examine me in this:
Cross References
Leviticus 22:7and the sun has gone in, and he has been clean, and afterward he eats of the holy things, for it [is] his food;
Luke 10:7And remain in that house, eating and drinking the things they have, for worthy [is] the workman of his hire; do not go from house to house,
Galatians 6:6And let him who is instructed in the word share with him who is instructing in all good things.
1 Thessalonians 2:9for you remember, brothers, our labor and travail, for working night and day not to be a burden on any of you, we preached the good news of God to you;
1 Timothy 5:17Let them, the well-leading elders, be counted worthy of double honor, especially those laboring in word and teaching,
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 →