1 Corinthians 9:6
Or is it only Barnabas and I who have no right to give up working for our bread?
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
Or I only and Barnabas, have not we power to forbear working?
In Context
Cross References
Acts 11:22The news about them reached the ears of the church at Jerusalem, and they sent Barnabas to Antioch.
Acts 13:50But the Jews incited the women of high social standing who worshiped with them, and the leading men of the town, and started a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and drove them out of their region.
Acts 15:36Some time after this, Paul said to Barnabas, “Let us go back and visit the Lord’s followers in every town in which we have told the Lord’s message, and see how they are prospering.”
Acts 20:34You, yourselves, know that these hands of mine provided not only for my own wants, but for my companions also.
1 Thessalonians 2:9You will not have forgotten, friends, our labor and toil. Night and day we used to work at our trades, so as not be a burden to any of you, while we proclaimed to you God’s good news.
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 →