1 Corinthians 9:4
Have we not authority, to eat and to drink?
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
Have we not power to eat and to drink?
In Context
3And my apology to my judgers, is this:
Cross References
Luke 10:7And remain in that house, eating and drinking of what it affords; for the laborer is worthy of his hire. And pass not from house to house.
Galatians 6:6And let him that heareth the word, communicate to him who instructeth him, in all good things.
1 Thessalonians 2:9For ye recollect, brethren, that we labored and toiled, working with our own hands, by night and by day, that we might not be chargeable to any one of you.
1 Timothy 5:17Let the elders who conduct themselves well, be esteemed worthy of double honor; especially they who labor in the word and in doctrine.
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 →