1 Corinthians 9:4-6
King James Version
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?
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1 Corinthians 9:4-6
New International Version
4 Don’t we have the right to food and drink?(A) 5 Don’t we have the right to take a believing wife(B) along with us, as do the other apostles and the Lord’s brothers(C) and Cephas[a]?(D) 6 Or is it only I and Barnabas(E) who lack the right to not work for a living?
Footnotes
- 1 Corinthians 9:5 That is, Peter
1 Corinthians 9:12
King James Version
12 If others be partakers of this power over you, are not we rather? Nevertheless we have not used this power; but suffer all things, lest we should hinder the gospel of Christ.
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1 Corinthians 9:12
New International Version
12 If others have this right of support from you, shouldn’t we have it all the more?
But we did not use this right.(A) On the contrary, we put up with anything rather than hinder(B) the gospel of Christ.
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