1 Corinthians 9:4

2 If I am not an apostle to others, yet doubtless I am to you. For you are ^athe seal of my apostleship in the Lord.

3 My defense to those who examine me is this:

4 ^aDo we have no¹ right to eat and drink?

5 Do we have no right to take along¹ a believing wife, as do also the other apostles, ^athe brothers of the Lord, and ^bCephas?

6 Or is it only Barnabas and I ^awho have no right to refrain from working?

7 Who ever ^agoes to war at his own expense? Who ^bplants a vineyard and does not eat of its fruit? Or who ^ctends a flock and does not drink of the milk of the flock?

8 Do I say these things as a mere man? Or does not the law say the same also?

9 For it is written in the law of Moses, ^a“You shall not muzzle an ox while it treads out the grain.” Is it oxen God is concerned about?

10 Or does He say it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written, that ^ahe who plows should plow in hope, and he who threshes in hope should be partaker of his hope.

11 ^aIf we have sown spiritual things for you, is it a great thing if we reap your material things?

12 If others are partakers of this right over you, are we not even more? ^aNevertheless we have not used this right, but endure all things ^blest we hinder the gospel of Christ.

13 ^aDo you not know that those who minister the holy things eat of the things of the ^btemple, and those who serve at the altar partake of the offerings of the altar?

14 Even so ^athe Lord has commanded ^bthat those who preach the gospel should live from the gospel.

15 But ^aI have used none of these things, nor have I written these things that it should be done so to me; for ^bit would be better for me to die than that anyone should make my boasting void.

16 For if I preach the gospel, I have nothing to boast of, for ^anecessity is laid upon me; yes, woe is me if I do not preach the gospel!

17 For if I do this willingly, ^aI have a reward; but if against my will, ^bI have been entrusted with a stewardship.

Verse Comparison: 1 Corinthians 9:4

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American Standard Version
Have we no right to eat and to drink?

Amplified® Bible
Have we not the right to our food and drink [at the expense of the churches]?

Contemporary English Version
that Barnabas and I have the right to our food and drink.

Darby English Version
Have we not a right to eat and to drink?

Good News Bible
Don't I have the right to be given food and drink for my work?

International Standard Version
We have the right to eat and drink, don't we?

King James Version
Have we not power to eat and to drink?

New American Standard Bible
Do we not have a right to eat and drink?

New International Version
Don't we have the right to food and drink?

New King James Version
Do we have no right to eat and drink?

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Do we not have a right to eat and drink?

Young's Literal Translation
have we not authority to eat and to drink?

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