1 Corinthians 9:6

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!

Verse Comparison: 1 Corinthians 9:6

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American Standard Version
Or I only and Barnabas, have we not a right to forbear working?

Amplified® Bible
Or is it only Barnabas and I who have no right to refrain from doing manual labor for a livelihood [in order to go about the work of the ministry]?

Contemporary English Version
Are we the only ones who have to support ourselves by working at another job?

Darby English Version
Or *I* alone and Barnabas, have we not a right not to work?

Good News Bible
Or are Barnabas and I the only ones who have to work for our living?

International Standard Version
Or is it only Barnabas and I who have no right to refrain from working for a living?

King James Version
Or I only and Barnabas, have not we power to forbear working?

New American Standard Bible
Or do only Barnabas and I not have a right to refrain from working?

New International Version
Or is it only I and Barnabas who must work for a living?

New King James Version
Or is it only Barnabas and I who have no right to refrain from working?

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Or do only Barnabas and I not have a right to refrain from working?

Young's Literal Translation
or only I and Barnabas, have we not authority -- not to work?

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