1 Corinthians 9:6 KJV — MannaFest

1 Corinthians 9:6

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

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ASV

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

WEB

Or are Barnabas and I the only apostles who must work for a living?

YLT

or only I and Barnabas, have we not authority--not to work?

DBT

Or I alone and Barnabas, have we not a right not to work?

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1 Corinthians — A pastoral letter answering a long list of questions and problems — unity, ethics, worship, and the resurrection — written to a gifted but divided church.

Author: Paul, with Sosthenes (1:1)
Date: c. AD 55, from Ephesus

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21 verses on the floor

2 Thessalonians 3:7–9
For yourselves know how ye ought to follow us: for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you;
Acts 13:1–2
Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
Acts 18:3
And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and wrought: for by their occupation they were tentmakers.
1 Thessalonians 2:9
For ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail: for labouring night and day, because we would not be chargeable unto any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God.
Acts 4:36
And Joses, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas, (which is, being interpreted, The son of consolation,) a Levite, and of the country of Cyprus,

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. " My answer to those that do examine me (that is, enquire into my authority, or the reasons of my conduct, if I am an apostle) is this: Have we not power to eat and drink (

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Soldiers expect to be paid for their service. Husbandmen and shepherds expect to get a livelihood out of their labours. If they plant vineyards, and dress and cultivate them, it is with expectation of fruit; if they feed a flock, it is with the expectation of being fed and clothed by it!

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Barnabas--long the associate of Paul, and, like him, in the habit of self-denyingly forbearing to claim the maintenance which is a minister's right. So Paul supported himself by tent-making (Ac 18:3;

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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G203841× in canon G1849102× in canon G3441110× in canon G2228342× in canon

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

1CO 9:61TH 2:9 2CO 11:9
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
1CO 9:61TH 2:9 2TH 3:7-9
1CO 9:6ACT 18:3 1TH 2:9
1CO 9:6ACT 18:3 1CO 4:12
1CO 9:61TH 2:9 ACT 18:3
1CO 9:6ACT 4:36 GAL 2:9
1CO 9:6ACT 18:3 2TH 3:8-9
1CO 9:6ACT 18:3 2CO 11:7

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