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We do not fail to have the right to eat[a] and drink, do we? We do not fail to have the right to take along[b] a sister who is a wife, do we?— as also the other apostles, and the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas. Or I alone and Barnabas— do not we have the right not to be working[c]?

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 9:4 That is, to sustain ourselves through our work among you.
  2. 1 Corinthians 9:5 That is, to take a believing wife with us in our ministry to you, at your expense.
  3. 1 Corinthians 9:6 That is, not to be working outside of our ministry to you in order to support ourselves.

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