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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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  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.

Don’t we have the right to food and drink?(A) 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) Or is it only I and Barnabas(E) who lack the right to not work for a living?

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  1. 1 Corinthians 9:5 That is, Peter