1 Corinthians 9:4-6

International Standard Version

⁴We have the right to earn our food,^[a] don’t we? ⁵We have the right to take a believing wife with us like the other apostles, the Lord’s brothers, and Cephas,^[b] don’t we? ⁶Or is it only Barnabas and I who have to keep on working for a living?

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1 Corinthians 9:4 Lit. to eat and drink
1 Corinthians 9:5 I.e. Peter

1 Corinthians 9:4-6

New International Version

⁴Don’t we have the right to food and drink?^(A) ⁵Don’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) ⁶Or is it only I and Barnabas^(E) who lack the right to not work for a living?