1 Corinthians 9:4-6

New English Translation

⁴Do we not have the right to financial support?^[a] ⁵Do we not have the right to the company of a believing wife, like the other apostles and the Lord’s brothers and Cephas?^[b] ⁶Or do only Barnabas and I lack the right not to work?

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Footnotes

1 Corinthians 9:4 tn Grk “the right to eat and drink.” In the context this is a figurative reference to financial support.
1 Corinthians 9:5 sn Cephas. This individual is generally identified with the Apostle Peter (L&N 93.211). Both the Aramaic name “Cephas” and the Greek name “Peter” are related to words in each language which mean “rock.”

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?