1 Corinthians 9:4-6

New Living Translation

⁴Don’t we have the right to live in your homes and share your meals? ⁵Don’t we have the right to bring a believing wife^[a] with us as the other apostles and the Lord’s brothers do, and as Peter^[b] does? ⁶Or is it only Barnabas and I who have to work to support ourselves?

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Footnotes

9:5a Greek a sister a wife.
9:5b Greek Cephas.

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?