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1 Corinthians 9:5-7
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
1 Corinthians 9:5-7
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
5 We do not fail to have the right to take along[a] a sister who is a wife, do we?— as also the other apostles, and the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas. 6 Or I alone and Barnabas— do not we have the right not to be working[b]?
Workers Always Partake of The Fruit of Their Labors
7 Who ever serves-as-a-soldier with his own rations? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat the fruit of it? Or who shepherds a flock and does not eat of the milk of the flock?
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- 1 Corinthians 9:5 That is, to take a believing wife with us in our ministry to you, at your expense.
- 1 Corinthians 9:6 That is, not to be working outside of our ministry to you in order to support ourselves.
1 Corinthians 9:5-7
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1 Corinthians 9:5-7
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5 Don’t we have the right to take a believing wife(A) along with us, as do the other apostles and the Lord’s brothers(B) and Cephas[a]?(C) 6 Or is it only I and Barnabas(D) who lack the right to not work for a living?
7 Who serves as a soldier(E) at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard(F) and does not eat its grapes? Who tends a flock and does not drink the milk?
Footnotes
- 1 Corinthians 9:5 That is, Peter
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