1 Corinthians 9:6

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“Or are Barnabas and I the only apostles who must work for a living?”

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BSBPD

“Or are Barnabas and I the only apostles who must work for a living?”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Or I only and Barnabas, have not we power to forbear working?”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Or I only and Barnabas, have we not a right to forbear working?”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“or only I and Barnabas, have we not authority--not to work?”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 1 Corinthians 9:6 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 2 Kings 6:2Please let us go to the Jordan, where each of us can get a log so we can build ourselves a place to live there.” “Go,” said Elisha.
  2. Nehemiah 10:36And we will bring the firstborn of our sons and our livestock, as it is written in the Law, and will bring the firstborn of our herds and flocks to the house of our God, to the priests who minister in the house of our God.
  3. Acts 4:36Joseph, a Levite from Cyprus, whom the apostles called Barnabas (meaning Son of Encouragement),
  4. Acts 11:22When news of this reached the ears of the church in Jerusalem, they sent Barnabas to Antioch.
  5. Acts 13:1Now in the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen (who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch), and Saul.
  6. Acts 13:50The Jews, however, incited the religious women of prominence and the leading men of the city. They stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas and drove them out of their district.
  7. Acts 14:12Barnabas they called Zeus, and Paul they called Hermes, because he was the chief speaker.
  8. Acts 15:36Some time later Paul said to Barnabas, “Let us go back and visit the brothers in every town where we proclaimed the word of the Lord, to see how they are doing.”
  9. Acts 18:3and he stayed and worked with them because they were tentmakers by trade, just as he was.
  10. Acts 20:34You yourselves know that these hands of mine have ministered to my own needs and those of my companions.
  11. 1 Corinthians 4:11To this very hour we are hungry and thirsty, we are poorly clothed, we are brutally treated, we are homeless.
  12. 1 Thessalonians 2:9Surely you recall, brothers, our labor and toil. We worked night and day so that we would not be a burden to anyone while we proclaimed to you the gospel of God.
  13. 2 Thessalonians 3:7For you yourselves know how you ought to imitate us, because we were not undisciplined among you,

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