Devine Scripture

1 Corinthians 9:6

1 Corinthians chapter 9 · verse 6 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.5Have we no right to lead about a wife that is a believer, even as the rest of the apostles, and the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?

v.6This passage

v.7What soldier ever serveth at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock?

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Acts 13:1

    Now there were at Antioch, in the church that wasthere, prophets and teachers, Barnabas, and Symeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen the foster-brother of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.

  • 1 Corinthians 4:11

    Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwelling-place;

  • Acts 18:3

    and because he was of the same trade, he abode with them, and they wrought; for by their trade they were tentmakers.

  • 1 Thessalonians 2:9

    For ye remember, brethren, our labor and travail: working night and day, that we might not burden any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God.

  • 2 Thessalonians 3:7

    For yourselves know how ye ought to imitate us: for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you;

  • Acts 15:36

    And after some days Paul said unto Barnabas, Let us return now and visit the brethren in every city wherein we proclaimed the word of the Lord, and see how they fare.