1 Corinthians 9:6
Or I only and Barnabas, have not we power to forbear working?
Context
This verse from 1 Corinthians Chapter 9 connects to 10 cross-references. Paul's apostolic rights: is he not free? Has he not seen the Lord? Is not his work in the Lord? Those who work in the temple get their food from the temple. But Paul has not used these rights so …
Other Translations
Or I only and Barnabas, have we not a right to forbear working?
or only I and Barnabas, have we not authority--not to work?
Or I only and Barnabas, have we no right to take a rest from work?
Cross References
For ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail: for labouring night and day, because we would not be chargeable unto …
And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it:
Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain …
I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the …
Yea, ye yourselves know, that these hands have ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me.
And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and wrought: for by their occupation they were …
And Barnabas determined to take with them John, whose surname was Mark.
And some days after Paul said unto Barnabas, Let us go again and visit our brethren in every city where …
And they called Barnabas, Jupiter; and Paul, Mercurius, because he was the chief speaker.
But the Jews stirred up the devout and honourable women, and the chief men of the city, and raised persecution …