Or I only and Barnabas, have not we power [a]not to work?

[b]Who [c]goeth a warfare any time at his own cost? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock?

[d]Say I these things [e]according to man? saith not the Law the same also?

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 9:6 Not to live by the work of our hands?
  2. 1 Corinthians 9:7 That he may not seem to burden the Apostles, he showeth that it is just that they do, by an argument of comparison, seeing that soldiers live by their wages, and husbandmen by the fruits of their labors, and shepherds by that that cometh of their flocks.
  3. 1 Corinthians 9:7 Useth to go a warfare?
  4. 1 Corinthians 9:8 Secondly he bringeth forth the authority of God’s institution by an argument of comparison.
  5. 1 Corinthians 9:8 Have I no better ground than the common custom of men?

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