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Or do only Barnabas and I lack the right not to work? Who ever serves in the army at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat its fruit? Who tends a flock and does not consume its milk? Am I saying these things only on the basis of common sense,[a] or does the law not say this as well?

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  1. 1 Corinthians 9:8 tn Or “only according to human authority”; Grk “saying these things according to men.”

Or is it only I and Barnabas(A) who lack the right to not work for a living?

Who serves as a soldier(B) at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard(C) and does not eat its grapes? Who tends a flock and does not drink the milk? Do I say this merely on human authority? Doesn’t the Law say the same thing?

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