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1 Corinthians 9:6

Barnabas
Work

4 Have we not power to eat and to drink?

5 Have we not power to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as other apostles, and as the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?

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

7 Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? 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?

8 Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also?

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Or are Barnabas and I the only apostles who must work for a living?
KJV
Or I only and Barnabas, have not we power to forbear working?
WEB
Or have only Barnabas and I no right to not work?
ASV
Or I only and Barnabas, have we not a right to forbear working?
DARBY
Or *I* alone and Barnabas, have we not a right not to work?
BLB
Or do only I and Barnabas have no authority to work?
ÅB
Eller er det bare jeg og Barnabas som ikke har rett til å slippe å arbeide?
OTB
Eller er det bare Barnabas og jeg som ikke har rett til å la være å arbeide?
B1930
Eller er det bare jeg og Barnabas som ikke har rett til å slippe å arbeide?

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Cross references

  • 2 Thessalonians 3:7–9

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

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  • Acts 13:1–2

    Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.

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  • Acts 18:3

    And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and wrought: for by their occupation they were tentmakers.

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  • Acts 4:36

    And Joses, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas, (which is, being interpreted, The son of consolation,) a Levite, and of the country of Cyprus,

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  • 1 Thessalonians 2:9

    For ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail: for labouring night and day, because we would not be chargeable unto any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God.

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  • Acts 14:12

    And they called Barnabas, Jupiter; and Paul, Mercurius, because he was the chief speaker.

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  • Acts 11:22

    Then tidings of these things came unto the ears of the church which was in Jerusalem: and they sent forth Barnabas, that he should go as far as Antioch.

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  • Acts 15:36–37

    And some days after Paul said unto Barnabas, Let us go again and visit our brethren in every city where we have preached the word of the Lord, and see how they do.

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