1 Corinthians 9:6

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Or I only and Barnabas, have we no right to take a rest from work?

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Referenced Verses

  • Acts 4:36 : 36 And Joseph, who was given by the Apostles the name of Barnabas (the sense of which is, Son of comfort), a Levite and a man of Cyprus by birth,
  • Acts 18:3 : 3 And because he was of the same trade, he was living with them, and they did their work together; for by trade they were tent-makers.
  • Acts 13:1-2 : 1 Now there were at Antioch, in the church there, prophets and teachers, Barnabas, and Symeon who was named Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, a relation of Herod the king, and Saul. 2 And while they were doing the Lord's work, and going without food, the Holy Spirit said, Let Barnabas and Saul be given to me for the special work for which they have been marked out by me.
  • 1 Thess 2:9 : 9 For you have the memory, my brothers, of our trouble and care; how, working night and day, so that we might not be a trouble to any of you, we gave you the good news of God.
  • 2 Thess 3:7-9 : 7 For you yourselves are used to taking us as your example, because our life among you was ruled by order, 8 And we did not take food from any man for nothing, but were working hard night and day not to be a trouble to any of you: 9 Not because we have not the right, but to make ourselves an example to you, so that you might do the same.
  • Acts 13:50 : 50 But the Jews, working up the feelings of the God-fearing women of high position and of the chief men of the town, got an attack started against Paul and Barnabas, driving them out of those parts.
  • Acts 14:12 : 12 And they gave the name of Jupiter to Barnabas, and to Paul that of Mercury, because he was the chief talker.
  • Acts 15:36-37 : 36 And after some days, Paul said to Barnabas, Let us go back and see the brothers in every town where we have given the word of God, and see how they are. 37 And Barnabas had a desire to take with them John, named Mark.
  • Acts 20:34-35 : 34 You yourselves have seen that with these hands I got what was necessary for me and those who were with me. 35 In all things I was an example to you of how, in your lives, you are to give help to the feeble, and keep in memory the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, There is a greater blessing in giving than in getting.
  • 1 Cor 4:11-12 : 11 Even to this hour we are without food, drink, and clothing, we are given blows and have no certain resting-place; 12 And with our hands we do the hardest work: when they give us curses we give blessings, when we undergo punishment we take it quietly;
  • Acts 11:22 : 22 And news of them came to the ears of the church at Jerusalem: and they sent Barnabas as far as Antioch:

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Cor 9:1-5
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    1 Am I not free? am I not an Apostle? have I not seen Jesus our Lord? are you not my work in the Lord?

    2 If to others I am not an Apostle, at least I am one to you: for the fact that you are Christians is the sign that I am an Apostle.

    3 My answer to those who are judging me is this.

    4 Have we no right to take food and drink?

    5 Have we no right to take about with us a Christian wife, like the rest of the Apostles, and the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas?

  • 2 Thess 3:8-12
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    8 And we did not take food from any man for nothing, but were working hard night and day not to be a trouble to any of you:

    9 Not because we have not the right, but to make ourselves an example to you, so that you might do the same.

    10 For even when we were with you we gave you orders, saying, If any man does no work, let him not have food.

    11 For it has come to our ears that there are some among you whose behaviour is uncontrolled, who do no work at all, but are over-interested in the business of others.

    12 Now to such we give orders and make request in the Lord Jesus, that, working quietly, they get their living.

  • 1 Cor 9:7-15
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    7 Who ever goes to war without looking to someone to be responsible for his payment? who puts in vines and does not take the fruit of them? or who takes care of sheep without drinking of their milk?

    8 Am I talking as a man? does not the law say the same?

    9 For it says in the law of Moses, It is not right to keep the ox from taking the grain when he is crushing it. Is it for the oxen that God is giving orders?

    10 Or has he us in mind? Yes, it was said for us; because it is right for the ploughman to do his ploughing in hope, and for him who is crushing the grain to do his work hoping for a part in the fruits of it.

    11 If we have been planting the things of the Spirit for you, does it seem a great thing for you to give us a part in your things of this world?

    12 If others have a part in this right over you, have we not even more? But we did not make use of our right, so that we might put nothing in the way of the good news of Christ.

    13 Do you not see that the servants of the holy things get their living from the Temple, and the servants of the altar have their part in the food which is offered on the altar?

    14 Even so did the Lord give orders that the preachers of the good news might get their living from the good news.

    15 But I have not made use of any of these things: and I am not writing this in the hope that it may be so for me: for it would be better for me to undergo death, than for any man to make this pride of mine of no effect.

  • 1 Thess 2:6
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    6 Or looking for glory from men, from you or from others, when we might have made ourselves a care to you as Apostles of Christ.

  • 1 Thess 2:9
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    9 For you have the memory, my brothers, of our trouble and care; how, working night and day, so that we might not be a trouble to any of you, we gave you the good news of God.

  • 1 Cor 9:17-18
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    17 But if I do it gladly, I have a reward; and if not, I am under orders to do it.

    18 What then is my reward? This, that when I am giving the good news, I may give it without payment, not making use of my rights as a preacher of the good news.

  • 2 Cor 11:7-9
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    7 Or did I do wrong in making myself low so that you might be lifted up, because I gave you the good news of God without reward?

    8 I took money from other churches as payment for my work, so that I might be your servant;

    9 And when I was present with you, and was in need, I let no man be responsible for me; for the brothers, when they came from Macedonia, gave me whatever was needed; and in everything I kept myself from being a trouble to you, and I will go on doing so.

  • Gal 2:10
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    10 Only it was their desire that we would give thought to the poor; which very thing I had much in mind to do.

  • Gal 6:9
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    9 And let us not get tired of well-doing; for at the right time we will get in the grain, if we do not give way to weariness.

  • 1 Cor 3:9
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    9 For we are workers with God: you are God's planting, God's building.

  • 1 Cor 4:12
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    12 And with our hands we do the hardest work: when they give us curses we give blessings, when we undergo punishment we take it quietly;

  • 2 Cor 8:20
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    20 And so that no man might be able to say anything against us in the business of this giving which has been put into our hands:

  • 2 Cor 8:13
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    13 And I am not saying this so that others may get off free, while the weight comes on you:

  • 1 Cor 7:6
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    6 But this I say as my opinion, and not as an order of the Lord.

  • 2 Cor 6:1
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    1 We then, working together with God, make our request to you not to take the grace of God to no purpose.

  • 1 Thess 3:1
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    1 At last our desire to have news of you was so strong that, while we ourselves were waiting at Athens,

  • 2 Tim 2:6
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    6 It is right for the worker in the fields to be the first to take of the fruit.

  • 1 Thess 4:11
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    11 And that you may take pride in being quiet and doing your business, working with your hands as we gave you orders;

  • 2 Cor 12:13
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    13 For what is there in which you were made less than the other churches, but in the one thing that I was not a trouble to you? Let me have forgiveness for this wrong.

  • 1 Cor 15:11
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    11 If then it is I who am the preacher, or they, this is our word, and to this you have given your faith.

  • Col 1:29
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    29 And for this purpose I am working, using all my strength by the help of his power which is working in me strongly.

  • 2 Cor 8:4
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    4 Seriously requesting us that they might have a part in this grace of being servants to the needs of the saints:

  • Acts 20:34
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    34 You yourselves have seen that with these hands I got what was necessary for me and those who were with me.

  • 1 Cor 16:16
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    16 That you put yourselves under such, and under everyone who is helping the Lord's work.

  • 1 Tim 5:18
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    18 For the Writings say, It is not right to keep the ox from taking the grain when he is crushing it. And, The worker has a right to his reward.

  • 2 Cor 9:1
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    1 But there is no need for me to say anything in my letter about the giving to the saints:

  • 2 Cor 10:8
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    8 For though I might take pride in our authority (which the Lord gave for building you up, and not for your destruction), it will not be a cause of shame to me:

  • Gal 2:8
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    8 (Because he who was working in Peter as the Apostle of the circumcision was working no less in me among the Gentiles);

  • Matt 10:10
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    10 Take no bag for your journey and do not take two coats or shoes or a stick: for the workman has a right to his food.

  • Acts 6:2
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    2 And the Apostles sent for all the disciples and said, It is not right for us to give up preaching the word of God in order to make distribution of food.

  • 2 Cor 11:5
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    5 For in my opinion, I am in no way less than the most important of the Apostles.