1 Corinthians 9:6

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

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  • Acts 4:36 : 36 Joseph, a Levite from Cyprus, whom the apostles called Barnabas (which means 'son of encouragement'),
  • Acts 18:3 : 3 Since they were of the same trade, he stayed with them and worked with them, for they were tentmakers by trade.
  • Acts 13:1-2 : 1 In the church that was at Antioch, there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius the Cyrenian, Manaen, who had been brought up with Herod the Tetrarch, and Saul. 2 While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, 'Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.'
  • 1 Thess 2:9 : 9 Surely you remember, brothers and sisters, our labor and toil. We worked night and day so that we would not be a burden to any of you while we proclaimed to you the gospel of God.
  • 2 Thess 3:7-9 : 7 For you yourselves know how you should imitate us, because we were not idle when we were with you. 8 We did not eat anyone’s bread without paying for it. Instead, we worked with toil and hardship night and day so as not to be a burden to any of you. 9 It was not that we lack the right to receive support, but we wanted to offer ourselves as an example for you to imitate.
  • Acts 13:50 : 50 But the Jews incited the devout women of high standing and the leading men of the city. They stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas and drove them out of their region.
  • Acts 14:12 : 12 They called Barnabas Zeus and Paul Hermes, because he was the chief speaker.
  • Acts 15:36-37 : 36 After some days, Paul said to Barnabas, "Let us return and visit the brothers in every city where we have proclaimed the word of the Lord, to see how they are doing." 37 Barnabas wanted to take John, called Mark, along with them,
  • Acts 20:34-35 : 34 You yourselves know that these hands of mine provided for my needs and those of my companions. 35 In all this, I have shown you that by working hard in this way, we must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, who said, 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.'
  • 1 Cor 4:11-12 : 11 To this very hour we go hungry and thirsty, we are poorly clothed, we are brutally treated, and we are homeless. 12 We work hard with our own hands. When we are insulted, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it.
  • Acts 11:22 : 22 News of this reached the ears of the church in Jerusalem, and they sent Barnabas to Antioch.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Cor 9:1-5
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    1 Am I not an apostle? Am I not free? Have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? Are you not my work in the Lord?

    2 If I am not an apostle to others, surely I am to you. For you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.

    3 This is my defense to those who examine me.

    4 Do we not have the right to eat and drink?

    5 Do we not have the right to take along a believing wife, as do the other apostles and the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas?

  • 2 Thess 3:8-12
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    8 We did not eat anyone’s bread without paying for it. Instead, we worked with toil and hardship night and day so as not to be a burden to any of you.

    9 It was not that we lack the right to receive support, but we wanted to offer ourselves as an example for you to imitate.

    10 For even when we were with you, we gave you this command: If anyone is unwilling to work, they should not eat.

    11 We hear that some among you are living idle lives, refusing to work and instead becoming busybodies.

    12 To such people we command and urge in the Lord Jesus Christ to work quietly and earn their own living.

  • 1 Cor 9:7-15
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    7 Who serves as a soldier at their own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat its fruit? Or who tends a flock and does not drink the milk from the flock?

    8 Do I say these things merely from a human perspective? Doesn’t the Law also say the same?

    9 For it is written in the law of Moses: "You shall not muzzle an ox while it treads out the grain." Is it oxen that God is concerned about?

    10 Or does He say this entirely for our sake? Yes, it was written for our sake because the plowman ought to plow in hope and the thresher to thresh in hope of sharing the harvest.

    11 If we have sown spiritual things among you, is it too much if we reap material benefits from you?

    12 If others have this right to receive from you, shouldn’t we have it even more? But we have not used this right. Instead, we endure all things so that we will not be a hindrance to the gospel of Christ.

    13 Do you not know that those who work in the temple eat the food from the temple, and those who serve at the altar share in the offerings of the altar?

    14 In the same way, the Lord has commanded that those who preach the gospel should receive their living from the gospel.

    15 But I have not made use of any of these rights, and I am not writing this to make it happen for me. I would rather die than let anyone deprive me of my reason for boasting.

  • 1 Thess 2:6
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    6 We did not seek glory from people, neither from you nor from others.

  • 1 Thess 2:9
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    9 Surely you remember, brothers and sisters, our labor and toil. We worked night and day so that we would not be a burden to any of you while we proclaimed to you the gospel of God.

  • 1 Cor 9:17-18
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    17 If I do this willingly, I have a reward. But if unwillingly, I am simply entrusted with a responsibility.

    18 What then is my reward? It is that when I preach the gospel, I may offer it free of charge, so as not to make full use of my right in the gospel.

  • 2 Cor 11:7-9
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    7 Did I commit a sin by humbling myself so that you might be exalted, because I preached the gospel of God to you free of charge?

    8 I robbed other churches by taking support from them to serve you.

    9 And when I was with you and needed something, I was not a burden to anyone, for the brothers who came from Macedonia supplied what I needed. I have kept and will continue to keep myself from being a burden to you in any way.

  • Gal 2:10
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    10 They asked only that we remember the poor, the very thing I was eager to do.

  • Gal 6:9
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    9 Let us not grow weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.

  • 1 Cor 3:9
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    9 For we are God’s coworkers; you are God’s field, God’s building.

  • 1 Cor 4:12
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    12 We work hard with our own hands. When we are insulted, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it.

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    20 We are taking this precaution so that no one will criticize us regarding this generous gift we are administering.

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    13 Our desire is not for others to be relieved while you are burdened, but for equality.

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    6 I say this as a concession, not as a command.

  • 2 Cor 6:1
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    1 As workers together with Him, we also urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain.

  • 1 Thess 3:1
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    1 Therefore, when we could no longer endure it, we thought it best to remain in Athens alone.

  • 2 Tim 2:6
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    6 The hardworking farmer should be the first to partake of the crops.

  • 1 Thess 4:11
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    11 And to make it your ambition to live quietly, to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we instructed you,

  • 2 Cor 12:13
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    13 For in what way were you less favored than the other churches, except that I myself was not a burden to you? Forgive me this wrong!

  • 1 Cor 15:11
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    11 Whether then it is I or they, this is what we preach, and this is what you believed.

  • Col 1:29
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    29 To this end, I labor and struggle with all His energy, which so powerfully works within me.

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    4 They urgently pleaded with us for the privilege of sharing in this service to the saints.

  • Acts 20:34
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    34 You yourselves know that these hands of mine provided for my needs and those of my companions.

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    16 so that you too may be subject to such people, and to everyone who works hard and labors among you.

  • 1 Tim 5:18
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    18 For the Scripture says, 'You shall not muzzle the ox while it is threshing,' and, 'The worker is worthy of his wages.'

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    1 Indeed, concerning the ministry to the saints, it is unnecessary for me to write to you.

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    8 Even if I boast a little more about the authority the Lord gave us for building you up and not for tearing you down, I will not be ashamed.

  • Gal 2:8
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    8 (For He who worked through Peter for his apostleship to the circumcised also worked through me for mine to the Gentiles)—

  • Matt 10:10
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    10 Do not bring a traveling bag for the journey, or two shirts, or sandals, or a staff; for a worker is worthy of his food.

  • Acts 6:2
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    2 So the Twelve summoned all the disciples together and said, 'It would not be right for us to neglect the word of God in order to serve tables.'

  • 2 Cor 11:5
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    5 I do not consider myself in any way inferior to these 'super-apostles.'