1 Corinthians 9:4

KJV1611 – Modern English

Do we not have the right to eat and drink?

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  • 1 Thess 2:6 : 6 Nor did we seek glory from men, neither from you nor from others, when we might have been burdensome, as the apostles of Christ.
  • 2 Thess 3:8-9 : 8 Nor did we eat anyone's bread without paying for it, but we worked with labor and toil night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you. 9 Not because we do not have the right, but to make ourselves an example for you to follow.
  • 1 Tim 5:17-18 : 17 Let the elders who rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in the word and doctrine. 18 For the Scripture says, You shall not muzzle an ox while it treads out the grain. And, The laborer is worthy of his wages.
  • 1 Thess 2:9 : 9 For you remember, brothers, our labor and toil: for working night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you, we preached to you the gospel of God.
  • Matt 10:10 : 10 Nor bag for your journey, nor two tunics, nor sandals, nor staffs: for the worker is worthy of his food.
  • Luke 10:7 : 7 And remain in the same house, eating and drinking such things as they give, for the laborer is worthy of his wages. Do not go from house to house.
  • 1 Cor 9:7-9 : 7 Who goes to war at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat of its fruit? Or who tends a flock and does not drink of the milk of the flock? 8 Do I say these things as a mere man? Or does not the Law say the same also? 9 For it is written in the Law of Moses, 'You shall not muzzle an ox while it treads out the grain.' Does God care for oxen? 10 Or does He say it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he who plows should plow in hope, and he who threshes in hope should partake of his hope. 11 If we have sown spiritual things for you, is it a great thing if we reap your material things? 12 If others are partakers of this right over you, should not we even more? Nevertheless, we have not used this right, but endure all things lest we hinder the gospel of Christ. 13 Do you not know that those who minister the holy things eat of the things of the temple, and those who serve at the altar partake of the offerings of the altar? 14 Even so the Lord has commanded that those who preach the gospel should live from the gospel.
  • Gal 6:6 : 6 Let him who is taught in the word share with him who teaches in all good things.

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  • 1 Cor 9:5-8
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    5 Do we not have the right to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as other apostles, and the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas?

    6 Or is it only Barnabas and I who do not have the right to refrain from working?

    7 Who goes to war at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat of its fruit? Or who tends a flock and does not drink of the milk of the flock?

    8 Do I say these things as a mere man? Or does not the Law say the same also?

  • 1 Cor 9:11-15
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    11 If we have sown spiritual things for you, is it a great thing if we reap your material things?

    12 If others are partakers of this right over you, should not we even more? Nevertheless, we have not used this right, but endure all things lest we hinder the gospel of Christ.

    13 Do you not know that those who minister the holy things eat of the things of the temple, and those who serve at the altar partake of the offerings of the altar?

    14 Even so the Lord has commanded that those who preach the gospel should live from the gospel.

    15 But I have used none of these things, nor have I written these things that it should be done so to me; for it would be better for me to die than that anyone should make my boasting void.

  • 2 Thess 3:8-10
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    8 Nor did we eat anyone's bread without paying for it, but we worked with labor and toil night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you.

    9 Not because we do not have the right, but to make ourselves an example for you to follow.

    10 For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: If anyone will not work, neither shall he eat.

  • 1 Cor 9:3
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    3 My answer to those who examine me is this,

  • 1 Cor 4:10-12
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    10 We are fools for Christ's sake, but you are wise in Christ; we are weak, but you are strong; you are honored, but we are despised.

    11 Even to this present hour we both hunger and thirst, and we are poorly clothed, and beaten, and homeless.

    12 And we labor, working with our own hands. Being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure it.

  • 1 Cor 11:21-22
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    21 For in eating, each one takes his own supper ahead of others, and one is hungry and another is drunk.

    22 What? Do you not have houses to eat and drink in? Or do you despise the church of God and shame those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you in this? I do not praise you.

  • John 4:31-33
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    31 In the meantime his disciples urged him, saying, Rabbi, eat.

    32 But he said to them, I have food to eat of which you do not know.

    33 Therefore the disciples said to one another, Has anyone brought him anything to eat?

  • 1 Cor 9:1
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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?

  • 1 Cor 10:22
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    22 Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than He?

  • 1 Thess 2:6
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    6 Nor did we seek glory from men, neither from you nor from others, when we might have been burdensome, as the apostles of Christ.

  • 2 Thess 3:12
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    12 Now those who are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that they work quietly and eat their own bread.

  • 1 Cor 8:8
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    8 But food does not commend us to God; for neither if we eat are we better, nor if we do not eat are we worse.

  • Zech 7:6
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    6 And when you ate and when you drank, did you not eat for yourselves and drink for yourselves?

  • 1 Cor 15:32
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    32 If, in the manner of men, I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantage is it to me, if the dead do not rise? 'Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.'

  • 1 Cor 9:18
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    18 What then is my reward? That when I preach the gospel, I may present the gospel of Christ without charge, that I may not abuse my authority in the gospel.

  • 1 Tim 6:8
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    8 And having food and clothing, let us be content with that.

  • 2 Cor 7:2
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    2 Receive us; we have wronged no one, we have corrupted no one, we have defrauded no one.

  • 1 Cor 7:4
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    4 The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does; and likewise, the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does.

  • 1 Cor 6:12
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    12 All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not beneficial: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.

  • Luke 10:7
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    7 And remain in the same house, eating and drinking such things as they give, for the laborer is worthy of his wages. Do not go from house to house.

  • 1 Thess 4:12
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    12 That you may walk honestly toward those who are outside, and that you may have lack of nothing.

  • 1 Cor 4:8
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    8 Now you are full, now you are rich! You have reigned as kings without us—and indeed, I wish you did reign, that we also might reign with you!

  • 1 Pet 4:3-4
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    3 For the time past of our life may suffice us to have done the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in sensuality, lusts, excess of wine, revelings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries:

    4 Wherein they think it strange that you do not run with them in the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you:

  • 1 Cor 10:16
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    16 The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ?

  • 1 Cor 7:6
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    6 But I speak this by permission, and not as a command.

  • 2 Cor 4:7
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    7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God, and not of us.

  • Acts 20:34
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    34 Yes, you yourselves know that these hands have provided for my necessities, and for those who were with me.

  • 1 Tim 4:3
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    3 Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.

  • Luke 6:3-4
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    3 And Jesus answered them, Have you not read what David did, when he was hungry, and those who were with him;

    4 How he went into the house of God, and took and ate the showbread, and also gave to those who were with him, which it is not lawful to eat except for the priests alone?

  • 1 Tim 5:23
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    23 No longer drink only water, but use a little wine for your stomach's sake and your frequent infirmities.

  • Heb 13:10
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    10 We have an altar from which those who serve the tabernacle have no right to eat.

  • Luke 9:13
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    13 But he said to them, You give them something to eat. And they said, We have no more than five loaves and two fish; unless we go and buy food for all these people.

  • Rom 14:17
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    17 For the kingdom of God is not food and drink, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.

  • 2 Cor 8:4
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    4 Earnestly pleading with us for the privilege of participating in the service to the saints.