1 Corinthians 9:6

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Or do only Barnabas and I lack the right not to work?

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Referenced Verses

  • Acts 4:36 : 36 So Joseph, a Levite who was a native of Cyprus, called by the apostles Barnabas(which is translated“son of encouragement”),
  • Acts 18:3 : 3 and because he worked at the same trade, he stayed with them and worked with them(for they were tentmakers by trade).
  • Acts 13:1-2 : 1 The Church at Antioch Commissions Barnabas and Saul Now there were these prophets and teachers in the church at Antioch: Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, Lucius the Cyrenian, Manaen(a close friend of Herod the tetrarch from childhood) and Saul. 2 While they were serving 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 For you recall, brothers and sisters, our toil and drudgery: By working night and day so as not to impose a burden on any of you, we preached to you the gospel of God.
  • 2 Thess 3:7-9 : 7 For you know yourselves how you must imitate us, because we did not behave without discipline among you, 8 and we did not eat anyone’s food without paying. Instead, in toil and drudgery we worked night and day in order not to burden any of you. 9 It was not because we do not have that right, but to give ourselves as an example for you to imitate.
  • Acts 13:50 : 50 But the Jews incited the God-fearing women of high social standing and the prominent men of the city, stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and threw them out of their region.
  • Acts 14:12 : 12 They began to call Barnabas Zeus and Paul Hermes, because he was the chief speaker.
  • Acts 15:36-37 : 36 Paul and Barnabas Part Company After some days Paul said to Barnabas,“Let’s return and visit the brothers in every town where we proclaimed the word of the Lord to see how they are doing.” 37 Barnabas wanted to bring John called Mark along with them too,
  • Acts 20:34-35 : 34 You yourselves know that these hands of mine provided for my needs and the needs of those who were with me. 35 By all these things, I have shown you that by working in this way we must help the weak, and remember the words of the Lord Jesus that he himself said,‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”
  • 1 Cor 4:11-12 : 11 To the present hour we are hungry and thirsty, poorly clothed, brutally treated, and without a roof over our heads. 12 We do hard work, toiling with our own hands. When we are verbally abused, we respond with a blessing, when persecuted, we endure,
  • Acts 11:22 : 22 A report about them came to the attention 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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    1The Rights of an Apostle Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you not my work in the Lord?

    2If I am not an apostle to others, at least I am to you, for you are the confirming sign of my apostleship in the Lord.

    3This is my defense to those who examine me.

    4Do we not have the right to financial support?

    5Do we not have the right to the company of a believing wife, like the other apostles and the Lord’s brothers and Cephas?

  • 2 Thess 3:8-12
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    8and we did not eat anyone’s food without paying. Instead, in toil and drudgery we worked night and day in order not to burden any of you.

    9It was not because we do not have that right, but to give ourselves as an example for you to imitate.

    10For even when we were with you, we used to give you this command:“If anyone is not willing to work, neither should he eat.”

    11For we hear that some among you are living an undisciplined life, not doing their own work but meddling in the work of others.

    12Now such people we command and urge in the Lord Jesus Christ to work quietly and so provide their own food to eat.

  • 1 Cor 9:7-15
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    7Who 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?

    8Am I saying these things only on the basis of common sense, or does the law not say this as well?

    9For it is written in the law of Moses,“Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.” God is not concerned here about oxen, is he?

    10Or is he not surely speaking for our benefit? It was written for us, because the one plowing and threshing ought to work in hope of enjoying the harvest.

    11If we sowed spiritual blessings among you, is it too much to reap material things from you?

    12If others receive this right from you, are we not more deserving?But we have not made use of this right. Instead we endure everything so that we may not be a hindrance to the gospel of Christ.

    13Don’t you know that those who serve in the temple eat food from the temple, and those who serve at the altar receive a part of the offerings?

    14In the same way the Lord commanded those who proclaim the gospel to receive their living by the gospel.

    15But I have not used any of these rights. And I am not writing these things so that something will be done for me. In fact, it would be better for me to die than– no one will deprive me of my reason for boasting!

  • 1 Thess 2:6
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    6nor to seek glory from people, either from you or from others,

  • 1 Thess 2:9
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    9For you recall, brothers and sisters, our toil and drudgery: By working night and day so as not to impose a burden on any of you, we preached to you the gospel of God.

  • 1 Cor 9:17-18
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    17For if I do this voluntarily, I have a reward. But if I do it unwillingly, I am entrusted with a responsibility.

    18What then is my reward? That when I preach the gospel I may offer the gospel free of charge, and so not make full use of my rights in the gospel.

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

    8I robbed other churches by receiving support from them so that I could serve you!

    9When I was with you and was in need, I was not a burden to anyone, for the brothers who came from Macedonia fully supplied my needs. I kept myself from being a burden to you in any way, and will continue to do so.

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

  • Gal 6:9
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    9So we must not grow weary in doing good, for in due time we will reap, if we do not give up.

  • 1 Cor 3:9
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    9We are coworkers belonging to God. You are God’s field, God’s building.

  • 1 Cor 4:12
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    12We do hard work, toiling with our own hands. When we are verbally abused, we respond with a blessing, when persecuted, we endure,

  • 2 Cor 8:20
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    20We did this as a precaution so that no one should blame us in regard to this generous gift we are administering.

  • 2 Cor 8:13
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    13For I do not say this so there would be relief for others and suffering for you, but as a matter of equality.

  • 1 Cor 7:6
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    6I say this as a concession, not as a command.

  • 2 Cor 6:1
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    1God’s Suffering Servants Now because we are fellow workers, we also urge you not to receive the grace of God in vain.

  • 1 Thess 3:1
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    1So when we could bear it no longer, we decided to stay on in Athens alone.

  • 2 Tim 2:6
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    6The farmer who works hard ought to have the first share of the crops.

  • 1 Thess 4:11
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    11to aspire to lead a quiet life, to attend to your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you.

  • 2 Cor 12:13
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    13For how were you treated worse than the other churches, except that I myself was not a burden to you? Forgive me this injustice!

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

  • Col 1:29
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    29Toward this goal I also labor, struggling according to his power that powerfully works in me.

  • 2 Cor 8:4
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    4begging us with great earnestness for the blessing and fellowship of helping the saints.

  • Acts 20:34
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    34You yourselves know that these hands of mine provided for my needs and the needs of those who were with me.

  • 1 Cor 16:16
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    16also to submit to people like this, and to everyone who cooperates in the work and labors hard.

  • 1 Tim 5:18
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    18For the scripture says,“Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain,” and,“The worker deserves his pay.”

  • 2 Cor 9:1
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    1Preparing the Gift For it is not necessary for me to write you about this service to the saints,

  • 2 Cor 10:8
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    8For if I boast somewhat more about our authority that the Lord gave us for building you up and not for tearing you down, I will not be ashamed of doing so.

  • Gal 2:8
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    8(for he who empowered Peter for his apostleship to the circumcised also empowered me for my apostleship to the Gentiles)

  • Matt 10:10
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    10no bag for the journey, or an extra tunic, or sandals or staff, for the worker deserves his provisions.

  • Acts 6:2
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    2So the twelve called the whole group of the disciples together and said,“It is not right for us to neglect the word of God to wait on tables.

  • 2 Cor 11:5
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    5For I consider myself not at all inferior to those“super-apostles.”