1 Corinthians 9:6
Or have only Barnabas and I no right to not work?
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- Acts 4:36 : 36 Joses, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas (which is, being interpreted, Son of Encouragement), a Levite, a man of Cyprus by race,
- Acts 18:3 : 3 and because he practiced the same trade, he lived with them and worked, for by trade they were tent makers.
- Acts 13:1-2 : 1 Now in the assembly that was at Antioch there were some prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen the foster-brother of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. 2 As they served the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, "Separate Barnabas and Saul for me, for the work to which I have called them."
- 1 Thess 2:9 : 9 For you remember, brothers, our labor and travail; for working night and day, that we might not burden any of you, we preached to you the Gospel of God.
- 2 Thess 3:7-9 : 7 For you know how you ought to imitate us. For we didn't behave ourselves rebelliously among you, 8 neither did we eat bread from anyone's hand without paying for it, but in labor and travail worked night and day, that we might not burden any of you; 9 not because we don't have the right, but to make ourselves an example to you, that you should imitate us.
- Acts 13:50 : 50 But the Jews stirred up the devout and prominent women and the chief men of the city, and stirred up a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and threw them out of their borders.
- Acts 14:12 : 12 They called Barnabas "Jupiter," and Paul "Mercury," because he was the chief speaker.
- Acts 15:36-37 : 36 After some days Paul said to Barnabas, "Let's return now and visit our brothers in every city in which we proclaimed the word of the Lord, to see how they are doing." 37 Barnabas planned to take John, who was called Mark, with them also.
- Acts 20:34-35 : 34 You yourselves know that these hands ministered to my necessities, and to those who were with me. 35 In all things I gave you an example, that so laboring you ought to help the weak, and to 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 Even to this present hour we hunger, thirst, are naked, are beaten, and have no certain dwelling place. 12 We toil, working with our own hands. When people curse us, we bless. Being persecuted, we endure.
- Acts 11:22 : 22 The report concerning them came to the ears of the assembly which was in Jerusalem. They sent out Barnabas to go as far as Antioch,
Similar Verses (AI)
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- 1 Cor 9:1-55 verses83%
1 Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Haven't I seen Jesus Christ, our Lord? Aren't you my work in the Lord?
2 If to others I am not an apostle, yet at least I am to you; for you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.
3 My defense to those who examine me is this.
4 Have we no right to eat and to drink?
5 Have we no right to take along a wife who is a believer, even as the rest of the apostles, and the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas?
- 2 Thess 3:8-125 verses81%
8 neither did we eat bread from anyone's hand without paying for it, but in labor and travail worked night and day, that we might not burden any of you;
9 not because we don't have the right, but to make ourselves an example to you, that you should imitate us.
10 For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: "If anyone will not work, neither let him eat."
11 For we hear of some who walk among you in rebellion, who don't work at all, but are busybodies.
12 Now those who are that way, we command and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.
- 1 Cor 9:7-159 verses80%
7 What soldier ever serves at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard, and doesn't eat of its fruit? Or who feeds a flock, and doesn't drink from the flock's milk?
8 Do I speak these things according to the ways of men? Or doesn't the law also say the same thing?
9 For it is written in the law of Moses, "You shall not muzzle an ox while it treads out the grain." Is it for the oxen that God cares,
10 or does he say it assuredly for our sake? Yes, it was written for our sake, because he who plows ought to plow in hope, and he who threshes in hope should partake of his hope.
11 If we sowed to you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we reap your fleshly things?
12 If others partake of this right over you, don't we yet more? Nevertheless we did not use this right, but we bear all things, that we may cause no hindrance to the Gospel of Christ.
13 Don't you know that those who serve around sacred things eat from the things of the temple, and those who wait on the altar have their portion with the altar?
14 Even so the Lord ordained that those who proclaim the Gospel should live from the Gospel.
15 But I have used none of these things, and I don't write these things that it may be done so in my case; for I would rather die, than that anyone should make my boasting void.
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6 nor seeking glory from men (neither from you nor from others), when we might have claimed authority as apostles of Christ.
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9 For you remember, brothers, our labor and travail; for working night and day, that we might not burden any of you, we preached to you the Gospel of God.
- 1 Cor 9:17-182 verses73%
17 For if I do this of my own will, I have a reward. But if not of my own will, I have a stewardship entrusted to me.
18 What then is my reward? That, when I preach the Gospel, I may present the Gospel of Christ without charge, so as not to abuse my authority in the Gospel.
- 2 Cor 11:7-93 verses72%
7 Or did I commit a sin in humbling myself that you might be exalted, because I preached to you God's Gospel free of charge?
8 I robbed other assemblies, taking wages from them that I might serve you.
9 When I was present with you and was in need, I wasn't a burden on anyone, for the brothers, when they came from Macedonia, supplied the measure of my need. In everything I kept myself from being burdensome to you, and I will continue to do so.
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10 They only asked us to remember the poor--which very thing I was also zealous to do.
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9 Let us not be weary in doing good, for we will reap in due season, if we don't give up.
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9 For we are God's fellow workers. You are God's farming, God's building.
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12 We toil, working with our own hands. When people curse us, we bless. Being persecuted, we endure.
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20 We are avoiding this, that any man should blame us concerning this abundance which is administered by us.
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13 For this is not that others may be eased and you distressed,
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6 But this I say by way of concession, not of commandment.
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1 Working together, we entreat also that you not receive the grace of God in vain,
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1 Therefore, when we couldn't stand it any longer, we thought it good to be left behind at Athens alone,
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6 The farmers who labor must be the first to get a share of the crops.
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11 and that you make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, even as we charged you;
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13 For what is there in which you were made inferior to the rest of the assemblies, unless it is that I myself was not a burden to you? Forgive me this wrong.
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11 Whether then it is I or they, so we preach, and so you believed.
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29 for which I also labor, striving according to his working, which works in me mightily.
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4 begging us with much entreaty to receive this grace and the fellowship in the service to the saints.
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34 You yourselves know that these hands ministered to my necessities, and to those who were with me.
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16 that you also be in subjection to such, and to everyone who helps in the work and labors.
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18 For the Scripture says, "You shall not muzzle the ox when it treads out the grain." And, "The laborer is worthy of his wages."
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1 It is indeed unnecessary for me to write to you concerning the service to the saints,
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8 For though I should boast somewhat abundantly concerning our authority, (which the Lord gave for building you up, and not for casting you down) I will not be disappointed,
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8 (for he who appointed Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision appointed me also to the Gentiles);
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10 Take no bag for your journey, neither two coats, nor shoes, nor staff: for the laborer is worthy of his food.
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2 The twelve summoned the multitude of the disciples and said, "It is not appropriate for us to forsake the word of God and serve tables.
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5 For I reckon that I am not at all behind the very best apostles.