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Read Full Chapter (1 Corinthians 9) 1 Corinthians 9:6 KJV
"Or I only and Barnabas, have not we power to forbear working?"
1 Corinthians 9:6 in Context (Verses 3–9 KJV)
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Mine answer to them that do examine me is this,
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Have we not power to eat and to drink?
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Have we not power to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as other apostles, and as the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?
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Or I only and Barnabas, have not we power to forbear working?
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Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock?
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Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also?
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For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen?