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1 Corinthians 9:6 KJV
1 Corinthians · chapter 9 · verse 6
Or I only and Barnabas, have not we power to forbear working?1 Corinthians 9:6 · King James Version
1 Corinthians 9:6 in context
4Have we not power to eat and to drink?
5Have we not power to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as other apostles, and as the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?
6Or I only and Barnabas, have not we power to forbear working?
7Who 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?
8Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also?
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- BarnabasbarnabasBarnabas = " son of rest" , the surname of Joses or Joseph, a Levite, a native of…G921 →
- forbearmēno, not lestG3361 →
- workingergazomaito work, labour, do work, to trade, to make gains by trading, "do business", to do, work…G2038 →
- powerexousiapower of choice, liberty of doing as one pleases, leave or permission, physical and…G1849 →
- onlymonosalone , forsaken, destitute of help, alone, only, merelyG3441 →
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Having asserted his apostolical authority, he proceeds to claim the rights belonging to his office, especially that of being maintained by it. I. These he states, Co1 9:3-6.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 3-14