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(A)Do we not have authority to take along a [a]believing wife, even as the rest of the apostles and the (B)brothers of the Lord and (C)Cephas? Or do only [b](D)Barnabas and I not have authority to refrain from working? Who at any time serves (E)as a soldier at his own expense? Who (F)plants a vineyard and does not [c]consume the fruit of it? Or who shepherds a flock and does not [d]consume the milk of the flock?

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 9:5 Lit sister, as wife
  2. 1 Corinthians 9:6 Lit I and Barnabas
  3. 1 Corinthians 9:7 Lit eat of
  4. 1 Corinthians 9:7 Lit eat of