1 Corinthians 9:5-7

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⁵ If I had a wife, and if she were a believer,^[a] couldn’t I bring her along on these trips just as the other disciples do, and as the Lord’s brothers do, and as Peter does? ⁶ And must Barnabas and I alone keep working for our living while you supply these others? ⁷ What soldier in the army has to pay his own expenses? And have you ever heard of a farmer who harvests his crop and doesn’t have the right to eat some of it? What shepherd takes care of a flock of sheep and goats and isn’t allowed to drink some of the milk?