1 Corinthians 9:6

In 9 translations

BSB

Or are Barnabas and I the only apostles who must work for a living?Literally Or is it only Barnabas and I who do not have authority not to work?

KJV

Or I only and Barnabas, have not we power to forbear working?

WEB

Or have only Barnabas and I no right to not work?

ASV

Or I only and Barnabas, have we not a right to forbear working?

LSV

Or do only Barnabas and I have no authority not to work?

YLT

or only I and Barnabas, have we not authority — not to work?

DBY

Or I alone and Barnabas, have we not a right not to work?

DRC

Or I only and Barnabas, have not we power to do this?

GNV

Or I only and Barnabas, haue not we power not to worke?

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT

ἢ μόνος ἐγὼ καὶ Βαρναβᾶς οὐκ ἔχομεν ἐξουσίαν μὴ ἐργάζεσθαι;

RP2018

Ἢ μόνος ἐγὼ καὶ Βαρνάβας οὐκ ἔχομεν ἐξουσίαν τοῦ μὴ ἐργάζεσθαι;

TR-Boyd

Ἢ μόνος ἐγὼ καὶ Βαρνάβας οὐκ ἔχομεν ἐξουσίαν τοῦ μὴ ἐργάζεσθαι;

SCR1894

η μονος εγω και βαρναβας ουκ εχομεν εξουσιαν του μη εργαζεσθαι

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• 2 Thessalonians 3:7–9For you yourselves know how you ought to imitate us, because we were not undisciplined among you, nor did we eat anyone’s food without paying for it. Instead, in labor and toil, we worked night and day so that we would…
• Acts 13:1–2Now in the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen (who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch), and Saul. While they were worshiping the Lord…
• 1 Thessalonians 2:9Surely you recall, brothers, our labor and toil. We worked night and day so that we would not be a burden to anyone while we proclaimed to you the gospel of God.
• Acts 18:3and he stayed and worked with them because they were tentmakers by trade, just as he was.
• Acts 4:36Joseph, a Levite from Cyprus, whom the apostles called Barnabas (meaning Son of Encouragement),
• 1 Corinthians 4:11–12To this very hour we are hungry and thirsty, we are poorly clothed, we are brutally treated, we are homeless. We work hard with our own hands. When we are vilified, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it;
• Acts 14:12Barnabas they called Zeus, and Paul they called Hermes, because he was the chief speaker.
• Acts 15:36–37Some time later Paul said to Barnabas, “Let us go back and visit the brothers in every town where we proclaimed the word of the Lord, to see how they are doing.” Barnabas wanted to take John, also called Mark.
• Acts 20:34–35You yourselves know that these hands of mine have ministered to my own needs and those of my companions. In everything, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words of the…
• Acts 11:22When news of this reached the ears of the church in Jerusalem, they sent Barnabas to Antioch.
• Acts 13:50The Jews, however, incited the religious women of prominence and the leading men of the city. They stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas and drove them out of their district.

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