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Posted by 1 Corinthians on Sunday, 10 January 2016
1 Corinthians 9:4-6
(4) Have we not power to eat and to drink?
(5) 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?
(6) Or I only and Barnabas, have not we power to forbear working?
9:4-6. The word right in these verses is the same word (exousia) translated “freedom” in 8:9. It links the chapters, though Paul’s subject here was not sacrificial meat but ordinary food. To bring out the meaning of these rhetorical questions the phrase “at the expense of the church” could be added to verses 4-5 (cf. Matt. 10:10-11). Paul was not alone in refusing this right but had an ally in Barnabas. Commitment to this practice may have marked their first missionary journey together (Acts 13:1-14:28) and apparently continued to characterize their separate ministries.
Excerpt from:
Walvoord, J. F., Zuck, R. B., & Dallas Theological Seminary. (1983-c1985).
The Bible Knowledge Commentary : An Exposition of the Scriptures.
Wheaton, IL: Victor Books.
