1 Corinthians 9:4-7

Paul Surrenders His Rights

⁴ _o Do we not have the right to eat and drink? ⁵ _p Do we not have the right to take along a believing wife, ₁ as do the other apostles and _q the brothers of the Lord and _r Cephas? ⁶ Or is it only Barnabas and I who have no right to refrain from working for a living? ⁷ _s Who serves as a soldier at his own expense? _t Who plants a vineyard without eating any of its fruit? Or who tends a flock without getting some of the milk?

1. Cross References
   1 Corinthians 9:14
   In the same way, the Lord commanded that those who proclaim the gospel should get their living by the gospel.
   1 Thessalonians 2:6
   Nor did we seek glory from people, whether from you or from others, though we could have made demands as apostles of Christ.
   1 Thessalonians 2:9
   For you remember, brothers, our labor and toil: we worked night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you, while we proclaimed to you the gospel of God.
   2 Thessalonians 3:8 - 9
   Nor did we eat anyone's bread without paying for it, but with toil and labor we worked night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you.
   
2. Cross References
   1 Corinthians 7:7
   I wish that all were as I myself am. But each has his own gift from God, one of one kind and one of another.
   
3. Cross References
   Matthew 12:46
   While he was still speaking to the people, behold, his mother and his brothers stood outside, asking to speak to him.
   
4. Cross References
   Matthew 8:14
   And when Jesus entered Peter's house, he saw his mother-in-law lying sick with a fever.
   John 1:42
   He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, "So you are Simon the son of John? You shall be called Cephas" (which means Peter).
   
5. Cross References
   2 Corinthians 10:4
   For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds.
   1 Timothy 1:18
   This charge I entrust to you, Timothy, my child, in accordance with the prophecies previously made about you, that by them you may wage the good warfare.
   2 Timothy 2:3 - 4
   Share in suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.
   
6. Cross References
   1 Corinthians 3:6 - 8
   I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth.
   Deuteronomy 20:6
   And is there any man who has planted a vineyard and has not enjoyed its fruit? Let him go back to his house, lest he die in the battle and another man enjoy its fruit.
   Proverbs 27:18
   Whoever tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and he who guards his master will be honored.
   Song of Solomon 8:12
   My vineyard, my very own, is before me; you, O Solomon, may have the thousand, and the keepers of the fruit two hundred.