1 Corinthians 9:6-12 What! are we the only ones, myself and Barnabas, who are denied the right of abstaining from work for our living?

Moffatt⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁶ What! are we the only ones, myself and Barnabas, who are denied the right of abstaining from work for our living? ⁷ Does a soldier provide his own supplies? Does a man plant a vineyard without eating its produce? Does a shepherd get no drink from the milk of the flock? ⁸ Human arguments, you say? But does not Scripture urge the very same? ⁹ It is written in the law of Moses, You must not muzzle an ox when he is treading the grain. Is God thinking here about cattle? ¹⁰ Or is he speaking purely for our sakes? Assuredly for our sakes. This word was written for us, because the ploughman needs to plough in hope, and the thresher to thresh in the hope of getting a share in the crop. ¹¹ If we sowed you the seeds of spiritual good, is it a great matter if we reap your worldly goods? ¹² If others share this right over you, why not we all the more? We did not avail ourselves of it, you say? No, we do not mind any privations if we can only avoid putting any obstacle in the way of the gospel of Christ.