1 Corinthians 9:6 Cross References - Twentieth_Century

⁶ Or is it only Barnabas and I who have no right to give up working for our bread?

³⁶ A Levite of Cyprian birth, named Joseph, (who had received from the Apostles the additional name of 'Barnabas'--which means 'The Consoler,')

²² The news about them reached the ears of the Church at Jerusalem, and they sent Barnabas to Antioch.

¹ Among the members of the Church at Antioch there were several Prophets and Teachers--Barnabas, Simeon who was known by the name of 'Black', Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen, foster-brother of Prince Herod, and Saul. ² While they were engaged in the worship of the Lord and were fasting, the Holy Spirit said: "Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul, for the work to which I have called them."

⁵⁰ But the Jews incited the women of position who worshiped with them, and the leading men of the town, and started a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and drove them out of their neighborhood.

¹² So they called Barnabas 'Zeus,' and Paul 'Hermes,' because he took the lead in speaking;

³⁶ Some time after this, Paul said to Barnabas: "Let us go back and visit the Brethren in every town in which we have told the Lord's Message, and see how they are prospering." ³⁷ Barnabas wished to take with them John, whose other name was Mark;

³ And, since their trade was the same as his, he stayed and worked with them--their trade was tent-making.

³⁴ You, yourselves, know that these hands of mine provided not only for my own wants, but for my companions also. ³⁵ I left nothing undone to show you that, laboring as I labored, you ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said himself-- 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.'"

¹¹ To this very hour we go hungry, thirsty, and naked; we are beaten; we are homeless; ¹² We work hard, toiling with our own hands. We meet abuse with blessings, we meet persecution with endurance,

⁹ You will not have forgotten, Brothers, our labor and toil. Night and day we used to work at our trades, so as not be a burden to any of you, while we proclaimed to you God's Good News.

⁷ For you know well that you ought to follow our example. When we were with you, our life was not ill-ordered, ⁸ Nor did we eat any one's bread without paying for it. Night and day, laboring and toiling, we used to work at our trades, so as not to be a burden upon any of you. ⁹ This was not because we had not a right to receive support, but our object was to give you a pattern for you to copy.