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A Minister's Right to Support
Commentators unanimously agree that Paul's question, "Have we no right to eat and to drink?" is not about basic sustenance. It's a rhetorical question strongly affirming his right, as an apostle, to receive full financial support from the church he ministered to, a principle he establishes before explaining why he chose not to use it.
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1 Corinthians
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Albert Barnes
On 1 Corinthians 9:4
18th Century
Theologian
Have we not power, exousian. Have we not the right? The word power here is evidently used in the sense of r…
AT Robertson
On 1 Corinthians 9:4
Have we no right? (Μη ουκ εχομεν εξουσιαν; ). Literary plural here though singular in 1-3. The μη in this double negative expects …
Charles Ellicott
On 1 Corinthians 9:4
19th Century
Bishop
Have we not power...?—This question follows the parenthetical argument contained in 1 Corinthians 9:2–3. Having established hi…
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Expositor's Bible Commentary
On 1 Corinthians 9:4
Paul now begins to defend himself against those who have criticized his apostleship on the ground that he had not exercised all the rights one migh…
John Calvin
On 1 Corinthians 9:4
16th Century
Theologian
Have we not power? He concludes from what has already been said that he had a right to receive food and clothing from them, for Paul ate a…
John Gill
On 1 Corinthians 9:4
17th Century
Pastor
Have we not power to eat and to drink ? Having proved his apostleship, he proceeds to establish his right to a maintenanc…
Matthew Henry
On 1 Corinthians 9:1–14
17th Century
Minister
It is not new for a minister to encounter unkindness in return for goodwill to a people, and for diligent and successful service among them. To the…