1 Corinthians 9:4-8 New Century Version (NCV)

4. Do we not have the right to eat and drink?

5. Do we not have the right to bring a believing wife with us when we travel as do the other apostles and the Lord’s brothers and Peter?

6. Are Barnabas and I the only ones who must work to earn our living?

7. No soldier ever serves in the army and pays his own salary. No one ever plants a vineyard without eating some of the grapes. No person takes care of a flock without drinking some of the milk.

8. I do not say this by human authority; God’s law also says the same thing.

1 Corinthians 9