1 Corinthians 9:4

9:4 Do we not have the right to financial support? ¹ 

1 Corinthians 9:6

9:6 Or do only Barnabas and I lack the right not to work?

1 Corinthians 2:16

2:16 For who has known the mind of the Lord, so as to advise him? ²  But we have the mind of Christ.

1 Corinthians 11:16

11:16 If anyone intends to quarrel about this, we have no other practice, nor do the churches of God.

1 Corinthians 8:1

Food Sacrificed to Idols

8:1 With regard to food sacrificed to idols, we know that “we all have knowledge.” ³  Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.

1 Corinthians 9:5

9:5 Do we not have the right to the company of a believing wife, like the other apostles and the Lord’s brothers and Cephas?

[9:4]  ¹ tn Grk “the right to eat and drink.” In the context this is a figurative reference to financial support.

[2:16]  ² sn A quotation from Isa 40:13.

[8:1]  ³ sn “We all have knowledge.” Here and in v. 4 Paul cites certain slogans the Corinthians apparently used to justify their behavior (cf. 6:12-13; 7:1; 10:23). Paul agrees with the slogans in part, but corrects them to show how the Corinthians have misused these ideas.