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1 Corinthians 9:4

Have we not power to eat and to drink?

KJV

μὴ οὐκ ἔχομεν ἐξουσίαν φαγεῖν καὶ πεῖν;

Greek NT

Numquid non habemus potestatem manducandi et bibendi ?

Vulgate

Have we no right to eat and to drink?

ASV

Have not we power to eat and to drink?

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

7 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
μή
me
particle · 1033×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
πίνω
pino
verb · 73×
φάγω
phago
verb · 93×
ἐξουσία
exousia
noun · 102×
ἔχω
echo
verb · 707×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: πεῖν | WH/NIV: πεῖν | Treg/RP: πιεῖν
  • πεῖνSBLGNT
  • πεῖνWestcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • πιεῖνTregelles, Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 4:11 — Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace;
  • 1Cor 9:14 — Even so hath the Lord ordained that they which preach the gospel should live of the gospel.
  • 1Thess 2:6 — Nor of men sought we glory, neither of you, nor yet of others, when we might have been burdensome, as the apostles of Christ.
  • 2Thess 3:8 — Neither did we eat any man’s bread for nought; but wrought with labour and travail night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any of you:
  • 2Thess 3:9 — Not because we have not power, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you to follow us.
  • Luke 10:7 — And in the same house remain, eating and drinking such things as they give: for the labourer is worthy of his hire. Go not from house to house.
  • Luke 10:7 — And in the same house remain, eating and drinking such things as they give: for the labourer is worthy of his hire. Go not from house to house.
  • Matt 10:10 — Nor scrip for your journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor yet staves: for the workman is worthy of his meat.
  • Neh 5:14 — Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even unto the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that is, twelve years, I and