18 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

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

• Church
• Love
• Providence

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

• 1Cor 9:4 — Have we not power to eat and to drink?
• 1Cor 9:4 — Have we not power to eat and to drink?
• 1Cor 9:14 — Even so hath the Lord ordained that they which preach the gospel should live of the gospel.
• 1Cor 10:27 — If any of them that believe not bid you to a feast, and ye be disposed to go; whatsoever is set before you, eat, asking no question for conscience sake.
• 1Thess 5:12 — And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you;
• 1Tim 5:13 — And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.
• 1Tim 5:17 — Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.
• 1Tim 5:17 — Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.
• 1Tim 5:18 — For the scripture saith, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn. And, The labourer is worthy of his reward.
• 2Tim 2:6 — The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits.
• 3John 1:5 — Beloved, thou doest faithfully whatsoever thou doest to the brethren, and to strangers;
• Acts 16:15 — And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide there. And she constrained us.
• Acts 16:34 — And when he had brought them into his house, he set meat before them, and rejoiced, believing in God with all his house.
• Deut 12:12 — And ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God, ye, and your sons, and your daughters, and your menservants, and your maidservants, and the Levite that is within your gates; forasmuch as he hath no par
• Deut 12:18 — But thou must eat them before the LORD thy God in the place which the LORD thy God shall choose, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is wi
• Deut 18:8 — They shall have like portions to eat, beside that which cometh of the sale of his patrimony.
• Deut 24:14 — Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that are in thy land within thy gates:
• Gal 6:6 — Let him that is taught in the word communicate unto him that teacheth in all good things.
• Luke 9:4 — And whatsoever house ye enter into, there abide, and thence depart.
• Luke 12:29 — And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind.
• Mark 6:10 — And he said unto them, In what place soever ye enter into an house, there abide till ye depart from that place.
• Mark 6:10 — And he said unto them, In what place soever ye enter into an house, there abide till ye depart from that place.
• Matt 10:10 — Nor scrip for your journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor yet staves: for the workman is worthy of his meat.
• Matt 10:10 — Nor scrip for your journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor yet staves: for the workman is worthy of his meat.
• Matt 10:11 — And into whatsoever city or town ye shall enter, enquire who in it is worthy; and there abide till ye go thence.
• Num 18:31 — And ye shall eat it in every place, ye and your households: for it is your reward for your service in the tabernacle of the congregation.
• Phil 4:17 — Not because I desire a gift: but I desire fruit that may abound to your account.