You may eat it in any place, you and your households, for it is your payment for your service in the tent of meeting.
2 Corinthians 12:13 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 How have you been worse off than the other churches, except that I myself did not burden you? Forgive me this wrong! More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For what is it wherein ye were inferior to other churches, except it be that I myself was not burdensome to you? forgive me this wrong. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For in what respect were you put to a disadvantage in comparison with the rest of the churches, unless [it was for the fact] that I myself did not burden you [with my financial support]? Pardon me [for doing you] this injustice! American Standard Version (1901) For what is there wherein ye were made inferior to the rest of the churches, except it be that I myself was not a burden to you? forgive me this wrong. Common English Bible How were you treated worse than the other churches, except that I myself wasn’t a financial burden on you? Forgive me for this wrong! Catholic Public Domain Version For what is there that you have had which is less than the other churches, except that I myself did not burden you? Forgive me this injury. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For what is there that you have had less than the other churches, but that I myself was not burthensome to you? Pardon me this injury. |
You may eat it in any place, you and your households, for it is your payment for your service in the tent of meeting.
and, because he was of the same trade, he stayed with them, and they worked together—by trade they were tentmakers.
If others share this rightful claim on you, do not we still more? Nevertheless, we have not made use of this right, but we endure anything rather than put an obstacle in the way of the gospel of Christ.
Or is it only Barnabas and I who have no right to refrain from working for a living?
Here I am, ready to come to you this third time, and I will not be a burden because I do not want what is yours but you, for children ought not to save up for their parents but parents for their children.