1 Corintios 9:4

4 ¿Acaso no tenemos derecho a comer y beber?

1 Corintios 9:4 Meaning and Commentary

1 Corinthians 9:4

Have we not power to eat and to drink?
] Having proved his apostleship, he proceeds to establish his right to a maintenance as a Gospel minister; which he expresses by various phrases, and confirms by divers arguments: by a "power to eat and drink", he does not mean the common power and right of mankind to perform such actions, which everyone has, provided he acts temperately, and to the glory of God; nor a liberty of eating and drinking things indifferent, or which were prohibited under the ceremonial law; but a comfortable livelihood at the public charge, or at the expense of the persons to whom he ministered; and he seems to have in view the words of Christ, ( Luke 10:7 Luke 10:8 ) .

1 Corintios 9:4 In-Context

2 Si para otros no soy apóstol, por lo menos para vosotros sí lo soy; pues vosotros sois el sello de mi apostolado en el Señor.

3 Mi defensa contra los que me examinan es ésta:

4 ¿Acaso no tenemos derecho a comer y beber?

5 ¿Acaso no tenemos derecho a llevar con nosotros una esposa creyente, así como los demás apóstoles y los hermanos del Señor y Cefas?

6 ¿O acaso sólo Bernabé y yo no tenemos el derecho a no trabajar?