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1 Corinthians 9:5

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Marriage

3 Mine answer to them that do examine me is this,

4 Have we not power to eat and to drink?

Have we not power to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as other apostles, and as the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?

6 Or I only and Barnabas, have not we power to forbear working?

7 Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock?

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Have we no right to take along a believing wife, as do the other apostles and the Lord’s brothers and Cephas?
KJV
Have we not power to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as other apostles, and as the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?
WEB
Have we no right to take along a wife who is a believer, even as the rest of the apostles, and the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas?
ASV
Have we no right to lead about a wife that is a believer, even as the rest of the apostles, and the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?
DARBY
have we not a right to take round a sister [as] wife, as also the other apostles, and the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?
BLB
Have we no authority to take along a sister—a wife—as also the other apostles and the brothers of the Lord and Cephas?
ÅB
Har vi ikke rett til å føre en søster med oss som hustru, slik som de andre apostler og Herrens brødre og Kefas?
OTB
Har vi ikke rett til å ta med en troende hustru, slik som de andre apostlene, Herrens brødre og Kefas?
B1930
Har vi ikke rett til å føre en søster med oss som hustru, likesom de andre apostler og Herrens brødre og Kefas?

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Cross references

  • John 1:42

    And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus beheld him, he said, Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas, which is by interpretation, A stone.

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  • Matthew 8:14

    And when Jesus was come into Peter’s house, he saw his wife’s mother laid, and sick of a fever.

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  • 1 Corinthians 7:39

    The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.

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  • 1 Corinthians 7:7

    For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that.

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  • Galatians 1:19

    But other of the apostles saw I none, save James the Lord’s brother.

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  • Acts 1:14

    These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.

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  • Hebrews 13:4

    Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.

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  • 1 Timothy 3:2

    A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;

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