1 Corinthians 9:5 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁵ Do we not have the right to be accompanied by a believing wife, as do the other apostles and the brothers of the Lord and Cephas?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ 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?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ Have we not the right also to take along with us a Christian sister as wife, as do the other apostles and the Lord's brothers and Cephas (Peter)?

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ 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?

Common English Bible

⁵ Don’t we have the right to travel with a wife who believes like the rest of the apostles, the Lord’s brothers, and Cephas?

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ Do we not have the authority to travel around with a woman who is a sister, just as do the other Apostles, and the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas?

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁵ Have we not power to carry about a woman, a sister, as well as the rest of the apostles, and the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?

1 Corinthians 9:5 Cross References

Song of Solomon 4:12

A garden locked is my sister, my bride, a garden locked, a fountain sealed.

Matthew 13:55

Is not this the carpenter’s son? Is not his mother called Mary? And are not his brothers James and Joseph and Simon and Judas?

Matthew 8:14

When Jesus entered Peter’s house, he saw his mother-in-law lying in bed with a fever;

Mark 1:30

Now Simon’s mother-in-law was in bed with a fever, and they told him about her at once.

Mark 6:3

Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary and brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon, and are not his sisters here with us?” And they took offense at him.

Luke 6:15

and Matthew, and Thomas, and James son of Alphaeus, and Simon, who was called the Zealot,

Luke 8:20

And he was told, “Your mother and your brothers are standing outside, wanting to see you.”

John 1:42

He brought Simon to Jesus, who looked at him and said, “You are Simon son of John. You are to be called Cephas” (which is translated Peter).

John 2:12

After this he went down to Capernaum with his mother, his brothers, and his disciples, and they remained there a few days.

Acts 1:14

All these were constantly devoting themselves to prayer, together with certain women, including Mary the mother of Jesus, as well as his brothers.

Romans 16:1

I commend to you our sister Phoebe, a deacon of the church at Cenchreae,

1 Corinthians 1:12

What I mean is that each of you says, “I belong to Paul,” or “I belong to Apollos,” or “I belong to Cephas,” or “I belong to Christ.”

1 Corinthians 7:15

But if the unbelieving partner separates, let it be so; in such a case the brother or sister is not bound. It is to peace that God has called us.

1 Corinthians 7:39

A wife is bound as long as her husband lives. But if the husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, only in the Lord.

1 Corinthians 7:7

I wish that all were as I myself am. But each has a particular gift from God, one having one kind and another a different kind.

1 Corinthians 7:8

To the unmarried and the widows I say that it is good for them to remain unmarried as I am.

Galatians 1:19

but I did not see any other apostle except James the Lord’s brother.

1 Timothy 3:2

Now a bishop must be above reproach, married only once, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, an apt teacher,

1 Timothy 4:3

They forbid marriage and abstain from certain foods, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.

1 Timothy 5:2

to older women as mothers, to younger women as sisters—with absolute purity.

Titus 1:6

someone who is blameless, married only once, whose children are believers, not accused of debauchery and not rebellious.

Hebrews 13:4

Let marriage be held in honor by all, and let the marriage bed be kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.