1 Corinthians 9:5

Modern English Version

Do we not have the right to take along a believing wife as do other apostles, the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas?

Cross References

John 1:42

Then he brought him to Jesus. When Jesus saw him, He said, “You are Simon the son of John. You shall be called Cephas” (which means Peter).

Matthew 8:14

When Jesus entered Peter’s house, He saw his wife’s mother, lying sick with a fever.

Hebrews 13:4

Marriage is to be honored among everyone, and the bed undefiled. But God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.

Galatians 1:19

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

1 Corinthians 7:39

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

1 Corinthians 7:7

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

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 brothers.

Titus 1:6

any man who is blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children who are not accused of being wild or unruly.

1 Timothy 5:2

the elder women as mothers, and the younger women as sisters, with complete purity.

1 Timothy 3:2

An overseer then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, sober, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach;

1 Corinthians 7:15

But if the unbeliever departs, let that one depart. A brother or a sister is not bound in such cases. God has called us to peace.

1 Corinthians 1:12

Now this is what I mean: Every one of you is saying, “I am of Paul,” or “I am of Apollos,” or “I am of Cephas,” or “I am of Christ.”

Romans 16:1

I commend to you our sister Phoebe, who is a servant of the church at Cenchrea,

John 2:12

After this He, and His mother, and His brothers, and His disciples went down to Capernaum. They remained there a few days.

Luke 6:15

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

Mark 6:3

Is this not the carpenter, the Son of Mary and the brother of James and Joseph and Judas and Simon? Are not His sisters here with us?” And they took offense at Him.

Mark 1:30

The mother of Simon’s wife lay sick with a fever, and immediately they told Him of her.

Matthew 13:55

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

Song of Solomon 4:12

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

1 Timothy 4:3

forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from foods, which God has created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.

1 Corinthians 7:8

I say to the unmarried and widows that it is good for them if they live even as I am.

Luke 8:20

Someone told Him, “Your mother and Your brothers are standing outside, desiring to see You.”