Do we not havea rightto take alonga believingwife,evenas the restof the apostlesand the brothersof the Lordand Cephas?
"A gardenlockedis my sister,[my] bride,A rockgardenlocked,a springsealedup.
"Is not thisthe carpenter'sson?Is not His mothercalledMary,and His brothers,Jamesand Josephand Simonand Judas?
When Jesuscameinto Peter'shome,He sawhis mother-in-lawlying sickin bed with a fever.
NowSimon'smother-in-lawwas lying sickwith a fever;and immediatelythey spoketo Jesus abouther.
"Is not thisthe carpenter,the sonof Mary,and brotherof Jamesand Josesand Judasand Simon?Are not His sistersherewith us?" And they took offenseat Him.
and Matthewand Thomas;James[the son] of Alphaeus,and Simonwho was calledthe Zealot;
And it was reportedto Him, "Your motherand Your brothersare standingoutside,wishingto seeYou."
He broughthim to Jesus.Jesuslookedat him and said,"You are Simonthe sonof John;you shall be calledCephas"(whichis translatedPeter).
AfterthisHe went downto Capernaum,He and His motherand [His] brothersand His disciples;and they stayedtherea fewdays.
Theseallwith one mindwere continually devoting themselvesto prayer,alongwith [the] women,and Marythe motherof Jesus,and with His brothers.
I commendto you our sisterPhoebe,who is a servantof the churchwhich is at Cenchrea;
NowI meanthis,that each oneof you is saying,"I amof Paul,"and "I of Apollos,"and "I of Cephas,"and "I of Christ."
Yetifthe unbelieving oneleaves,let him leave;the brotherorthe sisteris not under bondagein such[cases], but Godhas calledus to peace.
A wifeis boundas longas her husbandlives;but ifher husbandis dead,she is freeto be marriedto whomshe wishes,onlyin the Lord.
YetI wishthat allmenwere evenas I myselfam. However,each manhashis owngiftfrom God,onein thismanner,and anotherin that.
But I sayto the unmarriedand to widowsthat it is goodfor them ifthey remainevenas I.
But I did not seeany otherof the apostlesexceptJames,the Lord'sbrother.
An overseer,then,mustbe above reproach,the husbandof onewife,temperate,prudent,respectable,hospitable,able to teach,
[men] who forbidmarriage[and advocate] abstainingfrom foodswhichGodhas createdto be gratefullysharedin by thosewho believeand knowthe truth.
the older womenas mothers,[and] the youngerwomenas sisters,in allpurity.
[namely], ifany manis above reproach,the husbandof onewife,havingchildrenwho believe,not accusedof dissipationorrebellion.
Marriage[is to be held] in honoramongall,and the [marriage] bed[is to be] undefiled;for fornicatorsand adulterersGodwill judge.
