1 Corinthians 9:5

New American Bible - revised edition

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

Cross References

Song of Solomon 4:12

M A garden enclosed, my sister, my bride, a garden enclosed, a fountain sealed!

Matthew 13:55

Is he not the carpenter’s son? Is not his mother named Mary and his brothers James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas?

Matthew 8:14

Jesus entered the house of Peter, and saw his mother-in-law lying in bed with a fever.

Mark 1:30

Simon’s mother-in-law lay sick with a fever. They immediately told him about her.

Mark 6:3

Is he not the carpenter, the son of Mary, and the 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

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

Luke 8:20

He was told, “Your mother and your brothers are standing outside and they wish to see you.”

John 1:42

Then he brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, “You are Simon the son of John; you will be called Cephas” (which is translated Peter).

John 2:12

After this, he and his mother, [his] brothers, and his disciples went down to Capernaum and stayed there only a few days. Cleansing of the Temple.

Acts 1:14

All these devoted themselves with one accord to prayer, together with some women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers. The Choice of Judas’s Successor.

Romans 16:1

I commend to you Phoebe our sister, who is [also] a minister of the church at Cenchreae,

1 Corinthians 1:12

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

1 Corinthians 7:15

If the unbeliever separates, however, let him separate. The brother or sister is not bound in such cases; God has called you to peace.

1 Corinthians 7:39

A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to be married to whomever she wishes, provided that it be in the Lord.

1 Corinthians 7:7

Indeed, I wish everyone to be as I am, but each has a particular gift from God, one of one kind and one of another.

1 Corinthians 7:8

Now to the unmarried and to widows I say: it is a good thing for them to remain as they are, as I do,

Galatians 1:19

But I did not see any other of the apostles, only James the brother of the Lord.

1 Timothy 3:2

Therefore, a bishop must be irreproachable, married only once, temperate, self-controlled, decent, hospitable, able to teach,

1 Timothy 4:3

They forbid marriage and require abstinence from foods that God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.

1 Timothy 5:2

older women as mothers, and younger women as sisters with complete purity. Rules for Widows.

Titus 1:6

on condition that a man be blameless, married only once, with believing children who are not accused of licentiousness or rebellious.

Hebrews 13:4

Let marriage be honored among all and the marriage bed be kept undefiled, for God will judge the immoral and adulterers.