1 Corinthians 9:5

The English Standar Version

Do we not have the right to take along a believing wife,[1] as do the other apostles and the brothers of the Lord and Cephas?

Cross References

Song of Solomon 4:12

A garden locked is my sister, my bride, a spring 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

And when Jesus entered Peter's house, he saw his mother-in-law lying sick with a fever.

Mark 1:30

Now Simon's mother-in-law lay ill with a fever, and immediately they told him about her.

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 the 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, desiring to see you."

John 1:42

He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, "So you are Simon the son of John? You shall be called Cephas" (which means Peter[9] ).

John 2:12

After this he went down to Capernaum, with his mother and his brothers[2] and his disciples, and they stayed there for a few days.

Acts 1:14

All these with one accord were devoting themselves to prayer, together with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers.[3]

Romans 16:1

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

1 Corinthians 1:12

What I mean is that each one of you says, "I follow Paul," or "I follow Apollos," or "I follow Cephas," or "I follow Christ."

1 Corinthians 7:15

But if the unbelieving partner separates, let it be so. In such cases the brother or sister is not enslaved. God has called you[2] 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 whom she wishes, only in the Lord.

1 Corinthians 7:7

I wish that all were as I myself am. But each has his own gift from God, one of one kind and one of another.

1 Corinthians 7:8

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

Galatians 1:19

But I saw none of the other apostles except James the Lord's brother.

1 Timothy 3:2

Therefore an overseer[1] must be above reproach, the husband of one wife,[2] sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,

1 Timothy 4:3

who 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 like mothers, younger women like sisters, in all purity.

Titus 1:6

if anyone is above reproach, the husband of one wife,[3] and his children are believers and not open to the charge of debauchery or insubordination.

Hebrews 13:4

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