My sister, my bride, you are a locked garden – a locked garden and a sealed spring.
1 Corinthians 9:5 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Don’t we have the right to be accompanied by a believing wife like the other apostles, the Lord’s brothers, and Cephas? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 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 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 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? |
My sister, my bride, you are a locked garden – a locked garden and a sealed spring.
Isn’t this the carpenter’s son? Isn’t his mother called Mary, and his brothers James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas?
Jesus went into Peter’s house and saw his mother-in-law lying in bed with a fever.
Simon’s mother-in-law was lying in bed with a fever, and they told him about her at once.
Isn’t this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and the brother of James, Joses, Judas, and Simon? And aren’t his sisters here with us? ’ So they were offended by him.
Matthew and Thomas; James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon called the Zealot;
He was told, ‘Your mother and your brothers are standing outside, wanting to see you.’
and he brought Simon to Jesus. When Jesus saw him, he said, ‘You are Simon, son of John. You will be called Cephas’ (which is translated ‘Peter’ ).
After this, he went down to Capernaum, together with his mother, his brothers, and his disciples, and they stayed there only a few days.
They all were continually united in prayer, along with the women, including Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers.
I commend to you our sister Phoebe, who is a servant of the church in Cenchreae.
What I am saying is this: One of you says, ‘I belong to Paul,’ or ‘I belong to Apollos,’ or ‘I belong to Cephas,’ or ‘I belong to Christ.’
But if the unbeliever leaves, let him leave. A brother or a sister is not bound in such cases. God has called you to live in peace.
A wife is bound as long as her husband is living. But if her husband dies, she is free to be married to anyone she wants #– #only in the Lord.
I wish that all people were as I am. But each has his own gift from God, one person has this gift, another has that.
I say to the unmarried and to widows: It is good for them if they remain as I am.
But I didn’t see any of the other apostles except James, the Lord’s brother.
An overseer, therefore, must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, self-controlled, sensible, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,
They forbid marriage and demand abstinence from foods that God created to be received with gratitude by those who believe and know the truth.
older women as mothers, and the younger women as sisters with all purity.
An elder must be blameless, the husband of one wife, with faithful children who are not accused of wildness or rebellion.
Marriage is to be honoured by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, because God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.