1 Corinthians 9:5
“Haue we not power to lead about a sister a wife aswel as other Apostles, and as the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?”
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1 Corinthians 9:5 Context
3Mine answere to them that doe examine me, is this: 4Haue wee not power to eate and to drinke? 5Haue we not power to lead about a sister a wife aswel as other Apostles, and as the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas? 6Or I onely and Barnabas, haue not we power to forbeare working? 7Who goeth a warfare any time at his owne charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruite thereof? or who feedeth a flocke, and eateth not of the milke of the flocke?
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Other Translations for 1 Corinthians 9:5
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?
- King James Version
Do we not have a right to take along a believing wife, even as the rest of the apostles and the brothers of the Lord and Cephas?
- New American Standard Version (1995)
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?
- American Standard Version (1901)
Have we no right to take about with us a Christian wife, like the rest of the Apostles, and the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas?
- Basic English Bible
have we not a right to take round a sister [as] wife, as also the other apostles, and the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?
- Darby Bible
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?
- Webster's Bible
Have we not a right to take with us on our journeys a Christian sister as our wife, as the rest of the Apostles do--and the Lord's brothers and Peter?
- Weymouth Bible
Have we no right to take along a wife who is a believer, even as the rest of the apostles, and the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas?
- World English Bible
Whether we han not power to lede aboute a womman a sistir, as also othere apostlis, and britheren of the Lord, and Cefas?
- Wycliffe Bible
have we not authority a sister -- a wife -- to lead about, as also the other apostles, and the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?
- Youngs Literal Bible
Wesley's Notes for 1 Corinthians 9:5
9:5 Have we not power to lead about with us a sister, a wife - And to demand sustenance for her also? As well as the other apostles - Who therefore, it is plain, did this. And Peter - Hence we learn, That St. Peter continued to live with his wife after he became an apostle: That he had no rights as an apostle which were not common to St. Paul.
People's Bible Notes for 1 Corinthians 9:5
1Co 9:5 Have we not power to lead about a sister, a wife? Peter (Cephas) was a married man. Other apostles had wives. Had Paul no right to have a wife? The answer is that he had this liberty as well as others if he had chosen to use it. Brethren of the Lord. See Mt 13:55 Mr 6:3 Lu 6:15 Ga 1:19.