1 Corinthians 9:5

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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?

To lead

A sister

1 Timothy 5:2

The brethren

Galatians 1:19

Bible References

To lead

A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;

Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.

If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly.

Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.

A sister

But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us to peace.

Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck.

I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved.

I commend unto you Phebe our sister, which is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea:

The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.

The brethren

While he yet talked to the people, behold, his mother and his brethren stood without, desiring to speak with him.

Is not this the carpenter's son? is not his mother called Mary? and his brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas?

Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at him.

Matthew and Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon called Zelotes,

After this he went down to Capernaum, he, and his mother, and his brethren, and his disciples: and they continued there not many days.

These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.

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