Parallel Verses
Darby Translation
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?
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
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?
Holman Bible
Don’t we have the right to be accompanied by a Christian wife
International Standard Version
We have the right to take a believing wife with us like the other apostles, the Lord's brothers, and Cephas, don't we?
A Conservative Version
Have we no, not a right to lead about a sister wife, as also the other apostles, and the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas?
American Standard Version
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?
Amplified
Have we not the right to take along with us a believing wife, as do the rest of the apostles and the Lord’s brothers and Cephas (Peter)?
An Understandable Version
Do we not have the right to take a believing [i.e., a Christian] wife with us [on our preaching tours], just like the rest of the apostles, and the Lord's brothers do [i.e., James, Joseph, Judas and Simon. Mark 6:3], and Cephas [i.e., Peter]?
Anderson New Testament
Have we not the right to lead about a sister wife, as the other apostles, and the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas?
Bible in Basic English
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?
Common New Testament
Do we not have a right to take along a believing wife, even as the other apostles and the brothers of the Lord and Cephas?
Daniel Mace New Testament
have not we the liberty to take a christian woman with us in our travels, as well as the rest of the apostles, as the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas did?
Godbey New Testament
Have we not a right to lead about a sister as a wife, as the other apostles also, and the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas?
Goodspeed New Testament
Have we not a right to take a Christian wife about with us, like the rest of the apostles and the Lord's brothers and Cephas?
John Wesley New Testament
Have we not power to lead about with us a sister, a wife, as well as the other apostles, and the brethren of the Lord, and Peter?
Julia Smith Translation
Have we not power to lead about a sister, a wife; as also the rest of the sent, and the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?
King James 2000
Have we not the right to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as other apostles, and as the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas?
Lexham Expanded Bible
Do we not have the right to take along a sister [as] wife, like the rest of the apostles and the brothers of the Lord and Cephas?
Modern King James verseion
Do we not have authority to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as other apostles, and as the brothers of the Lord do, and Cephas?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Either, have we not power to lead about a sister to wife as well as other apostles, and as the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?
Moffatt New Testament
Have we no right to travel with a Christian wife, like the rest of the apostles, like the brothers of the Lord, like Cephas himself?
Montgomery New Testament
Have I no right to take a believing wife with me on my journey, as the rest of the apostles and the Lord's brothers and Peter do?
NET Bible
Do we not have the right to the company of a believing wife, like the other apostles and the Lord's brothers and Cephas?
New Heart English 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?
Noyes New Testament
Have we not a right to carry about with us a sister as a wife, as well as the other apostles, and the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas?
Sawyer New Testament
Have we not a right to lead about a sister, a wife, as also the other apostles; and the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas?
The Emphasized Bible
Have we not a right to take round, a sister wife, - as even the rest of the apostles, and the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Have we not power to carry about with us a sister wife, as do also the other apostles, even the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?
Twentieth Century New Testament
Have not we a right to take a wife with us, if she is a Christian, as the other Apostles and the Master's brothers and Kephas all do?
Webster
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?
Weymouth New Testament
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?
Williams New Testament
It cannot be that we have no right to take a Christian wife about with us, can it, as well as the rest of the apostles and the Lord's brothers, and Cephas?
World English 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?
Worrell New Testament
Have we no right to lead about a sister as our wife, even as the rest of the apostles, and the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas?
Worsley New Testament
we not power to lead about with us a sister a wife as well as other apostles, and the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?
Youngs Literal Translation
have we not authority a sister -- a wife -- to lead about, as also the other apostles, and the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?
Themes
Christ » Appears, after his resurrection » Brethren of
Christian ministers » Marriage of
Jesus Christ » Miscellaneous facts concerning » Brothers (physical) of
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Word Count of 37 Translations in 1 Corinthians 9:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
Paul Gives Up His Rights As An Apostle
4 Have we not a right to eat and to drink? 5 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? 6 Or I alone and Barnabas, have we not a right not to work?
Cross References
Matthew 8:14
And when Jesus had come to Peter's house, he saw his mother-in-law laid down and in a fever;
John 1:42
And he led him to Jesus. Jesus looking at him said, Thou art Simon, the son of Jonas; thou shalt be called Cephas (which interpreted is stone).
Acts 1:14
These gave themselves all with one accord to continual prayer, with several women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.
1 Corinthians 7:7
Now I wish all men to be even as myself: but every one has his own gift of God: one man thus, and another thus.
Galatians 1:19
but I saw none other of the apostles, but James the brother of the Lord.
Song of Songs 4:9-10
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.
Song of Songs 4:12
A garden enclosed is my sister, my spouse; A spring shut up, a fountain sealed.
Song of Songs 5:1-2
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, beloved ones!
Matthew 12:46-50
But while he was yet speaking to the crowds, behold, his mother and his brethren stood without, seeking to speak to him.
Matthew 13:55
Is not this the son of the carpenter? Is not his mother called Mary, and his brethren James, and Joseph, and Simon, and Judas?
Mark 1:30
And the mother-in-law of Simon lay in a fever. And straightway they speak to 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 were offended in him.
Luke 6:15
and Matthew and Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus and Simon who was called Zealot,
John 2:12
After this he descended to Capernaum, he and his mother and his brethren and his disciples; and there they abode not many days.
Romans 16:1
But I commend to you Phoebe, our sister, who is minister of the assembly which is in Cenchrea;
1 Corinthians 1:12
But I speak of this, that each of you says, I am of Paul, and I of Apollos, and I of Cephas, and I of Christ.
1 Corinthians 7:15
But if the unbeliever go away, let them go away; a brother or a sister is not bound in such cases, but God has called us in peace.
1 Corinthians 7:39
A wife is bound for whatever time her husband lives; but if the husband be fallen asleep, she is free to be married to whom she will, only in the Lord.
1 Timothy 3:2
The overseer then must be irreproachable, husband of one wife, sober, discreet, decorous, hospitable, apt to teach;
1 Timothy 4:3
forbidding to marry, bidding to abstain from meats, which God has created for receiving with thanksgiving for them who are faithful and know the truth.
1 Timothy 5:2
elder women as mothers, younger women as sisters, with all purity.
Titus 1:6
if any one be free from all charge against him, husband of one wife, having believing children not accused of excess or unruly.
Hebrews 13:4
Let marriage be held every way in honour, and the bed be undefiled; for fornicators and adulterers will God judge.