Parallel Verses

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?

New American Standard Bible

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?

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 like the other apostles, the Lord’s brothers, and Cephas?

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?

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?

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 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?

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Have we
ἔχω 
Echo 
have, be, need , , vr have
Usage: 479

not
οὐ 
Ou 
not, no, cannot ,
Usage: 1032

ἐξουσία 
Exousia 
Usage: 79

to lead about
περιάγω 
Periago 
Usage: 5

a sister
G79
ἀδελφή 
Adelphe 
Usage: 18

a wife
γυνή 
Gune 
Usage: 187

as well
ὡς 
Hos 
as, when, how, as it were, about,
Usage: 417

as

and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0

λοιποί 
Loipoy 
Usage: 33

ἀπόστολος 
Apostolos 
Usage: 78

and



and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0
Usage: 0

as the brethren
G80
ἀδελφός 
Adelphos 
Usage: 302

of the Lord
κύριος 
Kurios 
Usage: 643

Context Readings

Paul Gives Up His Rights As An Apostle

4 Do we not have authority to eat and to drink? 5 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? 6 Or is it only Barnabas and I who have no authority whether not to work?

Cross References

Matthew 8:14

And when Jesus had come into Peter's house, He saw his wife's mother laid out and in a fever.

John 1:42

And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus saw him, He said, You are Simon the son of Jonah; you shall be called Cephas (which translated is, A stone).

Acts 1:14

these all were continuing with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with His brothers.

1 Corinthians 7:7

For I would that all men were even as I myself am. But each has his proper gift from God, one according to this manner and another according to that.

Galatians 1:19

But I saw no other of the apostles, except James the Lord's brother.

Song of Songs 4:9-10

You have ravished My heart, My sister, My spouse; you have ravished My heart with one of your eyes, with one chain of your neck.

Song of Songs 4:12

A locked garden is My sister, My spouse; a rock heap locked up, a fountain sealed.

Song of Songs 5:1-2

I have 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.

Matthew 12:46-50

But while He yet talked with the people, behold, His mother and His brothers stood outside, desiring to speak with Him.

Matthew 13:55

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

Mark 1:30

But Simon's wife's mother lay sick of a fever, and at once they told Him about her.

Mark 6:3

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

Luke 6:15

Matthew and Thomas; James the son of Alpheus, and Simon who was called Zelotes;

John 2:12

After this He went down to Capernaum, He and His mother and His brothers and His disciples. And they did not stay there many days.

Romans 16:1

I commend to you Phoebe our sister, who is a servant of the church in Cenchrea,

1 Corinthians 1:12

But I say this, that every one 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 unbelieving one separates, let him be separated. A brother or a sister is not in bondage in such cases, but God has called us in peace.

1 Corinthians 7:39

The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband lives, but if her husband sleeps in death, she is at liberty to be remarried to whom she will, only in the Lord.

1 Timothy 3:2

Then it behooves the overseer to be without reproach, husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, well-ordered, hospitable, apt at teaching,

1 Timothy 4:3

forbidding to marry, saying to abstain from foods which God has created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.

1 Timothy 5:2

older women as mothers, the younger as sisters in all purity.

Titus 1:6

if anyone is blameless, husband of one wife, having believing children, not accused of loose behavior, or disobedient.

Hebrews 13:4

Marriage is honorable in all, and the bed undefiled, but fornicators and adulterers God will judge.

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