Parallel Verses
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?
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?
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 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?
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 no right to eat and drink at the expense of the churches? 5 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? 6 What! are we the only ones, myself and Barnabas, who are denied the right of abstaining from work for our living?
Cross References
Matthew 8:14
On entering the house of Peter, Jesus noticed his mother-in-law was down with fever,
John 1:42
He took him to Jesus; Jesus gazed at him and said, "You are Simon, the son of John? Your name is to be Cephas" (meaning 'Peter' or 'rock').
Acts 1:14
All these men resorted with one mind to prayer, together with the women, with Mary the mother of Jesus and with his brothers.
1 Corinthians 7:7
I would like all men to be as I am. However, everyone is endowed by God in his own way; he has a gift for the one life or the other.
Galatians 1:19
I saw no other apostle, only James the brother of the Lord.
Matthew 12:46-50
He was still speaking to the crowds when his mother and brothers came and stood outside; they wanted to speak to him.
Matthew 13:55
Is this not the son of the joiner? Is not his mother called Mary, and his brothers James and Joseph and Simon and Judas?
Mark 1:30
Simon's mother-in-law was in bed with fever, so they told him at once about her,
Mark 6:3
Is this not the joiner, the son of Mary and the brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? Are not his sisters settled here among us?" So they were repelled by him.
Luke 6:15
Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Simon (who was called 'the Zealot'),
John 2:12
After this he travelled down to Capharnahum, with his mother and brothers and his disciples; they stayed there for a few days.
Romans 16:1
Let me introduce our sister Phoebe, a deaconess of the church at Cenchreae;
1 Corinthians 1:12
By 'quarrelling' I mean that each of you has his party-cry, "I belong to Paul," "And I to Apollos," "And I to Cephas," "And I to Christ."
1 Corinthians 7:15
(Should the unbelieving partner be determined to separate, however, separation let it be; in such cases the Christian brother or sister is not tied to marriage.) It is to a life of peace that God has called us.
1 Corinthians 7:39
A woman is bound to her husband during his lifetime; but if he dies, she is free to marry anyone she pleases ??only, it must be a Christian.
1 Timothy 3:2
Well, for the office of a bishop a man must be above reproach; he must be only married once, he must be temperate, master of himself, unruffled, hospitable, a skilled teacher,
1 Timothy 5:2
older women like mothers, younger women like sisters ??with perfect propriety.
Titus 1:6
men who are above reproach, only once married, with children who believe and who are not liable to the charge of being profligate or insubordinate.
Hebrews 13:4
Let marriage be held in honour by all, and keep the marriage-bed unstained. God will punish the vicious and adulterous.