1 Corinthians 9:5

Paul Gives Up His Rights As An Apostle

⁴ Have we not the right to our food and drink [at the expense of the churches]? ⁵ 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)? ⁶ Or is it only Barnabas and I who have no right to stop doing manual labor [in order to support our ministry]?

Cephas

James

Joseph

Judas

Mark

No

Peter

Simon

Matthew 8:14

When Jesus went into Peter’s house [in Capernaum], He saw Peter’s mother-in-law lying sick in bed with a fever.

John 1:42

Andrew brought Simon to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, “You are Simon the son of John. You shall be called Cephas (which is translated Peter).”

Acts 1:14

All these with one mind and one purpose were continually devoting themselves to prayer, [waiting together] along with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with His brothers.

1 Corinthians 7:7

I wish that all the people were as I am; but each person has his own gift from God, one of this kind and one of that.

Galatians 1:19

But I did not see any other apostle except James, the [half] brother of the Lord.

Song of Songs 4:9-10

“You have ravished my heart and given me courage, my sister, my [promised] bride;
You have ravished my heart and given me courage with a single glance of your eyes,
With one jewel of your necklace.

Song of Songs 4:12

“A garden enclosed is my sister, my [promised] bride—
A rock garden locked, a spring sealed up.

Song of Songs 5:1-2

(The Bridegroom)“I have come into my garden, my sister, my [promised] bride;
I have gathered my myrrh along with my balsam and spice [from your sweet words].
I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey;
I have drunk my wine with my milk.
Eat, friends;
Drink and drink deeply, O lovers.”

Matthew 12:46-50

While He was still talking to the crowds, it happened that His mother and brothers stood outside, asking to speak to Him.

Matthew 13:55

Is not this the carpenter’s son? Is not His mother called Mary? And are not His brothers, James and Joseph and Simon and Judas?

Mark 1:30

Now Simon’s mother-in-law was lying sick with a fever; and immediately they told Him about her.

Mark 6:3

Is this not the carpenter, the son of Mary, and the brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? Are His sisters not here with us?” And they were [deeply] offended by Him [and their disapproval blinded them to the fact that He was anointed by God as the Messiah].

Luke 6:15

and Matthew (Levi, the tax collector) and Thomas; and James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon who was called the Zealot;

John 2:12

After this He went down to Capernaum, He and His mother and brothers and His disciples; and they stayed there a few days.

Romans 16:1

Now I introduce and commend to you our sister Phoebe, a deaconess (servant) of the church at Cenchrea,

1 Corinthians 1:12

Now I mean this, that each one of you says, “I am [a disciple] of Paul,” or “I am [a disciple] of Apollos,” or “I am [a disciple] of Cephas (Peter),” or “I am [a disciple] of Christ.”

1 Corinthians 7:15

But if the unbelieving partner leaves, let him leave. In such cases the [remaining] brother or sister is not [spiritually or morally] bound. But God has called us to peace.

1 Corinthians 7:39

A wife is bound [to her husband by law] as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry whomever she wishes, only [provided that he too is] in the Lord.

1 Timothy 3:2

Now an overseer must be blameless and beyond reproach, the husband of one wife, self-controlled, sensible, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,

1 Timothy 4:3

who forbid marriage and advocate abstaining from [certain kinds of] foods which God has created to be gratefully shared by those who believe and have [a clear] knowledge of the truth.

1 Timothy 5:2

to older women as mothers, to younger women as sisters, in all purity [being careful to maintain appropriate relationships].

Titus 1:6

namely, a man of unquestionable integrity, the husband of one wife, having children who believe, not accused of being immoral or rebellious.

Hebrews 13:4

Marriage is to be held in honor among all [that is, regarded as something of great value], and the marriage bed undefiled [by immorality or by any sexual sin]; for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous.