Parallel Verses
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?
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
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?
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
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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 We have the right to earn our food, don't we? 5 We have the right to take a believing wife with us like the other apostles, the Lord's brothers, and Cephas, don't we? 6 Or is it only Barnabas and I who have to keep on working for a living?
Cross References
Matthew 8:14
When Jesus went into Peter's house, he saw Peter's mother-in-law lying in bed, sick with a fever.
John 1:42
He led Simon to Jesus. Jesus looked at him intently and said, "You are Simon, John's son. You will be called Cephas!" (which is translated "Peter").
Acts 1:14
With one mind, all of them kept devoting themselves to prayer, along with the women (including Mary the mother of Jesus) and his brothers.
1 Corinthians 7:7
I would like everyone to be unmarried, like I am. However, each person has a special gift from God, one this and another that.
Galatians 1:19
But I did not see any other apostle except James, the Lord's brother.
Song of Songs 4:9-10
You have made my heart beat faster, my sister, my bride. You have made my heart beat faster with one glance of your eyes, with one strand of your necklace.
Song of Songs 4:12
My sister, my bride, is a locked garden a locked rock garden, a sealed up spring.
Song of Songs 5:1-2
I've come into my garden, my sister, my bride; I've gathered my myrrh with my spices. I've eaten my honeycomb with my honey. I've drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, friends! Drink and become drunk with love.
Matthew 12:46-50
While Jesus was still speaking to the crowds, his mother and brothers stood outside, wanting to speak to him.
Matthew 13:55
This is the builder's son, isn't it? His mother is named Mary, isn't she? His brothers are James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas, aren't they?
Mark 1:30
Now Simon's mother-in-law was lying in bed, sick with a fever, so they promptly told Jesus about her.
Mark 6:3
This is the builder, the son of Mary, and the brother of James, Joseph, Judas, and Simon, isn't it? His sisters are here with us, aren't they?" And they were offended by him.
Luke 6:15
Matthew, Thomas, James (the son of Alphaeus), Simon (who was called the Zealot),
John 2:12
After this, Jesus went down to Capernaum he, his mother, his brothers, and his disciples and they remained there for a few days.
Romans 16:1
Now I commend to you our sister Phoebe, a deaconess in the church at Cenchrea.
1 Corinthians 1:12
This is what I mean: Each of you is saying, "I belong to Paul," or "I belong to Apollos," or "I belong to Cephas," or "I belong to the Messiah."
1 Corinthians 7:15
But if the unbelieving partner leaves, let him go. In such cases the brother or sister is not under obligation. God has called you to live in peace.
1 Corinthians 7:39
A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, only in the Lord.
1 Timothy 3:2
Therefore, an elder must be blameless, the husband of one wife, stable, sensible, respectable, hospitable to strangers, and teachable.
1 Timothy 4:3
They will try to stop people from marrying and from eating certain foods, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.
1 Timothy 5:2
older women like mothers, and younger women like sisters, with absolute purity.
Titus 1:6
An elder must be blameless. He must be the husband of one wife and have children who are believers and who are not accused of having wild lifestyles or of being rebellious.
Hebrews 13:4
Let marriage be kept honorable in every way, and the marriage bed undefiled. For God will judge those who commit sexual sins, especially those who commit adultery.