1 Corinthians 9:5

5 Don’t we have the right to take a believing wife along with us, as do the other apostles and the Lord’s brothers and Cephas[a] ?

1 Corinthians 9:5 in Other Translations

KJV
5 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?
ESV
5 Do we not have the right to take along a believing wife, as do the other apostles and the brothers of the Lord and Cephas?
NLT
5 Don’t we have the right to bring a believing wife with us as the other apostles and the Lord’s brothers do, and as Peter does?
MSG
5 and we have a right to support for us and our families. You don't seem to have raised questions with the other apostles and our Master's brothers and Peter in these matters.
CSB
5 Don't we have the right to be accompanied by a Christian wife, like the other apostles, the Lord's brothers, and Cephas?

1 Corinthians 9:5 In-Context

3 This is my defense to those who sit in judgment on me.
4 Don’t we have the right to food and drink?
5 Don’t we have the right to take a believing wife along with us, as do the other apostles and the Lord’s brothers and Cephas ?
6 Or is it only I and Barnabas who lack the right to not work for a living?
7 Who serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat its grapes? Who tends a flock and does not drink the milk?

Cross References 3

  • 1. 1 Corinthians 7:7,8
  • 2. S Matthew 12:46
  • 3. S 1 Corinthians 1:12

Footnotes 1

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