1 Corinthians 9:5
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?
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
4Have we not a right to eat and to drink?
6Or *I* alone and Barnabas, have we not a right not to work?
Cross References
Song of Solomon 4:12A garden enclosed is my sister, [my] spouse; A spring shut up, a fountain sealed.
Matthew 8:14And when Jesus had come to Peter's house, he saw his mother-in-law laid down and in a fever;
Matthew 13:55Is not this the son of the carpenter? Is not his mother called Mary, and his brethren James, and Joseph, and Simon, and Judas?
Mark 6:3Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and brother of James, and Joses, and Judas, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended in him.
Luke 8:20And it was told him [saying], Thy mother and thy brethren stand without, wishing to see thee.
John 2:12After this he descended to Capernaum, he and his mother and his brethren and his disciples; and there they abode not many days.
Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 9:4-15
Rights of a Christian Minister. ( a. d. 57.) 3 Mine answer to them that do examine me is this, 4 Have we not power to eat and to drink? 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? 6 Or I only and Barnabas, have not we power to forbear working? 7 Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock? 8 Say I these… Read the whole commentary →