1 Corinthians 9:5
Have we not power to carry about a woman, a sister, as well as the rest of the apostles, and the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
4Have not we power to eat and to drink?
6Or I only and Barnabas, have not we power to do this?
Cross References
Song of Solomon 4:12My sister, my spouse, is a garden enclosed, a garden enclosed, a fountain sealed up.
Matthew 8:14And when Jesus was come into Peter's house, he saw his wife's mother lying, and sick of a fever:
Matthew 13:55Is not this the carpenter's son? Is not his mother called Mary, and his brethren James, and Joseph, and Simon, and Jude:
Mark 6:3Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joseph, and Jude, and Simon? are not also his sisters here with us? And they were scandalized in regard of him.
Luke 8:20And it was told him: Thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to see thee.
John 2:12After this he went down to Capharnaum, he and his mother, and his brethren, and his disciples: and they remained there 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 →