1 Corinthians 9:5
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?
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
4Have we not a right to eat and drink?
6Or am I alone and Barnabas bound to labor with our own hands?
Cross References
Song of Solomon 4:12A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse; A spring shut up, a fountain sealed;
Matthew 8:14And when Jesus had come into Peter's house, he saw his wife's mother lying sick of a fever.
Matthew 13:55Is not this the carpenter's son? Is not his mother called Mary, and his brothers, 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 Judah, and Simon? And are not his sisters here with us? And they took offence at him.
Luke 8:20And word was brought to him, Thy mother and thy brothers stand without, desiring to see thee.
John 2:12After this he went down to Capernaum, he and his mother, and his brothers, and his disciples; and they abode 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 →