1 Corinthians 9:5
or have we not authority a sister, a wife, to lead about with us, as the rest of the apostles, and as the brethren of our Lord, and as Kipha?
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
In Context
4Have we not authority to eat and to drink?
6Or have I only, and Bar Naba, not authority to forbear from labour?
Cross References
Matthew 8:14AND Jeshu came to the house of Shemun, and saw his mother-in-law lying, a fever having seized her.
Matthew 13:55Is not this the son of the carpenter? Is not his mother called Mariam, and his brothers, Jakub, and Josi, and Shemun, and Jehuda?
Mark 6:3Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mariam, and the brother of Jacub, and of Josi, and of Jehuda, and of Shemun? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended with him.
Luke 8:20And they said to him, Thy mother and thy brethren are standing without, desiring to see thee.
John 2:12AFTER this he went to Kapher-nachum, he and his mother and his brethren and his disciples. And they were there a few 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 →