1 Corinthians 9:5
Have we not a right to take round, a sister wife,—as even the rest of the apostles, and the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
4Have we not a right to eat and drink?
6Or have, only I and Barnabas, not a right to forbear working?
Cross References
Song of Solomon 4:12A garden barred, is my sister, bride,—a spring barred, a fountain sealed:
Matthew 8:14And Jesus, coming into the house of Peter, saw his mother-in-law laid prostrate and in a fever,
Matthew 13:55Is not, this one, the carpenter’s, son? Is not, his mother, called Mary, and are not his brethren—James and Joseph, and Simon, and Judas?
Mark 6:3Is not, this, the carpenter? the son of Mary, the brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? And are not his sisters here with us?—and they were finding cause of stumbling in him.
Luke 8:20And it was reported to him—Thy mother and thy brethren, are standing outside, desiring, to see, thee.
John 2:12After this, he came down into Capernaum,—he, and his mother and 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 →