1 Corinthians
King James Version (KJV)


“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?”
King James Version (KJV)
9:5 Have we not power to lead about with us a sister, a wife - And to demand sustenance for her also? As well as the other apostles - Who therefore, it is plain, did this. And Peter - Hence we learn, That St. Peter continued to live with his wife after he became an apostle: That he had no rights as an apostle which were not common to St. Paul.
1Co 9:5 Have we not power to lead about a sister, a wife? Peter (Cephas) was a married man. Other apostles had wives. Had Paul no right to have a wife? The answer is that he had this liberty as well as others if he had chosen to use it. Brethren of the Lord. See Mt 13:55 Mr 6:3 Lu 6:15 Ga 1:19.
Haue we not power to lead about a sister a wife aswel as other Apostles, and as the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
Do we not have a right to take along a believing wife, even as the rest of the apostles and the brothers of the Lord and Cephas?
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Have we no right to lead about a wife that is a believer, even as the rest of the apostles, and the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?
- American Standard Version (1901)
Have we no right to take about with us a Christian wife, like the rest of the Apostles, and the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas?
- Basic English Bible
Have we no right to take along a believing wife, as do the other apostles and the Lord's brothers and Cephas?
- Berean Standard Bible Bible
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 Bible
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 Bible
Have we no right to lead about a wife that is a believer, even as the rest of the apostles, and the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?
- English Revised Version
Have we no right to take along a wife who is a believer, even as the rest of the apostles, and the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas?
- World English Bible