1 Corinthians 9:5

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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?

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  • Matt 8:14 : 14 And when Jesus had come into Peter's house, he saw his wife's mother in bed, very ill.
  • John 1:42 : 42 And he took him to Jesus. Looking at him fixedly Jesus said, You are Simon, the son of John; your name will be Cephas (which is to say, Peter).
  • Acts 1:14 : 14 And they all with one mind gave themselves up to prayer, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers.
  • 1 Cor 7:7 : 7 It is my desire that all men might be even as I am. But every man has the power of his special way of life given him by God, one in this way and one in that.
  • Gal 1:19 : 19 But of the other Apostles I saw only James, the Lord's brother.
  • 1 Tim 3:2 : 2 The Bishop, then, is to be a man of good name, the husband of one wife, self-controlled, serious-minded, having respect for order, opening his house freely to guests, a ready teacher;
  • 1 Tim 4:3 : 3 Who keep men from being married and from taking food which God made to be taken with praise by those who have faith and true knowledge.
  • 1 Tim 5:2 : 2 To the older women as to mothers, to the younger as to sisters, with a clean heart.
  • Titus 1:6 : 6 Men having a good record, husbands of one wife, whose children are of the faith, children of whom it may not be said that they are given to loose living or are uncontrolled.
  • Heb 13:4 : 4 Let married life be honoured among all of you and not made unclean; for men untrue in married life will be judged by God.
  • 1 Cor 7:15 : 15 But if the one who is not a Christian has a desire to go away, let it be so: the brother or the sister in such a position is not forced to do one thing or the other: but it is God's pleasure that we may be at peace with one another.
  • 1 Cor 7:39 : 39 It is right for a wife to be with her husband as long as he is living; but when her husband is dead, she is free to be married to another; but only to a Christian.
  • Rom 16:1 : 1 It is my desire to say a good word for Phoebe, who is a servant of the church in Cenchreae:
  • 1 Cor 1:12 : 12 That is, that some of you say, I am of Paul; some say, I am of Apollos; some say, I am of Cephas; and some say, I am Christ's.
  • John 2:12 : 12 After this he went down to Capernaum, with his mother, his brothers, and his disciples, and they were there not more than two or three days.
  • Song 4:9-9 : 9 You have taken away my heart, my sister, my bride; you have taken away my heart, with one look you have taken it, with one chain of your neck! 10 How fair is your love, my sister! How much better is your love than wine, and the smell of your oils than any perfume!
  • Song 4:12 : 12 A garden walled-in is my sister, my bride; a garden shut up, a spring of water stopped.
  • Song 5:1-2 : 1 I have come into my garden, my sister, my bride; to take my myrrh with my spice; my wax with my honey; my wine with my milk. Take meat, O friends; take wine, yes, be overcome with love. 2 I am sleeping, but my heart is awake; it is the sound of my loved one at the door, saying, Be open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my very beautiful one; my head is wet with dew, and my hair with the drops of the night.
  • Matt 12:46-50 : 46 While he was still talking to the people, his mother and his brothers came, desiring to have talk with him. 47 And one said to him, See, your mother and your brothers are outside, desiring to have talk with you. 48 But he in answer said to him who gave the news, Who is my mother and who are my brothers? 49 And he put out his hand to his disciples and said, See, my mother and my brothers! 50 For whoever does the pleasure of my Father in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.
  • Matt 13:55 : 55 Is not this the woodworker's son? is not his mother named Mary? and his brothers James and Joseph and Simon and Judas?
  • Mark 1:30 : 30 Now Simon's wife's mother was ill, with a burning heat; and they gave him word of her:
  • Mark 6:3 : 3 Is not this the woodworker, the son of Mary, and brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were bitter against him.
  • Luke 6:15 : 15 And Matthew and Thomas and James, the son of Alphaeus, and Simon, who was named the Zealot,

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    3Let the husband give to the wife what is right; and let the wife do the same to the husband.

    4The wife has not power over her body, but the husband; and in the same way the husband has not power over his body, but the wife.

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