1 Corinthians 9:5

KJV1611 – Modern English

Do we not have the right to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as other apostles, and the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas?

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  • Matt 8:14 : 14 And when Jesus came into Peter's house, he saw his wife's mother lying sick with a fever.
  • John 1:42 : 42 And he brought him to Jesus. Now when Jesus looked at him, he said, You are Simon the son of Jonah. You shall be called Cephas, (which is translated, A Stone.)
  • Acts 1:14 : 14 These all continued in one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with His brothers.
  • 1 Cor 7:7 : 7 For I wish that all men were as I am. But each one has his own gift from God, one in this manner and another in that.
  • Gal 1:19 : 19 But I saw none of the other apostles except James, the Lord's brother.
  • 1 Tim 3:2 : 2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behavior, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
  • 1 Tim 4:3 : 3 Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.
  • 1 Tim 5:2 : 2 The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.
  • Titus 1:6 : 6 If anyone is blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of dissipation or insubordination.
  • Heb 13:4 : 4 Marriage is honorable among all, and the bed undefiled; but fornicators and adulterers God will judge.
  • 1 Cor 7:15 : 15 But if the unbeliever departs, let them depart; a brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases. But God has called us to peace.
  • 1 Cor 7:39 : 39 A wife is bound by law as long as her husband lives; but if her husband dies, she is at liberty to be married to whom she wishes, only in the Lord.
  • Rom 16:1 : 1 I commend to you Phoebe our sister, who is a servant of the church in Cenchreae:
  • 1 Cor 1:12 : 12 Now I say this, that every one of you says, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ.
  • John 2:12 : 12 After this he went down to Capernaum, he, his mother, his brothers, and his disciples: and they stayed there a few days.
  • Song 4:9-9 : 9 You have ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse; you have ravished my heart with one of your eyes, with one chain of your neck. 10 How fair is your love, my sister, my spouse! how much better is your love than wine! and the fragrance of your ointments than all spices!
  • Song 4:12 : 12 A garden enclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.
  • Song 5:1-2 : 1 I have come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, O friends; drink, yes, drink abundantly, O beloved. 2 I sleep, but my heart wakes: it is the voice of my beloved that knocks, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled; for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night.
  • Matt 12:46-50 : 46 While he yet talked to the people, behold, his mother and his brothers stood outside, desiring to speak with him. 47 Then one said to him, Look, your mother and your brothers stand outside, desiring to speak with you. 48 But he answered and said to him who told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brothers? 49 And he stretched out his hand toward his disciples and said, Look, my mother and my brothers! 50 For whoever does the will of my Father who is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.
  • Matt 13:55 : 55 Isn't this the carpenter's son? Isn't his mother's name Mary, and aren't his brothers James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas?
  • Mark 1:30 : 30 But Simon's wife's mother lay sick with a fever, and they immediately told him about her.
  • Mark 6:3 : 3 Is this not the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, Joses, Judas, and Simon? And are not his sisters here with us? And they took offense at him.
  • Luke 6:15 : 15 Matthew and Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon called the Zealot,

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