5have we not authority a sister — a wife — to lead about, as also the other apostles, and the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?


In Context

2 if to others I am not an apostle — yet doubtless to you I am; for the seal of my apostleship are ye in the Lord.

3 My defence to those who examine me in this;

4 have we not authority to eat and to drink?

5 have we not authority a sister — a wife — to lead about, as also the other apostles, and the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?

6 or only I and Barnabas, have we not authority — not to work?

7 who doth serve as a soldier at his own charges at any time? who doth plant a vineyard, and of its fruit doth not eat? or who doth feed a flock, and of the milk of the flock doth not eat?

1 Corinthians 9:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:5Have we not power to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as other apostles, and [as] the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

9:5Don't we have the right to take a believing wife along with us, as do the other apostles and the Lord's brothers and Cephas ?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

9:5Have 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?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

9:5Have 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?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:5have we not a right to take round a sister as wife, as also the other apostles, and the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:5Have 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?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:5Have we not power to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as other apostles, and as the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:5Have 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?

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:5Have we not power to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as other apostles, and as the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas?