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1 Corinthians 9:5

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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?

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1 Corinthians 9:5 in other translations

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?

1 Corinthians 9:5 · American Standard Version

1 Corinthians 9:5 in context

  1. 3My defense to those who examine me is this:
  2. 4Have we no right to eat and to drink?
  3. 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?
  4. 6Or have only Barnabas and I no right to not work?
  5. 7What soldier ever serves at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard, and doesn’t eat of its fruit? Or who feeds a flock, and doesn’t drink from the flock’s milk?