1 Corinthians 9:5

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Do we not have the right to take along a believing wife, as do the other apostles and the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas?

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  • Matt 8:14 : 14 When Jesus came into Peter’s house, He saw Peter’s mother-in-law lying in bed with a fever.
  • John 1:42 : 42 Then he brought him to Jesus, who looked at him and said, 'You are Simon son of Jonah. You will be called Cephas' (which when translated is Peter).
  • Acts 1:14 : 14 They all continued steadfastly in prayer and supplication, along with the women, Mary the mother of Jesus, and His brothers.
  • 1 Cor 7:7 : 7 I wish that all people were as I am. But each has his own gift from God, one of one kind and one of another.
  • Gal 1:19 : 19 But I saw none of the other apostles except James, the Lord's brother.
  • 1 Tim 3:2 : 2 Therefore, an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,
  • 1 Tim 4:3 : 3 They will forbid marriage and require abstinence from certain foods, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.
  • 1 Tim 5:2 : 2 older women as mothers, and younger women as sisters—with absolute purity.
  • Titus 1:6 : 6 An elder must be blameless, the husband of one wife, with faithful children who are not accused of wild living or rebellion.
  • Heb 13:4 : 4 Marriage is to be honored by all, and the marriage bed kept pure, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.
  • 1 Cor 7:15 : 15 But if the unbeliever departs, let them do so. A brother or sister is not bound in such circumstances. God has called us to live in peace.
  • 1 Cor 7:39 : 39 A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, only in the Lord.
  • Rom 16:1 : 1 I commend to you our sister Phoebe, who is a servant of the church in Cenchrea.
  • 1 Cor 1:12 : 12 What I mean is this: One of you says, 'I follow Paul,' another, 'I follow Apollos,' another, 'I follow Cephas,' and still another, 'I follow Christ.'
  • John 2:12 : 12 After this, He went down to Capernaum with His mother, His brothers, and His disciples, and they stayed there for a few days.
  • Song 4:9-9 : 9 You have captivated my heart, my sister, my bride; you have captivated my heart with one glance of your eyes, with one jewel of your necklace. 10 How beautiful is your love, my sister, my bride! How much better is your love than wine, and the fragrance of your oils than any spice!
  • Song 4:12 : 12 A locked garden is my sister, my bride—an enclosed spring, a sealed fountain.
  • Song 5:1-2 : 1 I have entered my garden, my sister, my bride; I have gathered my myrrh with my spices. I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, friends, and drink; be intoxicated with love. 2 I was sleeping, but my heart was awake. I heard the sound of my beloved knocking: "Open to me, my sister, my darling, my dove, my perfect one, for my head is drenched with dew and my hair with the dampness of the night."
  • Matt 12:46-50 : 46 While Jesus was still speaking to the crowds, His mother and brothers stood outside, wanting to speak to Him. 47 Someone told Him, 'Look, Your mother and Your brothers are standing outside, wanting to speak to You.' 48 But Jesus replied to the one who told Him, 'Who is My mother, and who are My brothers?' 49 Stretching out His hand toward His disciples, He said, 'Here are My mother and My brothers!' 50 For whoever does the will of My Father in heaven is My brother and sister and mother.
  • Matt 13:55 : 55 "Isn't this the carpenter's son? Isn't his mother named Mary, and aren't his brothers named James, Joses, Simon, and Judas?"
  • Mark 1:30 : 30 Simon's mother-in-law was lying in bed with a fever, and they immediately told Jesus about her.
  • Mark 6:3 : 3 Isn’t this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and the brother of James, Joseph, Judas, and Simon? Aren’t His sisters here with us?' And they took offense at Him.
  • Luke 6:15 : 15 Matthew and Thomas, James son of Alphaeus, and Simon who was called the Zealot,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Cor 9:1-4
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    85%

    1Am I not an apostle? Am I not free? Have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? Are you not my work in the Lord?

    2If I am not an apostle to others, surely I am to you. For you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.

    3This is my defense to those who examine me.

    4Do we not have the right to eat and drink?

  • 1 Cor 9:6-8
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    6Or is it only Barnabas and I who lack the right to not work for a living?

    7Who serves as a soldier at their own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat its fruit? Or who tends a flock and does not drink the milk from the flock?

    8Do I say these things merely from a human perspective? Doesn’t the Law also say the same?

  • 1 Cor 9:11-12
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    11If we have sown spiritual things among you, is it too much if we reap material benefits from you?

    12If others have this right to receive from you, shouldn’t we have it even more? But we have not used this right. Instead, we endure all things so that we will not be a hindrance to the gospel of Christ.

  • 2 Thess 3:8-9
    2 verses
    73%

    8We did not eat anyone’s bread without paying for it. Instead, we worked with toil and hardship night and day so as not to be a burden to any of you.

    9It was not that we lack the right to receive support, but we wanted to offer ourselves as an example for you to imitate.

  • 1 Cor 7:2-7
    6 verses
    71%

    2But because of sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband.

    3The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband.

    4The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does. Likewise, the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does.

    5Do not deprive one another, except by mutual agreement for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

    6I say this as a concession, not as a command.

    7I wish that all people were as I am. But each has his own gift from God, one of one kind and one of another.

  • 1 Thess 2:6
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    6We did not seek glory from people, neither from you nor from others.

  • 2 Cor 11:5
    68%

    5I do not consider myself in any way inferior to these 'super-apostles.'

  • 1 Cor 7:12
    68%

    12To the rest I say this (I, not the Lord): If any brother has a wife who is an unbeliever and she is willing to live with him, he must not divorce her.

  • 1 Cor 7:15-17
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    15But if the unbeliever departs, let them do so. A brother or sister is not bound in such circumstances. God has called us to live in peace.

    16For how do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?

    17Nevertheless, each person should live as the Lord has assigned them, just as God has called them. This is the rule I lay down in all the churches.

  • Matt 22:25
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    25Now there were seven brothers among us. The first married and died, and since he had no children, he left his wife to his brother.

  • 1 Cor 7:29
    67%

    29This is what I mean, brothers and sisters: The time is short. From now on, those who have wives should live as if they do not.

  • 1 Tim 5:9
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    9A widow should be enrolled only if she is at least sixty years old and has been faithful to one husband,

  • 1 Cor 7:25
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    25Now concerning virgins: I have no command from the Lord, but I give my opinion as one who, by the Lord’s mercy, is trustworthy.

  • 1 Cor 11:11
    66%

    11Nevertheless, in the Lord, woman is not independent of man, nor is man independent of woman.

  • 1 Cor 7:39-40
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    39A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, only in the Lord.

    40Yet in my opinion, she is happier if she remains as she is—and I think that I too have the Spirit of God.

  • Acts 21:5
    66%

    5When our time there was completed, we left and continued on our journey. All the disciples, along with their wives and children, escorted us out of the city. We knelt on the beach, prayed together,

  • 1 Cor 10:22
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    22Or are we trying to provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than He is?

  • 1 Tim 5:16
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    16If any believing man or woman has widows, let them help them and not let the church be burdened, so that it may assist those who are truly widows.

  • 1 Cor 7:9-10
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    66%

    9But if they cannot exercise self-control, they should marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion.

    10To the married I give this command—not I, but the Lord: A wife must not separate from her husband.

  • Gal 2:9
    66%

    9And recognizing the grace given to me, James, Cephas, and John, who were esteemed as pillars, gave the right hand of fellowship to me and Barnabas, so that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised.

  • 1 Cor 3:5
    66%

    5Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos? They are servants through whom you believed, as the Lord has assigned to each.

  • 1 Cor 7:35
    65%

    35I am saying this for your benefit, not to restrict you, but so that you may live in a right way in undivided devotion to the Lord.

  • 1 Cor 5:1
    65%

    1It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and a kind of immorality that is not even found among the Gentiles—a man is sleeping with his father’s wife.

  • Eph 5:22
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    22Wives, submit to your own husbands as to the Lord.

  • Gal 2:14
    65%

    14But when I saw that they were not acting in line with the truth of the gospel, I said to Peter in front of them all, 'If you, being a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you compel the Gentiles to live like Jews?'

  • Titus 2:5
    65%

    5to be self-controlled, pure, committed to their homes, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, so that the word of God may not be slandered.

  • 1 Cor 9:18
    65%

    18What then is my reward? It is that when I preach the gospel, I may offer it free of charge, so as not to make full use of my right in the gospel.

  • 1 Cor 4:6
    65%

    6Brothers and sisters, I have applied these things to myself and Apollos for your sake, so that you may learn from us not to go beyond what is written. Then you will not be puffed up in being a follower of one of us over and against another.

  • 1 Tim 5:14
    65%

    14Therefore, I desire that younger widows marry, bear children, manage their households, and give the adversary no occasion for slander.

  • 2 Cor 10:8
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    8Even if I boast a little more about the authority the Lord gave us for building you up and not for tearing you down, I will not be ashamed.

  • 1 Cor 7:27
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    27Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be free. Are you free from a wife? Do not seek a wife.

  • 1 Thess 3:1
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    1Therefore, when we could no longer endure it, we thought it best to remain in Athens alone.

  • Phlm 1:8
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    8For this reason, although I have great boldness in Christ to command you to do what is right,

  • 1 Tim 2:12
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    12I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man; she must be quiet.