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1 Corinthians 9:5
New International Version
1 Corinthians 9:5
New International Version
5 Don’t we have the right to take a believing wife(A) along with us, as do the other apostles and the Lord’s brothers(B) and Cephas[a]?(C)
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- 1 Corinthians 9:5 That is, Peter
1 Corinthians 9:5
New American Standard Bible
1 Corinthians 9:5
New American Standard Bible
5 [a](A)Do we not have a right to take along a [b]believing wife, even as the rest of the apostles and the (B)brothers of the Lord, and [c](C)Cephas?
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- 1 Corinthians 9:5 Lit It is not that we have no right to take along...Cephas, is it?
- 1 Corinthians 9:5 Lit sister, as a wife
- 1 Corinthians 9:5 Peter’s Aramaic name
1 Corinthians 9:5
New Living Translation
1 Corinthians 9:5
New Living Translation
5 Don’t we have the right to bring a believing wife[a] with us as the other apostles and the Lord’s brothers do, and as Peter[b] does?
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1 Corinthians 9:5-7
The Message
1 Corinthians 9:5-7
The Message
3-7 I’m not shy in standing up to my critics. We who are on missionary assignments for God have a right to decent accommodations, and we have a right to support for us and our families. You don’t seem to have raised questions with the other apostles and our Master’s brothers and Peter in these matters. So, why me? Is it just Barnabas and I who have to go it alone and pay our own way? Are soldiers self-employed? Are gardeners forbidden to eat vegetables from their own gardens? Don’t dairy farmers get to drink their fill from the pail?
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1 Corinthians 9:5
English Standard Version
1 Corinthians 9:5
English Standard Version
5 (A)Do we not have the right to take along a believing wife,[a] as do the other apostles and (B)the brothers of the Lord and (C)Cephas?
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- 1 Corinthians 9:5 Greek a sister as wife
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