Do we have no right to take along [a]a believing wife, as do also the other apostles, (A)the brothers of the Lord, and (B)Cephas?

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  1. 1 Corinthians 9:5 Lit. a sister, a wife

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. 1 Corinthians 9:5 That is, Peter

42 And he brought him to Jesus.

Now when Jesus looked at him, He said, “You are Simon the son of [a]Jonah. (A)You shall be called Cephas” (which is translated, [b]A Stone).

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  1. John 1:42 NU John
  2. John 1:42 Gr. Petros, usually translated Peter

42 And he brought him to Jesus.

Jesus looked at him and said, “You are Simon son of John. You will be called(A) Cephas” (which, when translated, is Peter[a]).(B)

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  1. John 1:42 Cephas (Aramaic) and Peter (Greek) both mean rock.

Peter’s Mother-in-Law Healed(A)

14 (B)Now when Jesus had come into Peter’s house, He saw (C)his wife’s mother lying sick with a fever.

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Jesus Heals Many(A)

14 When Jesus came into Peter’s house, he saw Peter’s mother-in-law lying in bed with a fever.

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(A)Marriage is honorable among all, and the bed undefiled; (B)but fornicators and adulterers God will judge.

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Marriage should be honored by all,(A) and the marriage bed kept pure, for God will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral.(B)

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19 But (A)I saw none of the other apostles except (B)James, the Lord’s brother.

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19 I saw none of the other apostles—only James,(A) the Lord’s brother.

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For (A)I wish that all men were even as I myself. But each one has his own gift from God, one in this manner and another in that.

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I wish that all of you were as I am.(A) But each of you has your own gift from God; one has this gift, another has that.(B)

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14 (A)These all continued with one [a]accord in prayer [b]and supplication, with (B)the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with (C)His brothers.

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  1. Acts 1:14 purpose or mind
  2. Acts 1:14 NU omits and supplication

14 They all joined together constantly in prayer,(A) along with the women(B) and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brothers.(C)

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if a man is blameless, the husband of one wife, (A)having faithful children not accused of [a]dissipation or insubordination.

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  1. Titus 1:6 debauchery, lit. incorrigibility

An elder must be blameless,(A) faithful to his wife, a man whose children believe[a] and are not open to the charge of being wild and disobedient.

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  1. Titus 1:6 Or children are trustworthy

older women as mothers, younger women as sisters, with all purity.

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older women as mothers, and younger women as sisters, with absolute purity.

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A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, of good behavior, hospitable, able to teach;

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Now the overseer is to be above reproach,(A) faithful to his wife,(B) temperate,(C) self-controlled, respectable, hospitable,(D) able to teach,(E)

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39 (A)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, (B)only in the Lord.

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39 A woman is bound to her husband as long as he lives.(A) But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, but he must belong to the Lord.(B)

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15 But if the unbeliever departs, let him depart; a brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases. But God has called us (A)to peace.

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15 But if the unbeliever leaves, let it be so. The brother or the sister is not bound in such circumstances; God has called us to live in peace.(A)

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12 Now I say this, that (A)each of you says, “I am of Paul,” or “I am of (B)Apollos,” or “I am of (C)Cephas,” or “I am of Christ.”

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12 What I mean is this: One of you says, “I follow Paul”;(A) another, “I follow Apollos”;(B) another, “I follow Cephas[a]”;(C) still another, “I follow Christ.”

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  1. 1 Corinthians 1:12 That is, Peter