⁵ Do we not have the right to be accompanied by a believing wife,^[a] as do the other apostles and the brothers of the Lord and Cephas?^(A)

⁴² He brought Simon^[a] to Jesus, who looked at him and said, “You are Simon son of John. You are to be called Cephas”^[b] (which is translated Peter^[c]).^(A)

Jesus Heals Many at Peter’s House

¹⁴ When Jesus entered Peter’s house, he saw his mother-in-law lying in bed with a fever;^(A)

⁴ Let marriage be held in honor by all, and let the marriage bed be kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.^(A)

¹⁹ but I did not see any other apostle except James the Lord’s brother.^(A)

³⁹ A wife is bound as long as her husband lives. But if the husband dies,^[a] she is free to marry anyone she wishes, only in the Lord.^(A)

⁷ I wish that all were as I myself am. But each has a particular gift from God, one having one kind and another a different kind.^(A)

¹⁴ All these were constantly devoting themselves to prayer, together with certain women, including Mary the mother of Jesus, as well as his brothers.^(A)

⁶ someone who is blameless, married only once,^[a] whose children are believers, not accused of debauchery and not rebellious.^(A)

² to older women as mothers, to younger women as sisters—with absolute purity.