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1 Corinthians 9:3-5
New King James Version
1 Corinthians 9:3-5
New King James Version
3 My defense to those who examine me is this: 4 (A)Do we have no [a]right to eat and drink? 5 Do we have no right to take along [b]a believing wife, as do also the other apostles, (B)the brothers of the Lord, and (C)Cephas?
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- 1 Corinthians 9:4 authority
- 1 Corinthians 9:5 Lit. a sister, a wife
1 Corinthians 9:3-5
New International Version
1 Corinthians 9:3-5
New International Version
3 This is my defense to those who sit in judgment on me. 4 Don’t we have the right to food and drink?(A) 5 Don’t we have the right to take a believing wife(B) along with us, as do the other apostles and the Lord’s brothers(C) and Cephas[a]?(D)
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- 1 Corinthians 9:5 That is, Peter
1 Corinthians 9:3-5
King James Version
1 Corinthians 9:3-5
King James Version
3 Mine answer to them that do examine me is this,
4 Have we not power to eat and to drink?
5 Have we not power to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as other apostles, and as the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?
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1 Corinthians 9:3-5
English Standard Version
1 Corinthians 9:3-5
English Standard Version
3 This is my defense to those who would examine me. 4 (A)Do we not have the right to eat and drink? 5 (B)Do we not have the right to take along a believing wife,[a] as do the other apostles and (C)the brothers of the Lord and (D)Cephas?
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- 1 Corinthians 9:5 Greek a sister as wife
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