1 Corinthians 9:3-5
GOD’S WORD Translation
3 This is how I defend myself to those who cross-examine me. 4 Don’t we have the right to eat and drink? 5 Don’t we have the right to take our wives along with us like the other apostles, the Lord’s brothers, and Cephas [a] do?
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- 9:5 Cephas is the Aramaic name for the Apostle Peter.
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
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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