Have we no right to take along a wife who is a believer, even as the rest of the apostles, and the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas?
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- KJV 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?
- BSB Have we no right to take along a believing wife, as do the other apostles and the Lord’s brothers and Cephas?
- NKJV Do we have no right to take along a believing wife, as do also the other apostles, the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas?
- NASB Do we not have a right to take along a believing wife, even as the rest of the apostles and the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas?
- NLT Don’t we have the right to bring a believing wife with us as the other apostles and the Lord’s brothers do, and as Peter does?
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- John 1:42He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him, and said, “You are Simon the son of Jonah. You shall be called Cephas” (which is by interpretation, Peter).
- Matt 8:14When Jesus came into Peter’s house, he saw his wife’s mother lying sick with a fever.
- Heb 13:4Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled: but God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.
- Gal 1:19But of the other apostles I saw no one, except James, the Lord’s brother.
- 1 Cor 7:7Yet I wish that all men were like me. However each man has his own gift from God, one of this kind, and another of that kind.
- Acts 1:14All these with one accord continued steadfastly in prayer and supplication, along with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brothers.
- 1 Cor 7:39A wife is bound by law for as long as her husband lives; but if the husband is dead, she is free to be married to whomever she desires, only in the Lord.
- Luke 6:15Matthew; Thomas; James, the son of Alphaeus; Simon, who was called the Zealot;
- Song 5:1–2I have come into my garden, my sister, my bride. I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, friends! Drink, yes, drink abundantly, beloved.
- 1 Tim 3:2The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, modest, hospitable, good at teaching;
- Titus 1:6if anyone is blameless, the husband of one wife, having children who believe, who are not accused of loose or unruly behavior.
- Mark 1:30Now Simon’s wife’s mother lay sick with a fever, and immediately they told him about her.
- 1 Cor 7:15Yet if the unbeliever departs, let there be separation. The brother or the sister is not under bondage in such cases, but God has called us in peace.
- Song 4:12A locked up garden is my sister, my bride; a locked up spring, a sealed fountain.
- 1 Tim 5:2the elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, in all purity.
- Rom 16:1I commend to you Phoebe, our sister, who is a servant of the assembly that is at Cenchreae,
- 1 Cor 1:12Now I mean this, that each one of you says, “I follow Paul,” “I follow Apollos,” “I follow Cephas,” and, “I follow Christ.”
- Matt 12:46–50While he was yet speaking to the multitudes, behold, his mother and his brothers stood outside, seeking to speak to him.
- John 2:12After this, he went down to Capernaum, he, and his mother, his brothers, and his disciples; and they stayed there a few days.
- Mark 6:3Isn’t this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and brother of James, Joses, Judah, and Simon? Aren’t his sisters here with us?” They were offended at him.
- Matt 13:55Isn’t this the carpenter’s son? Isn’t his mother called Mary, and his brothers, James, Joses, Simon, and Judas?
- 1 Tim 4:3forbidding marriage and commanding to abstain from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.
- Song 4:9–10You have ravished my heart, my sister, my bride. You have ravished my heart with one of your eyes, with one chain of your neck.
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