Catholic Public Domain Version
"Do we not have the authority to travel around with a woman who is a sister, just as do the other Apostles, and the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas?"
— 1 Corinthians 9:5, Catholic Public Domain Version
“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?”
“Have we no right to lead about a wife that is a believer, even as the rest of the apostles, and the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas? ”
“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?”
“Do we not have the right to the company of a believing wife, like the other apostles and the Lord’s brothers and Cephas?”
“Have we not power to carry about a woman, a sister as well as the rest of the apostles and the brethren of the Lord and Cephas?”
“Have we no right to take about with us a Christian wife, like the rest of the Apostles, and the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas?”
“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?”
And if I am not an Apostle to others, yet still I am to you. For you are the seal of my Apostleship in the Lord.
My defense with those who question me is this:
Do we not have the authority to eat and to drink?
Do we not have the authority to travel around with a woman who is a sister, just as do the other Apostles, and the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas?
Or is it only myself and Barnabas who do not have the authority to act in this way?
Who has ever served as a soldier and paid his own stipend? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat from its produce? Who pastures a flock and does not drink from the milk of the flock?
Am I saying these things according to man? Or does the law not also say these things?