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"Do we not have the right to the company of a believing wife, like the other apostles and the Lord’s brothers and Cephas?"
— 1 Corinthians 9:5, NET Bible
“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?”
“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?”
If I am not an apostle to others, at least I am to you, for you are the confirming sign of my apostleship in the Lord.
This is my defense to those who examine me.
Do we not have the right to financial support?
Do we not have the right to the company of a believing wife, like the other apostles and the Lord’s brothers and Cephas?
Or do only Barnabas and I lack the right not to work?
Who ever serves in the army at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat its fruit? Who tends a flock and does not consume its milk?
Am I saying these things only on the basis of common sense, or does the law not say this as well?