1 Corinthians 9:5

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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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3 My defense to those who examine me is this:

4 Have we no right to eat and to drink?

5 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?

6 Or have only Barnabas and I no right to not work?

7 What soldier ever serves at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard, and doesn’t eat of its fruit? Or who feeds a flock, and doesn’t drink from the flock’s milk?

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1 Corinthians 9:5 in every translation

WEB World English Bible: 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?
KJV King James 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?
BSB Berean Standard Bible: Have we no right to take along a believing wife, as do the other apostles and the Lord’s brothers and Cephas?
ASV American Standard Version: 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?
YLT Young's Literal Translation: have we not authority a sister — a wife — to lead about, as also the other apostles, and the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?
DBY Darby Translation: have we not a right to take round a sister [as] wife, as also the other apostles, and the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?
WBS Webster 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?