1 Corinthians 9:5

Full Chapter

September 17, 2025

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?

WEB

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?

YLT

have we not authority a sister—a wife—to lead about, as also the other apostles, and the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?

F.O.G Original

(5) It’s not that we don’t have an authoritative right to take along a believing wife, even as the rest of the ambassadors, the brothers of The אָדוֹן Adonai-Lord and Kefa (Rock), is it?

F.O.G

(5) It’s not that we don’t have an authoritative right to take along a believing wife, even as the rest of the ambassadors, the brothers of The אָדוֹן Adonai-Lord and Kefa (Rock), is it?

F.O.G MSG

⁵Don’t we have the right to be accompanied by a believing wifeᵃ, just like the other apostles, the Lord’s brothers, and Cephas do?

Footnotes:

⁵ᵃ Believing wife: Literally “sister wife”—a Christian woman who would travel as a ministry partner, likely providing practical support and access to other women in various communities.