1 Corinthians 9:3-5

New King James Version

³My defense to those who examine me is this: ⁴^(A)Do we have no ^[a]right to eat and drink? ⁵Do we have no right to take along ^[b]a believing wife, as do also the other apostles, ^(B)the brothers of the Lord, and ^(C)Cephas?

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1 Corinthians 9:4 authority
1 Corinthians 9:5 Lit. a sister, a wife

1 Corinthians 9:3-5

New International Version

³This is my defense to those who sit in judgment on me. ⁴Don’t we have the right to food and drink?^(A) ⁵Don’t we have the right to take a believing wife^(B) along with us, as do the other apostles and the Lord’s brothers^(C) and Cephas^[a]?^(D)