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It is notμὴthat we do notοὐκhaveἔχομενthe rightἐξουσίανto take alongπεριάγεινa sisterἀδελφὴνasa wife,γυναῖκαasὡςalsoκαὶthe otherοἱ λοιποὶapostlesἀπόστολοιdo,andκαὶthe brothersοἱ ἀδελφοὶof the Lord,τοῦ κυρίουandκαὶCephas,Κηφᾶςis it?
1 Corinthians 9:5
Study it in the app“It is not that we do not have the right to take along a sister as a wife, as also the other apostles do, and the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas, is it?”
With the Greek beneath
1 Corinthians 9:5, word by word
- haveἔχομενechomen
have
To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.
Where else “echomen” appears- the rightἐξουσίανexousian
right
The freedom to do something, which one is entitled to.
Where else “exousian” appears- to take alongπεριάγεινperiagein
take along
To have someone always at one's side on journeys.
Where else “periagein” appears- a sisterἀδελφὴνadelphēn
sister in faith
A woman believer, of the same family of God.
Where else “adelphēn” appears- a wifeγυναῖκαgynaika
wife
A married woman, joined to her husband.
Where else “gynaika” appears- the otherλοιποὶloipoi
rest
What remains of a group, those not yet named.
Where else “loipoi” appears- apostlesἀπόστολοιapostoloi
apostle
One of those Jesus chose and sent.
Where else “apostoloi” appears- the brothersἀδελφοὶadelphoi
brother
A man born of the same parents as another, or of the same family.
Where else “adelphoi” appears- of the Lordκυρίουkyriou
Lord
The Lord: God, whose name is YHWH; also Jesus.
Where else “kyriou” appears- CephasΚηφᾶςKēphas
Cephas
Cephas: an Aramaic name meaning "rock"; in Greek, Peter.
Where else “Kēphas” appears
The context
4It is not that we do not have the right to eat and drink, is it?
5 · This verse (above)
6Or is it only I and Barnabas who do not have the right not to work?