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1 Corinthians 9:5

Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book III

Dicit itaque in quadam epistola: "Non habemus potestatem sororem uxorem circumducendi, sicut et reliqui apostoli? "[74]

Tertullian On Exhortation to Chastity

Thus it comes to pass that "all things are lawful, but not all are expedient," so long as (it remains true that) whoever has a "permission" granted is (thereby) tried, and is (consequently) judged during the process of trial in (the case of the particular) "permission." Apostles, withal, had a "licence" to marry, and lead wives about (with them[42]

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 1 Corinthians 9:5. _HAVE WE NOT POWER TO LEAD ABOUT A SISTER, A WIFE_] The word εξουσιαν is to be understood here, as above in 1 Corinthians 9:4, as implying authority or right; and authority,...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    HAVE WE NOT POWER? - Have we not a right? The objection here seems to have been, that Paul and Barnabas were unmarried, or at least that they traveled without wives. The objectors urged that others ha...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    6. PAUL'S GRACIOUS EXAMPLE. CHAPTER 9 _ 1. The Apostle's rights. (1 Corinthians 9:1)._ 2. He waives his rights for the Gospel's sake. (1 Corinthians 9:15). 3. The race-course and the crown. ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    1 CORINTHIANS 9. This chapter is not a digression, and is not primarily concerned with a vindication of Paul's apostolic status and rights. He enforces his plea that the enlightened should not ride ro...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you not my work in the Lord? Even if I am not an apostle to others, I certainly am to you; you are the seal of my apostleship in...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    THE UNCLAIMED PRIVILEGES (1 Corinthians 9:1-14)...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    A SISTER. WIFE. i.e.. wife who is. believer, and so entitled to be provided for, as well as her husband. OTHER. the rest of the. App-124. BRETHREN. See App-182....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _Have we not power to lead about a sister, a wife_ The ordinary interpretation of this passage is (1) that St Paul here asserts his right, if he pleased, to take with him a wife who was a member of th...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    ἈΔΕΛΦῊΝ ΓΥΝΑΙ͂ΚΑ ΠΕΡΙΆΓΕΙΝ. The ordinary interpretation of this passage is (1) that St Paul here asserts his right, if he pleased, to take with him a wife who was a member of the Christian body, and t...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    1 Corinthians 9:1-14. ST PAUL’S DEFENCE OF HIS APOSTOLIC AUTHORITY This chapter is devoted to a defence of the Apostolic authority of St Paul, but there is an under-current of thought connecting it wi...

  • Charles Box Commentaries

    _PAUL HAD CERTAIN RIGHTS 1 CORINTHIANS 9:1-6:_ The brethren at Corinth knew and understood that Paul was an apostle of the Lord Jesus Christ and that he had been taught by the Lord Himself. The Corint...

  • Charles Rose Commentaries

    ΆΔΕΛΦΉ (G79) сестра; здесь·, сестра во Христе, принадлежащая к той же вере (NIDNTT 1:254; TDNT; EDNT). Двойной _асс._ в роли прямого дополнения, с последующим вторым асс; ΓΥΝΑΙΚΌΣ (G1135) _gen. sing._...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    TO LEAD ABOUT A SISTER, A WIFE— It is very improbable that the Apostle would have carried about with him, in these sacred peregrinations, a woman to whom he was not married; so that the answer which t...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS _Text_ 1 Corinthians 9:1-12 a. Am I not free? am I not an apostle? have I not seen Jesus our Lord? are not ye my work in the Lord? 2 If to others I am not an apostle, yet at leas...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 1 Recitation of Rights (1 Corinthians 9:1-14) 9 Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are not you my workmanship in the Lord? 2If to others I...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole 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? LEAD ABOUT A SISTER, A WIFE - `a sister as a wife;' "a sister" by faith, wh...

  • Concordant Commentary on the New Testament by A. E. Knoch

    1 The Corinthians questioned the apostleship of Paul. The phrase, "the twelve apostles" has been used to throw doubt on his commission, for if there were but twelve apostles, Paul could not have been...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    _(b) Food offered to Idols (ii) St. Paul's own Example_ St. Paul has appealed to the 'enlightened' converts at Corinth to give up for the sake of others a practice which they might otherwise have had...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    TO LEAD ABOUT A SISTER, A WIFE] RV 'a wife that is a believer'; i.e. to claim support on his journeys for his wife as well as himself. It is implied that the Apostles were mostly married; Peter's wife...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    SERVANTS OF CHRIST 1 CORINTHIANS _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 9 THE RIGHTS OF AN *APOSTLE 9:1-27 PAUL IS A REAL *APOSTLE 9:1-2 V1 You know that I am free. You know that I am an *apostle. I have seen...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    TO LEAD ABOUT A SISTER, A WIFE — _i.e.,_ to take with us on our journeys a Christian woman as a wife. Roman divines have interpreted this as referring to “the custom of Christian matrons attending as...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER 13 MAINTENANCE OF THE MINISTRY IN the preceding chapter Paul has disposed of the question put to him regarding meats offered in sacrifice to idols. He has taken occasion to point out that in...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    § 27. PAUL'S APOSTOLIC STATUS. The Ap. is ready to forego his right to use the idolothyta, wherever this claim hurts the susceptibilities of any brother (1 Corinthians 8:13). He is “free” as any man i...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    The rights P. vindicates for himself and his fellow-labourers in the Gospel, are (_a_) the right _to maintenance;_ (_b_) _to marriage;_ (_c_) _to release from manual labour_. (_a_) μὴ οὐκ ἔχομεν; “Is...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    RIGHTS AND THEIR SURRENDER 1 Corinthians 9:1 Paul's claim to an equality with Peter and the other Apostles was violently disputed by his enemies at Corinth, because in several matters he differed fro...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    The words, "my defence to them that examine me is this," reveal the opposition to him in Corinth. The two words, "defence" and "examine," are purely legal, and are in the language of the courts of jus...

  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

    Paul's Rights As An Apostle The church should feed its workers. As an apostle, Paul claimed the right to receive food and drink for his labors. It would seem most of the apostles were married. Paul an...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    Have we not power to lead about a (e) sister, a wife, as well as other apostles, and [as] the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas? (e) One that is a Christian and a true believer....

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    It appears certain, from the testimony of the fathers, that St. Paul was not in the state of wedlock. St. Jerome informs us that the apostle is here speaking of such holy women who, according to the J...

  • Godet's commentary on Luke, John, Romans, 1 Corinthians

    3. THE EXAMPLE OF ABNEGATION GIVEN BY PAUL. 9:1-22. IT is easy, from what we have just said, to understand the link which connects the following passage with the question treated by the apostle. It is...

  • Godet's commentary on Luke, John, Romans, 1 Corinthians

    “Have we not right to eat and to drink? 5. Have we not right to lead about a sister as wife, as well as the other apostles and the brethren of the Lord and Cephas? 6. Or I only and Barnabas, have not...

  • Godet's commentary on Luke, John, Romans, 1 Corinthians

    The right of Paul and Barnabas, as apostles of the Lord, is demonstrated down to 1 Corinthians 9:14 by a series of arguments, the first of which, 1 Corinthians 9:5-6, is taken from the example _of the...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (1) Am I not an apostle? am I not free? have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? are not ye my work in the Lord? (2) If I be not an apostle unto others, yet doubtless I am to you: for the seal of mine a...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    As usual, the introductory words (1 Corinthians 1:1-3) of the epistle give us no little intimation of that which is to follow. The apostle speaks of himself as such "called [to be] an apostle of Jesus...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    5._Even as the other Apostles. _In addition to the Lord’s permission, he mentions the common practice of others. And with the view of bringing out more fully the waiving of his right, he proceeds step...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    The apostle was exposed to the accusations of false teachers, who asserted that he carried on his evangelisation and his labours from interested motives, and that he took the property of Christians, a...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    HAVE WE NOT POWER TO LEAD ABOUT A SISTER, A WIFE,.... The phrase "a sister, a wife", is an Hebraism, and answers to אחתיכלה, "my sister, spouse", Song of Solomon 4:9. The Jews called their wives, sis...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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? Ver. 5. _To lead about a sister_] At the Church's charge likewise. The Papi...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Mine answer_ My apology; _to them that examine_ and censure _me_ As to this part of my conduct, is this which follows. _Have we not power_ I and my fellow-labourers; _to eat and to drink_ At the expe...

  • Justin Edwards' Family Bible New Testament (1851)

    POWER TO LEAD ABOUT A SISTER, A WIFE; he had as good a right to be married, and have his family supported, as Peter and other apostles had. Ministers of the gospel, whether settled in Christian or mis...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    PAUL THE FREE SERVANT OF CHRIST. Defending his Christian liberty:...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the 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?...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    Because of the lowliness and grace on the part of the apostle, such as chapter 8 shows in the consideration of his brethren, there were some who would use this as an occasion to belittle him. He made...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    WIFE: Or, woman...

  • Mark Dunagan Commentaries

    HAVE WE NO RIGHT TO LEAD ABOUT. WIFE THAT IS. BELIEVER, EVEN AS THE REST OF THE APOSTLES, AND THE BRETHREN OF THE LORD, AND CEPHAS? 'lead about. wife that is. believer' -Which infers: (1) The apostl...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-14 It is not new for a minister to meet with unkind returns for good-will to a people, and diligent and successful services among them. To the cavils of some, the apostle answers, so as to set fort...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    OLBGrk; HAVE WE NOT POWER TO LEAD ABOUT A SISTER, A WIFE? Those that by those terms, adelfhn, gunaika, understand, not (as we translate it) _a sister, a wife, _ but a woman, that should out of her est...

  • McGarvey and Pendleton Commentaries

    Have we no right to lead about [in our constant journeyings] _a wife that is a believer_ [i. e., a lawful wife; it was unlawful to marry an unbeliever-- 2 Corinthians 6:14-16], _even as the rest of th...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    1 Corinthians 9:5 have G2192 (G5719) no G3378 right G1849 along G4013 (G5721) believing G79 wife G1135 also...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    'My defence to those who examine me is this. "Have we no right to eat and to drink? Have we no right to lead about a wife who is a believer, even as the rest of the apostles, and the brothers of the L...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    PAUL NOW POINTS OUT THAT HE REFUSES TO USE HIS FREEDOM IN ANY WAY THAT WOULD CAUSE YOUNG CHRISTIANS TO BE LED ASTRAY. HIS NEXT EXAMPLE REFERS TO HIS NOT RECEIVING GIFTS FOR HIS MINISTRY AMONG THEM WHI...

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    It was impossible for Christians in almost any Greek or Roman colony, and least of all at Corinth, to avoid coming frequently in contact with idolatrous practices in various and ensnaring forms. In wr...

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    1 Corinthians 9:5. HAVE WE NO RIGHT TO LEAD ABOUT to take along with us in our missionary journeys A WIFE WHO IS A BELIEVER _Gr._ ‘a sister.' An absurd interpretation of these words, which found supp...

  • Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament

    HAVE WE NO RIGHT? (Μη ουκ εχομεν εξουσιαν;). Same idiom.TO LEAD ABOUT A WIFE THAT IS A BELIEVER? (αδελφην γυναικα περιαγειν;). Old verb περιαγω, intransitive in Acts 13:11. Two substantives in ap...

  • Scofield's Bible Commentary

    SISTER A wife who is a sister....

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Paul vindicates his apostleship. The method and reward of true ministry and the support of the ministry. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Cephas, Barnabas, Moses. CONCLUSION: It is no new thing for...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    1 Corinthians 9:1. _Am I not an apostle? Am I not free? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are not you my work in the Lord?_ Having illustrated the legal customs of the jews respecting meats, he introduc...

  • The Bible Study New Testament

    AND TAKE A CHRISTIAN WIFE WITH ME? The other apostles did this, and asked the church to pay their bills wherever they went. THE LORD'S BROTHERS, who would be of special interest to the false teacher,...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Am I not an apostle?_ Am I not free? Have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? SIGNS OF APOSTLESHIP Why should Paul, departing from his usual custom, speak here of himself and his claims? Undoubtedly...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 9:4 RIGHT. Paul proclaimed the gospel and established churches. He had the right (see the same word in 1 Corinthian

  • The Great Commentary of Cornelius à Lapide

    CHAPTER 9 SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTER i. He proceeds to show by his own example how offences are to be avoided, and he says that he had refused to accept payment, or the maintenance due to a preacher of...

  • The Great Commentary of Cornelius à Lapide

    _Have we not power to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as other apostles?_ The Greek is _ảδελφὴν γυναξκα_, which the Latin version turns _mulierem sororem_; and Beza, Peter Martyr, Vatablus, and...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _CRITICAL NOTES_ 1 Corinthians 9:1.—Notice the reversed order of clauses in the better-attested reading. FREE.—_I.c. quâ_ man; he is always Christ’s “bondservant”; it is of his own choice that he subm...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION 1 CORINTHIANS 9:1 The rights and the self denial of an apostle. 1 CORINTHIANS 9:1 An apostle's right to maintenance....

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Shall we turn in our Bibles to I Corinthians, chapter 9. I could do a lot of things I don't do. The reason why I don't do them is I do not want to be an offense unto a weaker brethren and destroy his...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Corinthians 1:12; 1 Corinthians 7:15; 1 Corinthians 7:39; 1 Timothy 3:2;...

  • Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament (4 Volume Set)

    A sister, a wife. Wrong Sister means a christian woman, a fellow - member of the Church, as Romans 16:1; 1 Corinthians 7:15; James 2:15. It is in apposition with wife : A wife that is a sister on beli...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Have we not power to lead about with us a sister, a wife — And to demand sustenance for her also? As well as the other apostles — Who therefore, it is plain, did this. And Peter — Hence we learn, That...

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