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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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A Right to Family Support
Paul asserts his right to marry and have his wife financially supported by the church, just like other apostles. Commentators explain that Paul's choice to be single and self-sufficient was not because he lacked this right, but because he strategically waived it to advance the gospel without hindrance.
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1 Corinthians
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18th Century
Presbyterian
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…
Have we no right? (Μη ουκ εχομεν εξουσιαν; ). Same idiom.
To lead about a wife that is a believer? (αδελφη…
19th Century
Anglican
To lead about a sister, a wife—i.e., to take with us on our journeys a Christian woman as a wife. Roman Catholic theologians have…
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Paul now begins to defend himself against those who have criticized his apostleship on the ground that he had not exercised all the rights one migh…
16th Century
Protestant
Even as the other Apostles. In addition to the Lord’s permission, he mentions the common practice of others. And with the aim of bringing …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Have we not power to lead about a sister, a wife The phrase "a sister, a wife", is an Hebraism, and answers to (
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