1 Corinthians 9:5-6

Paul Surrenders His Rights

⁵ _p Do we not have the right to take along a believing wife, ₁ as do the other apostles and _q the brothers of the Lord and _r Cephas? ⁶ Or is it only Barnabas and I who have no right to refrain from working for a living?

1. Cross References
   1 Corinthians 7:7
   I wish that all were as I myself am. But each has his own gift from God, one of one kind and one of another.
   
2. Cross References
   Matthew 12:46
   While he was still speaking to the people, behold, his mother and his brothers stood outside, asking to speak to him.
   
3. Cross References
   Matthew 8:14
   And when Jesus entered Peter's house, he saw his mother-in-law lying sick with a fever.
   John 1:42
   He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, "So you are Simon the son of John? You shall be called Cephas" (which means Peter).