1 Corinthians 9:1-6

Paul’s Rights as an Apostle

1 Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you not the result of my work in the Lord?
2 Even though I may not be an apostle to others, surely I am to you! For you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.
3 This is my defense to those who sit in judgment on me.
4 Don’t we have the right to food and drink?
5 Don’t we have the right to take a believing wife along with us, as do the other apostles and the Lord’s brothers and Cephas[a] ?
6 Or is it only I and Barnabas who lack the right to not work for a living?

Cross References 10

  • 1. ver 19
  • 2. S 1 Corinthians 1:1; 2 Corinthians 12:12
  • 3. S 1 Corinthians 15:8
  • 4. 1 Corinthians 3:6; 1 Corinthians 4:15
  • 5. 2 Corinthians 3:2,3
  • 6. ver 14; S Acts 18:3; 1 Thessalonians 2:6
  • 7. 1 Corinthians 7:7,8
  • 8. S Matthew 12:46
  • 9. S 1 Corinthians 1:12
  • 10. S Acts 4:36

Footnotes 1

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