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1 Corinthians 9:3

1 Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you yourselves not my workmanship in the Lord?

2 Even if I am not an apostle to others, surely I am to you. For you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.

This is my defense to those who scrutinize me:

4 Have we no right to food and to drink?

5 Have we no right to take along a believing wife, as do the other apostles and the Lord’s brothers and Cephas?

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
This is my defense to those who scrutinize me:
KJV
Mine answer to them that do examine me is this,
WEB
My defense to those who examine me is this:
ASV
My defence to them that examine me is this.
DARBY
My defence to those who examine me is this:
BLB
This is my defense to those examining me:
ÅB
Dette er mitt forsvar mot dem som dømmer meg.
OTB
Min forsvarstale til dem som gransker meg er denne:
B1930
Dette er mitt forsvar mot dem som dømmer mig.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Acts 25:16

    I told them that it is not the Roman custom to hand a man over before he has had an opportunity to face his accusers and defend himself against their charges.

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  • 2 Timothy 4:16

    At my first defense, no one stood with me, but everyone deserted me. May it not be charged against them.

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  • Philippians 1:7

    It is right for me to feel this way about all of you, since I have you in my heart. For in my chains and in my defense and confirmation of the gospel, you are all partners in grace with me.

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  • Acts 22:1

    “Brothers and fathers, listen now to my defense before you.”

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  • Philippians 1:17

    The former, however, preach Christ out of selfish ambition, not sincerely, supposing that they can add to the distress of my chains.

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  • 2 Corinthians 10:7–8

    You are looking at outward appearances. If anyone is confident that he belongs to Christ, he should remind himself that we belong to Christ just as much as he does.

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  • 1 Corinthians 14:37

    If anyone considers himself a prophet or spiritual person, let him acknowledge that what I am writing you is the Lord’s command.

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  • 2 Corinthians 13:10

    This is why I write these things while absent, so that when I am present I will not need to be severe in my use of the authority that the Lord gave me for building you up, not for tearing you down.

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