1 Corinthians 9:3
My defense to those who examine me is this.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Mine answer to them that do examine me is this,
In Context
4Have we no, not a right to eat and to drink?
Cross References
Acts 25:16To whom I answered, that it is not a custom by Romans to give any man freely for destruction, before the man being accused has the accusers in person, and receives an occasion of defense about the accusation.
2 Corinthians 10:7Do ye look at things according to appearance. If any man has convinced himself to be of Christ, let him consider this again of himself, that, as he is of Christ, so also are we of Christ.
2 Corinthians 13:3since ye seek proof of the Christ speaking in me, who is not weak toward you, but is mighty in you.
2 Corinthians 13:10Because of this I write these things while absent, so that I may not act harshly when present, according to the authority that the Lord gave me for building up and not for tearing down.
Philippians 1:17But some from love, knowing that I am set for the defense of the good-news.
Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 9:2-3
Rights of a Christian Minister. ( a. d. 57.) 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 apostleship are ye in the Lord. Blessed Paul, in the work of his ministry, not only met with opposition from those without, but discouragement from those within. He was under reproach; false brethren questioned his apostleship, and were very industrious to lessen his character… Read the whole commentary →