1 Corinthians 9:3
My apology to them who judge me is this:
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
Mine answer to them that do examine me is this,
In Context
4Have we not authority to eat and to drink?
Cross References
Acts 25:16And I told them, it was not the custom of the Romans to give any man as a gift to be killed, until his adversaries have come and accused him to his face, and there be given him place to defend himself against that of which he is accused.
2 Corinthians 10:7Do we regard persons? If any man confide in himself that he is of the Meshiha, let this one know of himself, that as he is of the Meshiha, so also are we.
2 Corinthians 13:3Inasmuch as you demand the proof of the Meshiha who speaketh in me, (of) Him who is not weak among you, but is mighty among you:
2 Corinthians 13:10Therefore while distant I write these (things), that when I am come I may not act severely, according to the power which my Lord hath given me for your edification, and not for your destruction.
Philippians 1:17But those who preach the Meshiha from contention do it not sincerely, but think to add affliction to my bonds.
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 →