1 Corinthians 9:2

And if I have not been a legate to others, yet I have been so to you; and ye are the seal of my legateship.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

1Am I not a free man? Or, am I not a legate? Or, have I not seen Jesus Messiah our Lord? Or, have ye not been my work in my Lord?

3And my apology to my judgers, is this:

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Cross References

John 6:27Labor not for the food that perisheth, but for the food that abideth unto life eternal, which the Son of man will give to you; for him hath God the Father sealed.

2 Corinthians 12:12I wrought among you the signs of the legates, with all patience; and in prodigies, and in wonders, and in mighty deeds.

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 →

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