1 Corinthians 9:3
And my apology to my judgers, is this:
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
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 is not the custom of the Romans, to give up a man gratuitously to be slain; until his accuser appeareth and chargeth him to his face, and opportunity is afforded him to make defence respecting what is charged upon him.
2 Corinthians 10:7Do ye look on outward appearances? If any one is confident in himself that he is of the Messiah, let him know, from himself, that as he is of the Messiah, so also are we.
2 Corinthians 13:3because ye demand proof, that it is the Messiah that speaketh by me, who hath not been powerless among you, but powerful among you.
2 Corinthians 13:10Therefore, while absent, I write these things; lest when I come, I should act with rigor, according to the authority which my Lord hath given me for your edification, and not for your destruction.
Philippians 1:17And they who herald the Messiah in contention, do it not sincerely; but they hope to add pressure 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 →