Commentary Critical and Explanatory
1 Corinthians 9:3
Mine answer to them that do examine me is this,
To them that do examine me - who call in question mine apostleship.
Is this - namely, that you are the seal of mine apostleship.
Mine answer to them that do examine me is this,
To them that do examine me - who call in question mine apostleship.
Is this - namely, that you are the seal of mine apostleship.
Verse 1 Corinthians 9:3. _MINE ANSWER TO THEM_] Ἡ εμη απολογια τοις εμε ανακρινουσιν· This is my _defence_ against those who examine me. The words are _forensic_; and the apostle considers himself a...
MINE ANSWER - Greek Ἡ ἐμὴ ἀπολογία Hē emē apologia. My “apology;” my defense. The same word occurs in Acts 22:1; Acts 25:16; 2 Corinthians 7:11
6. PAUL'S GRACIOUS EXAMPLE. CHAPTER 9 _ 1. The Apostle's rights. (1 Corinthians 9:1)._ 2. He waives his rights for the Gospel's sake. (1 Corinthians 9:15). 3. The race-course and the crown. ...
1 CORINTHIANS 9. This chapter is not a digression, and is not primarily concerned with a vindication of Paul's apostolic status and rights. He enforces his plea that the enlightened should not ride ro...
Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you not my work in the Lord? Even if I am not an apostle to others, I certainly am to you; you are the seal of my apostleship in...
THE UNCLAIMED PRIVILEGES (1 Corinthians 9:1-14)...
ANSWER. defence. Greek. _apologia_. See Acts 22:1. EXAMINE. App-122....
_Mine answer to them that do examine me is this_ The Judaizers of whom we hear in the Epistle to the Galatians and in Acts 15, are now heard of here also, and this Epistle seems to have stirred them u...
1 Corinthians 9:1-14. ST PAUL’S DEFENCE OF HIS APOSTOLIC AUTHORITY This chapter is devoted to a defence of the Apostolic authority of St Paul, but there is an under-current of thought connecting it wi...
Ἡ ἘΜῊ�. MY DEFENCE TO THOSE WHO ARE PUTTING ME ON MY TRIAL. See ch. 1 Corinthians 2:15. The Judaizers of whom we hear in the Epistle to the Galatians and in Acts 15 are now heard of here also, and thi...
_PAUL HAD CERTAIN RIGHTS 1 CORINTHIANS 9:1-6:_ The brethren at Corinth knew and understood that Paul was an apostle of the Lord Jesus Christ and that he had been taught by the Lord Himself. The Corint...
ΈΜΉ _пот. sing. от_ ΈΜΌΣ (G1699) мой, эмфатическое по положению, ΆΠΟΛΟΓΊΑ (G64) защита. Относится к защите перед судом (Barrett), ΆΝΑΚΡΊΝΟΥΣΙΝ _praes. act. part. masc. dat. pl. от_ ΆΝΑΚΡΊΝΩ (G350) и...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 1 Recitation of Rights (1 Corinthians 9:1-14) 9 Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are not you my workmanship in the Lord? 2If to others I...
APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS _Text_ 1 Corinthians 9:1-12 a. Am I not free? am I not an apostle? have I not seen Jesus our Lord? are not ye my work in the Lord? 2 If to others I am not an apostle, yet at leas...
1 The Corinthians questioned the apostleship of Paul. The phrase, "the twelve apostles" has been used to throw doubt on his commission, for if there were but twelve apostles, Paul could not have been...
_(b) Food offered to Idols (ii) St. Paul's own Example_ St. Paul has appealed to the 'enlightened' converts at Corinth to give up for the sake of others a practice which they might otherwise have had...
SERVANTS OF CHRIST 1 CORINTHIANS _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 9 THE RIGHTS OF AN *APOSTLE 9:1-27 PAUL IS A REAL *APOSTLE 9:1-2 V1 You know that I am free. You know that I am an *apostle. I have seen...
MINE ANSWER.... — The verse refers to what has gone before, and not to what follows. _That_ (emphatic) _is my answer to those who examine me as to the truth of my Apostleship._ Both the words “answer”...
CHAPTER 13 MAINTENANCE OF THE MINISTRY IN the preceding chapter Paul has disposed of the question put to him regarding meats offered in sacrifice to idols. He has taken occasion to point out that in...
If not at Corinth amongst those who cried “I am of Cephas,” elsewhere Paul's apostleship was denied by the Judaistic party, against whom he had afterwards to write 2 Corinthians 10. ff. In this trial...
§ 27. PAUL'S APOSTOLIC STATUS. The Ap. is ready to forego his right to use the idolothyta, wherever this claim hurts the susceptibilities of any brother (1 Corinthians 8:13). He is “free” as any man i...
RIGHTS AND THEIR SURRENDER 1 Corinthians 9:1 Paul's claim to an equality with Peter and the other Apostles was violently disputed by his enemies at Corinth, because in several matters he differed fro...
The words, "my defence to them that examine me is this," reveal the opposition to him in Corinth. The two words, "defence" and "examine," are purely legal, and are in the language of the courts of jus...
Paul's Defense of His Apostleship Apparently false teachers had come to Corinth. It seems they were trying to discredit Paul as an apostle. First, they wanted to know why he refused pay, perhaps asse...
(3) Mine answer to them that do (c) examine me is this, (3) He adds this by the way, as if he should say, "So far it is off, that you may doubt of my apostleship, that I use it to refute those who ca...
“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; this is my answer to them that do examine me.” The datives _unto others_ and _to yo...
3. THE EXAMPLE OF ABNEGATION GIVEN BY PAUL. 9:1-22. IT is easy, from what we have just said, to understand the link which connects the following passage with the question treated by the apostle. It is...
(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 a...
As usual, the introductory words (1 Corinthians 1:1-3) of the epistle give us no little intimation of that which is to follow. The apostle speaks of himself as such "called [to be] an apostle of Jesus...
3._My defense. _Apart from the principal matter that he has at present in hand, it appears also to have been his intention to beat down, in passing, the calumnies of those who clamored against his cal...
The apostle was exposed to the accusations of false teachers, who asserted that he carried on his evangelisation and his labours from interested motives, and that he took the property of Christians, a...
MINE ANSWER TO THEM THAT DO EXAMINE ME IS THIS. These words are referred by some to the following, as if the apostle's answer lay in putting the questions he does in the next verses; but they rather s...
Mine answer to them that do examine me is this, Ver. 3. _Mine answer to them, &c._] Or, this is mine apology to those that cavil and quarrel my calling, viz. that I have converted you and others; a r...
_Mine answer_ My apology; _to them that examine_ and censure _me_ As to this part of my conduct, is this which follows. _Have we not power_ I and my fellow-labourers; _to eat and to drink_ At the expe...
EXAMINE ME; concerning his credentials as an apostle, and his privileges as such....
PAUL THE FREE SERVANT OF CHRIST. Defending his Christian liberty:...
MINE ANSWER TO THEM THAT DO EXAMINE ME IS THIS,...
Because of the lowliness and grace on the part of the apostle, such as chapter 8 shows in the consideration of his brethren, there were some who would use this as an occasion to belittle him. He made...
MY DEFENCE TO THEM THAT EXAMINE ME IS THIS. 'This is my answer to those who question my authority.' (Con); 'That is how. vindicate myself to my critics' (Wey) 'IS THIS' -referring back to verses 1-2....
1-14 It is not new for a minister to meet with unkind returns for good-will to a people, and diligent and successful services among them. To the cavils of some, the apostle answers, so as to set fort...
These words may be understood in a double reference: either to what went before; then the sense is this: To those that examine me about my apostleship, this is my answer; That I have seen the Lord, th...
My defence to them that examine me is this. [This verse refers to what precedes it. It means that when called to defend his apostleship, Paul would point to the presence of a church of his established...
1 Corinthians 9:3 My G1699 defense G627 examine G350 (G5723) me G1691 is G2076 (G5748) this G3778...
PAUL NOW POINTS OUT THAT HE REFUSES TO USE HIS FREEDOM IN ANY WAY THAT WOULD CAUSE YOUNG CHRISTIANS TO BE LED ASTRAY. HIS NEXT EXAMPLE REFERS TO HIS NOT RECEIVING GIFTS FOR HIS MINISTRY AMONG THEM WHI...
'My defence to those who examine me is this. "Have we no right to eat and to drink? Have we no right to lead about a wife who is a believer, even as the rest of the apostles, and the brothers of the L...
1 Corinthians 9:3. MY DEFENCE TO THEM THAT EXAMINE ME IS THIS not this which I am _now_ to give; for what follows is not an answer to such questioners, but this which I have _already_ stated' (in the...
It was impossible for Christians in almost any Greek or Roman colony, and least of all at Corinth, to avoid coming frequently in contact with idolatrous practices in various and ensnaring forms. In wr...
MY DEFENCE (η εμη απολογια). Original sense, not idea of apologizing as we say. See on Acts 22:1; Acts 25:16. Refers to what precedes and to what follows as illustration of 1 Corinthians 8:13.TO THE...
CONTENTS: Paul vindicates his apostleship. The method and reward of true ministry and the support of the ministry. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Cephas, Barnabas, Moses. CONCLUSION: It is no new thing for...
1 Corinthians 9:1. _Am I not an apostle? Am I not free? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are not you my work in the Lord?_ Having illustrated the legal customs of the jews respecting meats, he introduc...
THIS IS HOW I DEFEND MYSELF. By pointing to the Corinthian Christians as living proof!...
_Am I not an apostle?_ Am I not free? Have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? SIGNS OF APOSTLESHIP Why should Paul, departing from his usual custom, speak here of himself and his claims? Undoubtedly...
CHAPTER 9 SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTER i. He proceeds to show by his own example how offences are to be avoided, and he says that he had refused to accept payment, or the maintenance due to a preacher of...
_Mine answer to them that do examine me is this_, Those who ask about my Apostleship may take what I have said as their answer. So Anselm. But Chrysostom and Ambrose just as suitably refer this to the...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ 1 Corinthians 9:1.—Notice the reversed order of clauses in the better-attested reading. FREE.—_I.c. quâ_ man; he is always Christ’s “bondservant”; it is of his own choice that he subm...
EXPOSITION 1 CORINTHIANS 9:1 The rights and the self denial of an apostle. 1 CORINTHIANS 9:1 An apostle's right to maintenance....
Shall we turn in our Bibles to I Corinthians, chapter 9. I could do a lot of things I don't do. The reason why I don't do them is I do not want to be an offense unto a weaker brethren and destroy his...
1 Corinthians 14:37; 2 Corinthians 10:7; 2 Corinthians 10:8; 2 Corinthians 12:16;...
Answer [α π ο λ ο γ ι α]. See on 1 Peter 3:15. Examine [α ν α κ ρ ι ν ο υ σ ι ν]. See on Luke 23:14....
My answer to them who examine me — Concerning my apostleship. Is this — Which I have now given....
Here the apostle instances in another branch of his Christian liberty, and that was marriage; he could have taken. wife, as Peter and other apostles did, had he pleased, and have put the church to fur...