Wesley's Explanatory Notes
1 Corinthians 9:2
Ye are the seal of my apostleship — Who have received not only faith by my mouth, but all the gifts of the Spirit by my hands.
Ye are the seal of my apostleship — Who have received not only faith by my mouth, but all the gifts of the Spirit by my hands.
Verse 1 Corinthians 9:2. _IF I BE NOT AN APOSTLE UNTO OTHERS_] If there be other Churches which have been founded by other apostles; yet it is not so with you. _THE SEAL OF MINE APOSTLESHIP ARE YE_]...
IF I BE NOT AN APOSTLE UNTO OTHERS - “If I have not given evidence to others of my apostolic mission; of my being sent by the Lord Jesus, yet I have to you. Assuredly you, among whom I have labored so...
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)...
UNTO. to. OTHERS. App-124. DOUBTLESS. at least. seal. Greek. _sphragis._ APOSTLESHIP. Greek. _apostole._ See Acts 1:25....
_for the seal of mine apostleship are ye in the Lord_ If any Church had less right than another to question his Apostolic authority, it was the Church of Corinth, which he had founded (ch. 1 Corinthia...
ἈΛΛΆ ΓΕ. In the classics these two particles are separated by another word. ΣΦΡΑΓΊΣ ΜΟΥ ΤΗ͂Σ�. If any Church had less right than another to question his Apostolic authority, it was the Church of Corin...
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...
_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...
ΕΊ (G1487) если; с _ind._ используется для ввода _conj._ 1 типа, которое считается истинным, ΆΛΛΟΙΣ _dat. pl._ от ΆΛΛΟΣ (G243) другой. "Для других". _Dat._ отношения, ссылки, или этический _dat._, "п...
FOR THE SEAL OF MINE APOSTLESHIP ARE YE— "Your conversion to Christianity, is as it were a _seal_ set to make good the truth of my apostleship....
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...
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. YET DOUBTLESS - yet at least I am such to you. SEAL OF MINE APOSTLESHIP - your...
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...
UNTO OTHERS] in their opinion. THE SEAL] That which authenticates, or proves true. The existence of the Corinthian Church was a proof of St. Paul's apostolic power. 1 Corinthians 9:3 probably refers t...
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...
IF I BE NOT AN APOSTLE UNTO OTHERS. — The allusion here is probably to some who may have arrived at Corinth subsequent to St. Paul’s departure, and who, not recognising his Apostleship in relation to...
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...
If I be not an apostle unto others, yet doubtless I am to you: for the (b) seal of mine apostleship are ye in the Lord. (b) As a seal by which it sufficiently appears that God is the author of my apo...
“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...
2._If I am not an Apostle to others _The sum of this tends to the establishing of his authority among the Corinthians, so as to place it beyond all dispute. “If there are those,” says he, “who have do...
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...
IF I BE NOT AN APOSTLE UNTO OTHERS,.... This is said by way of supposition, not concession; for he was an apostle to many others; he was an apostle of the Gentiles in general; as the apostleship of th...
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. Ver. 2. _The seal of mine apostleship_] See the like, Jeremiah 23:21; Matthew 21:27...
_Am I not_, &c. It appears from this, and several other passages of the epistles to the Corinthians, that some of them, influenced probably by false teachers, who had crept in among them, objected to...
SEAT OF MINE APOSTLESHIP; their conversion was evidence that Paul was an apostle of Jesus Christ....
PAUL THE FREE SERVANT OF CHRIST. Defending his Christian liberty:...
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....
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...
IF TO OTHERS. AM NOT AN APOSTLE, YET AT LEAST. AM TO YOU; FOR THE SEAL OF MINE APOSTLESHIP ARE YE IN THE LORD. 'If to others. am not an apostle' -others who had never met him or who were not the res...
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...
He had, 1 CORINTHIANS 9:1, told them they were his work in the Lord, from whence he concludes here, that he was an apostle, that is, one sent of Christ to them for the good of their souls, whatever he...
If to others I am not an apostle, yet at least I am to you; for the seal of mine apostleship are ye in the Lord. [An argumentum ad hominem. Whatever Paul might be in the estimation of Judaizers and en...
1 Corinthians 9:2 If G1487 am G1510 (G5748) not G3756 apostle G652 others G243 yet G235 doubtless G1065 am...
'Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you not my work in the Lord? If to others I am not an apostle, yet at least I am to you, for the seal of my apostleship are you...
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...
1 Corinthians 9:2. IF TO OTHERS I AM NOT AN APOSTLE, YET AT LEAST I AM TO YOU; FOR THE SEAL OF MINE APOSTLESHIP ARE YE IN THE LORD. ‘Let who will dispute my apostleship, ye at least should be the last...
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...
YET AT LEAST I AM TO YOU (αλλα γε υμιν ειμ). An _argumentum ad hominem_ and a pointed appeal for their support. Note use of αλλα γε in the apodosis (cf. 1 Corinthians 8:6)....
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...
SURELY YOU DO! He had worked among them with power and the Holy Spirit. Compare 2 Corinthians 12:12; 1 Thessalonians 1:5. YOU YOURSELVES. The Corinthian Christians were living proof of Paul's preachin...
_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...
1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 9:2 SEAL. Seals in the ancient Near East were used to guarantee the quality and authenticity of a document (such as a letter) or product (such as wine); see note on...
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...
_For the seal of mine Apostleship are ye in the Lord._ A proof of my apostleship may be seen in you, in my preaching, in my miracles, in the toil and the dangers which I have either borne or performed...
_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...
2 Corinthians 12:12; 2 Corinthians 3:1; John 6:27...
Seal [σ φ ρ α γ ι ς]. See on Romans 4:11; John 3:33; Revelation 22:10....
As if he had said, "Whatever others do, you of all men should not question my apostleship, for you were converted by it. You confirm and ratify my ministry, that it is of God, and that God is in it of...