1 Corinthians 9:1-6

§ 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 in Cor [1274] in such respects; more than this, he is “an apostle” (1 Corinthians 9:1), and the Church of Cor [1275] is witness to the fact, being itself his answer to all challengers (1 Corinthians 9:2 f.). If so, he has the right to look to his Churches for maintenance, and that in the ordinary comfort of married life a claim unquestioned in the case of his colleagues in the apostleship (1 Corinthians 9:4-6).

[1274] Corinth, Corinthian or Corinthians.

[1275] Corinth, Corinthian or Corinthians.