not. First two and fourth occurance. App-105.
apostle. App-189. The texts transpose the first two questions.
not. Third occurance. App-105.
seen. App-133.
Jesus Christ. Jesus. App-98.
Lord. App-98.
Lord. App-98.
CHAPTER IX. _St. Paul vindicates his apostleship, and shows that he has_ _equal rights and privileges with Peter and the brethren of our_ _Lord; and that he is not bound, while doing the work of an...
AM I NOT AN APOSTLE? - This was the point to be settled; and it is probable that some at Corinth had denied that he could be an apostle, since it was requisite, in order to that, to have seen the Lord...
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)...
1 Corinthians 9:1-14. St Paul's Defence of his Apostolic Authority 1. _Am I not an apostle? am I not free?_ This chapter is devoted to a defence of the Apostolic authority of St Paul, but there is an...
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...
ἘΛΕΎΘΕΡΟΣ … ἈΠΌΣΤΟΛΟΣ. This is the order of אAB, Vulg. Peshito. Rec. inverts the order with DEFG, Vetus Lat. and one MS. of Vulg. 1. ΟΥ̓ΧῚ ἸΗΣΟΥ͂Ν ΤῸΝ ΚΎΡΙΟΝ ἩΜΩ͂Ν ἙΏΡΑΚΑ; One distinction drawn by St...
_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...
ΟΎΚ (G3756) используется в вопросах, на которые ожидается утвердительный ответ: "я свободен, не правда ли?" ΈΛΕΎΘΕΡΟΣ (G1658) свободный; здесь: свобода христианина (Morris; TDNT). ΈΏΡΑΚΑ _perf. ind....
_1 CORINTHIANS 9:1_.— St. Paul had preached the Gospel at Corinth about two years, in all which time he had taken nothing of them, 2 Corinthians 11:7. This, by some of the opposite faction, and partic...
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...
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? AM I NOT AN APOSTLE? AM I NOT FREE? So Delta G f g. But 'Aleph (') A B, Vulgate, read the...
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...
AM I NOT FREE] (RV puts this question first) i.e. being an Apostle, I am free from man's authority, and could do many things I abstain from doing for your sakes: cp. 1 Corinthians 9:19. HAVE I NOT SEE...
_(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...
AM I NOT AN APOSTLE? — Better, _Am I not free? am I not an Apostle?_ such being the order of the words in the better MSS. Thus the thought grows more naturally out of the previous chapter than it seem...
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...
οὐκ εἰμὶ ἐλεύθερος; This question, arising out of the foregoing §, properly comes first. The freedom supposed is that of principle; in 1 Corinthians 9:19 it will take a personal complexion. P. is no l...
§ 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...
Am (1) I not an apostle? am I not free? (2) have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? are not ye (a) my work in the Lord? (1) Before he proceeds any further in his purposed matter of things offered to id...
Am not I free? The apostle in this place wishes to teach the Corinthians, how careful and solicitous they should be not to give cause for scandal to their neighbour, and how anxious for his spiritual...
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...
“Am I not free? am I not an apostle? have I not seen Jesus our Lord? are not ye my work in the Lord?” These accumulated questions betray the emotion which seizes the apostle as he approaches this deli...
CONTENTS The Apostle pleads the Dignity of his Office, and therefrom sheweth his Liberty. Ministers have a just Claim, and from the Lord's Appointment, to be maintained in their Labors by the People....
(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...
1._Am I not free? _He confirms by facts what he had stated immediately before, — that he would rather never taste of flesh during his whole life, than give occasion of stumbling to a brother, and, at...
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...
AM I NOT AN APOSTLE? AM I NOT FREE?.... The Syriac, Ethiopic, and Vulgate Latin versions, put the last clause first; so the Alexandrian copy, and some other copies; and many interpreters are of opinio...
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? Ver. 1. _Am I not an apostle, &c._] That is to say, Do I require you to do anything more tha...
_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...
In the present chapter Paul asserts his personal rights and privileges as an apostle, verses 1 Corinthians 9:1-14; and then proceeds to show how he has willingly given them up for Christ's sake, there...
PAUL THE FREE SERVANT OF CHRIST. Defending his Christian liberty:...
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?...
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...
AM. NOT FREE? AM. NOT AN APOSTLE? HAVE. NOT SEEN JESUS OUR LORD? ARE NOT YE MY WORK IN THE LORD? 'Am. not free? -having the same rights and liberties as any other Christian. Some might have been say...
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...
1 CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 9 1 CORINTHIANS 9:1,2 Paul vindicateth his apostolical character, 1 CORINTHIANS 9:3 and right to a maintenance from the churches, 1 CORINTHIANS 9:15 though h
[False or factional teachers coming to Corinth expected to be supported by the church according to the usual custom, but were hampered by the example of Paul, who had taken nothing for his services. T...
Tertullian Against Praxeas ? "[182] Tertullian On Monogamy -shall we therefore so interpret Paul as if he demonstrates the apostles to have had wives?[66] Tertullian On Modesty And, "(I think) God...
1 Corinthians 9:1 Am G1510 (G5748) not G3756 apostle G652 Am G1510 (G5748) not G3756 free G1658 not...
'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 9:1. AM I NOT FREE? AM I NOT AN APOSTLE? In this order these two questions should undoubtedly stand, not only on the ground of textual evidence, but from the nature of the case. The subj...
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...
AM I NOT FREE? (Ουκ ειμ ελευθεροσ;). Free as a Christian from Mosaic ceremonialism (cf. 1 Corinthians 9:19) as much as any Christian and yet he adapts his moral independence to the principle of con...
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...
AM I NOT A FREE MAN? The false teacher at Corinth was a Christian (see note on 1 Corinthians 3:5), but his motives were not right. He thought the gospel was a way to get rich (1 Timothy 6:5), although...
_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...
_Am I not an apostle? am I not free?_ It may be asked what connection this has with the preceding chapter: it seems to be an abrupt transition to another subject. I reply that Paul had spoken at the e...
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...
_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 1:1; 1 Corinthians 15:8; 1 Corinthians 15:9; 1 Corinthians 3:6;...
Seen Jesus. See ch. 1 Corinthians 14:8; Acts 9:17; Acts 18:9; Acts 22:17; Acts 22:
Am I not free? am I not an apostle? — That is, Have not I the liberty of a common Christian? yea, that of an apostle? He vindicates his apostleship, 1 Corinthians 9:1: his apostolical liberty, 1 Corin...
The first instance which the apostle gives of his freedom and liberty was this, That when he preached the gospel amongst them at Corinth, he had. liberty either to live on the gospel, and take mainten...