1 Corinthians 9:1 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹Am I not an apostle? am I not free? have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? are not ye my work in the Lord?

1 Corinthians 9:1 —

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Cross-References

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Acts 9:17
And Ananias went his way, and entered into the house; and putting his hands on him said, Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, that appeared unto thee in the way as thou camest, hath sent me, that thou mightest receive thy sight, and be filled with the Holy Ghost.
1 Corinthians 3:6
I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.
1 Corinthians 9:19
For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more.
Acts 23:11
And the night following the Lord stood by him, and said, Be of good cheer, Paul: for as thou hast testified of me in Jerusalem, so must thou bear witness also at Rome.
Acts 9:3
And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven:

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-2)

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 and sink his reputation; particularly here at Corinth, a place to which he had been instrumental in doing much good, and from which he had deserved well;…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 1)

1Co 9:1-27. He Confirms His Teaching as to Not Putting a Stumbling-block in a Brother’s Way (1Co 8:13) BY His Own Example in Not Using His Undoubted Rights as an Apostle, so as to Win Men to Christ. 1. Am I not an apostle? am I not free?--The oldest manuscripts read the order thus, “Am I not free? am I not an apostle?” He alludes to 1Co 8:9, “this liberty of yours”: If you claim it, I appeal to yo…