1 Corinthians 9:1

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1 Corinthians 9:1–3 · Berean Standard Bible

1 Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you yourselves not my workmanship in the Lord?

2 Even if I am not an apostle to others, surely I am to you. For you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.

3 This is my defense to those who scrutinize me:

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1 Corinthians 9:2

Even if I am not an apostle to others, surely I am to you. For you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.

1 Corinthians 9:3

This is my defense to those who scrutinize me:

1 Corinthians 1:1

Paul, called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes,

1 Corinthians 15:8

And last of all He appeared to me also, as to one of untimely birth.

1 Corinthians 15:9

For I am the least of the apostles and am unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

Acts 9:15

“Go!” said the Lord. “This man is My chosen instrument to carry My name before the Gentiles and their kings, and before the people of Israel.

Acts 13:2

While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”

Acts 14:4

The people of the city were divided. Some sided with the Jews, and others with the apostles.

Acts 22:14

Then he said, ‘The God of our fathers has appointed you to know His will, and to see the Righteous One, and to hear His voice.

Acts 22:15

You will be His witness to everyone of what you have seen and heard.

Acts 16:17

This girl followed Paul and the rest of us, shouting, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who are proclaiming to you the way of salvation!”

Acts 16:18

She continued this for many days. Eventually Paul grew so aggravated that he turned and said to the spirit, “In the name of Jesus Christ I command you to come out of her!” And the spirit left her at that very moment.

Romans 1:1

Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, and set apart for the gospel of God—

Romans 1:5

Through Him and on behalf of His name, we received grace and apostleship to call all those among the Gentiles to the obedience that comes from faith.

Romans 11:13

I am speaking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch as I am the apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry

2 Corinthians 11:5

I consider myself in no way inferior to those “super-apostles.”

2 Corinthians 12:11

I have become a fool, but you drove me to it. In fact, you should have commended me, since I am in no way inferior to those “super-apostles,” even though I am nothing.

2 Corinthians 12:12

The true marks of an apostle—signs, wonders, and miracles—were performed among you with great perseverance.

Galatians 1:1

Paul, an apostle—sent not from men nor by man, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised Him from the dead—

Galatians 1:15

But when God, who set me apart from my mother’s womb and called me by His grace, was pleased

Galatians 1:16

to reveal His Son in me so that I might preach Him among the Gentiles, I did not rush to consult with flesh and blood,

Galatians 1:17

nor did I go up to Jerusalem to the apostles who came before me, but I went into Arabia and later returned to Damascus.

Galatians 2:7

On the contrary, they saw that I had been entrusted to preach the gospel to the uncircumcised, just as Peter had been to the circumcised.

Galatians 2:8

For the One who was at work in Peter’s apostleship to the circumcised was also at work in my apostleship to the Gentiles.

1 Timothy 2:7

For this reason I was appointed as a preacher, an apostle, and a faithful and true teacher of the Gentiles. I am telling the truth; I am not lying about anything.

2 Timothy 1:11

to which I was appointed as a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher.

Titus 1:1

Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ for the faith of God’s elect and their knowledge of the truth that leads to godliness,

Titus 1:2

in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began.

Titus 1:3

In His own time He has made His word evident in the proclamation entrusted to me by the command of God our Savior.

1 Corinthians 9:19

Though I am free of obligation to anyone, I make myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible.

Galatians 5:1

It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be encumbered once more by a yoke of slavery.

Acts 9:3

As Saul drew near to Damascus on his journey, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him.

Acts 9:5

“Who are You, Lord?” Saul asked. “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,” He replied.

Acts 9:17

So Ananias went to the house, and when he arrived, he placed his hands on Saul. “Brother Saul,” he said, “the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road as you were coming here, has sent me so that you may see again and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”

Acts 18:9

One night the Lord spoke to Paul in a vision: “Do not be afraid; keep on speaking; do not be silent.

Acts 22:6

About noon as I was approaching Damascus, suddenly a bright light from heaven flashed around me.

Acts 22:7

I fell to the ground and heard a voice say to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?’

Acts 22:8

‘Who are You, Lord?’ I asked. ‘I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you are persecuting,’ He replied.

Acts 22:16

And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized, and wash your sins away, calling on His name.’

Acts 22:17

Later, when I had returned to Jerusalem and was praying at the temple, I fell into a trance

Acts 22:18

and saw the Lord saying to me, ‘Hurry! Leave Jerusalem quickly, because the people here will not accept your testimony about Me.’

Acts 22:19

‘Lord,’ I answered, ‘they know very well that in one synagogue after another I imprisoned and beat those who believed in You.

Acts 22:20

And when the blood of Your witness Stephen was shed, I stood there giving my approval and watching over the garments of those who killed him.’

Acts 22:21

Then He said to me, ‘Go! I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’”

Acts 23:11

The following night the Lord stood near Paul and said, “Take courage! As you have testified about Me in Jerusalem, so also you must testify in Rome.”

Acts 26:16

‘But get up and stand on your feet. For I have appeared to you to appoint you as a servant and as a witness of what you have seen from Me and what I will show you.

Acts 26:17

I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles. I am sending you to them

Acts 26:18

to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those sanctified by faith in Me.’

1 Corinthians 3:6

I planted the seed and Apollos watered it, but God made it grow.

1 Corinthians 4:14

I am not writing this to shame you, but to warn you as my beloved children.

1 Corinthians 4:15

Even if you have ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel.

Acts 18:8

Crispus, the synagogue leader, and his whole household believed in the Lord. And many of the Corinthians who heard the message believed and were baptized.

Acts 18:10

For I am with you and no one will lay a hand on you, because I have many people in this city.”

Acts 18:11

So Paul stayed for a year and a half, teaching the word of God among the Corinthians.

2 Corinthians 6:1

As God’s fellow workers, then, we urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain.