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Paul's Apostolic Credentials
Commentators explain that Paul opens this chapter with four rhetorical questions to defend his apostleship. He asserts his freedom in Christ, his title as an apostle, his essential qualification of having seen the resurrected Lord Jesus, and the undeniable evidence of his ministry—the Corinthian believers themselves.
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1 Corinthians
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Albert Barnes
On 1 Corinthians 9:1
18th Century
Theologian
1 Corinthians CHAPTER 9
The apostle had, in 1 Corinthians 8:13, mentioned his willingness to deny himself if he might be the mea…
AT Robertson
On 1 Corinthians 9:1
Am I not free? (Ουκ ειμ ελευθεροσ; ). Free as a Christian from Mosaic ceremonialism (cf. 9:19) as much as any Christian and yet he…
Charles Ellicott
On 1 Corinthians 9:1
19th Century
Bishop
Am I not an apostle?—A better rendering, following the word order in the better manuscripts, is: Am I not fre…
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Expositor's Bible Commentary
On 1 Corinthians 9:1
Paul’s reference to the spiritual freedom we have in Christ, coupled with his claim of apostleship, leads him to expand the theme of Christian free…
John Calvin
On 1 Corinthians 9:1
16th Century
Theologian
Am I not free? He confirms by facts what he had stated immediately before—that he would rather never taste flesh during his whole life tha…
John Gill
On 1 Corinthians 9:1
17th Century
Pastor
Am I not an apostle? am I not free ?
&c.] The Syriac, Ethiopic, and Vulgate Latin versions, put the last clause firs…
Matthew Henry
On 1 Corinthians 9:1–14
17th Century
Minister
It is not new for a minister to encounter unkindness in return for goodwill to a people, and for diligent and successful service among them. To the…