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Verse 1 Corinthians 9:2. _IF I BE NOT AN APOSTLE UNTO OTHERS_] If
there be other Churches which have been founded by other apostles; yet
it is not so with you.
_THE SEAL OF MINE APOSTLESHIP ARE YE_]...
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IF I BE NOT AN APOSTLE UNTO OTHERS - “If I have not given evidence
to others of my apostolic mission; of my being sent by the Lord Jesus,
yet I have to you. Assuredly you, among whom I have labored so...
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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 Cor...
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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...
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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...
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UNTO. to.
OTHERS. App-124.
DOUBTLESS. at least. seal. Greek. _sphragis._
APOSTLESHIP. Greek. _apostole._ See Acts 1:25....
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_for the seal of mine apostleship are ye in the Lord_ If any Church
had less right than another to question his Apostolic authority, it
was the Church of Corinth, which he had founded (ch. 1 Corinthia...
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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...
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_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...
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ΕΊ (G1487) если; с _ind._ используется для
ввода _conj._ 1 типа, которое считается
истинным,
ΆΛΛΟΙΣ _dat. pl._ от ΆΛΛΟΣ (G243) другой. "Для
других". _Dat._ отношения, ссылки, или
этический _dat._, "п...
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FOR THE SEAL OF MINE APOSTLESHIP ARE YE— "Your conversion to
Christianity, is as it were a _seal_ set to make good the truth of my
apostleship....
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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...
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If I be not an apostle unto others, yet doubtless I am to you: for
the seal of mine apostleship are ye in the Lord.
YET DOUBTLESS - yet at least I am such to you.
SEAL OF MINE APOSTLESHIP - your...
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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...
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_(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...
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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 J...
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IF I BE NOT AN APOSTLE UNTO OTHERS. — The allusion here is probably
to some who may have arrived at Corinth subsequent to St. Paul’s
departure, and who, not recognising his Apostleship in relation to...
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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...
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§ 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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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If I be not an apostle unto others, yet doubtless I am to you: for the
(b) seal of mine apostleship are ye in the Lord.
(b) As a seal by which it sufficiently appears that God is the author
of my apo...
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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...
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(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...
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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...
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2._If I am not an Apostle to others _The sum of this tends to the
establishing of his authority among the Corinthians, so as to place it
beyond all dispute. “If there are those,” says he, “who have
do...
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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...
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IF I BE NOT AN APOSTLE UNTO OTHERS,.... This is said by way of
supposition, not concession; for he was an apostle to many others; he
was an apostle of the Gentiles in general; as the apostleship of th...
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If I be not an apostle unto others, yet doubtless I am to you: for the
seal of mine apostleship are ye in the Lord.
Ver. 2. _The seal of mine apostleship_] See the like, Jeremiah 23:21;
Matthew 21:27...
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_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...
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SEAT OF MINE APOSTLESHIP; their conversion was evidence that Paul was
an apostle of Jesus Christ....
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PAUL THE FREE SERVANT OF CHRIST.
Defending his Christian liberty:...
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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...
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IF TO OTHERS. AM NOT AN APOSTLE, YET AT LEAST. AM TO YOU; FOR THE SEAL
OF MINE APOSTLESHIP ARE YE IN THE LORD.
'If to others. am not an apostle' -others who had never met him or who
were not the res...
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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 forth...
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He had, 1 CORINTHIANS 9:1, told them they were his work in the Lord,
from whence he concludes here, that he was an apostle, that is, one
sent of Christ to them for the good of their souls, whatever he...
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If to others I am not an apostle, yet at least I am to you; for the
seal of mine apostleship are ye in the Lord. [An argumentum ad
hominem. Whatever Paul might be in the estimation of Judaizers and
en...
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1 Corinthians 9:2 If G1487 am G1510 (G5748) not G3756 apostle G652
others G243 yet G235 doubtless G1065 am G1510 (G5748) you G5213 For
G1063 you G5210 are G2075 (G5748) seal G4973 my G1699 apostleship...
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'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...
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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...
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YET AT LEAST I AM TO YOU
(αλλα γε υμιν ειμ). An _argumentum ad hominem_ and a
pointed appeal for their support. Note use of αλλα γε in the
apodosis (cf. 1 Corinthians 8:6)....
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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...
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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...
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SURELY YOU DO! He had worked among them with power and the Holy
Spirit. Compare 2 Corinthians 12:12; 1 Thessalonians 1:5. YOU
YOURSELVES. The Corinthian Christians were living proof of Paul's
preachin...
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_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...
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1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 9:2 SEAL. Seals in the ancient
Near East were used to guarantee the quality and authenticity of a
document (such as a letter) or product (such as wine); see note on...
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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...
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_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...
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EXPOSITION
1 CORINTHIANS 9:1
The rights and the self denial of an apostle.
1 CORINTHIANS 9:1
An apostle's right to maintenance.
1 CORINTHIANS 9:1
AM I NOT AN APOSTLE I AM I NOT FREE? The order o...
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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...
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2 Corinthians 12:12; 2 Corinthians 3:1; John 6:27...
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Seal [σ φ ρ α γ ι ς]. See on Romans 4:11; John 3:33; Revelation
22:10....
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Ye are the seal of my apostleship — Who have received not only faith
by my mouth, but all the gifts of the Spirit by my hands....
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As if he had said, "Whatever others do, you of all men should not
question my apostleship, for you were converted by it. You confirm and
ratify my ministry, that it is of God, and that God is in it of...