1 Corinthians 9:1

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?

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

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 fu...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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 enfo...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

not. First two and fourth occurance. App-105. apostle . App-189. The texts transpose the first two questions. not . Third occurance. App-105....
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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 l...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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? - It is sufficiently...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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 f...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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 mo...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 13 MAINTENANCE OF THE MINISTRY IN the preceding chapter Paul has disposed of the question put to him regarding meats offered in sacrifice...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Rights and Their Surrender 1 Corinthians 9:1-15 Paul's claim to an equality with Peter and the other Apostles was violently disputed by his ene...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

CONTENTS The Apostle pleads the Dignity of his Office, and therefrom sheweth his Liberty. Ministers have a just Claim, and from the Lord's Appointme...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(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...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 s...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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. ]...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 fa...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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 woul...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

'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...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 Chri...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Biblical Illustrator

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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...

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Related Commentaries of 1 Corinthians 9:1

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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