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If to others I am not an apostle, yet indeed I am to you. For you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord— this[a] is my defense to the ones examining me! We do not fail to have the right to eat[b] and drink, do we?

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 9:3 That is, you are the defense of my apostleship to any who would oppose it (making this a parenthetical comment). Or, “Lord. This is my defense (for the bold statement in 8:13) to the ones examining me— we” (making verse 2 parenthetical).
  2. 1 Corinthians 9:4 That is, to sustain ourselves through our work among you.

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