1 Corintios 9:2 NVI

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Corinthians 9:1-2

Blessed Paul, in the work of his ministry, not only met with opposition from those without, but discouragement from those within. He was under reproach; false brethren questioned his apostleship, and were very industrious to lessen his character and sink his reputation; particularly here at Corinth, a place to which he had been instrumental in doing much good, and from which he had deserved well; and yet there were those among them who upon these heads created him great uneasiness. Note, It is... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 Corinthians 9:1-14

9:1-14 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 the Lord. This is my defence to those who are trying to put me on my trial. Do you mean to say that I have not the right to eat and drink at the cost of the Church? Do you mean to say that I have not the right to take a sister about with me as wife, as the rest of the apostles and the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 9:2

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 the circumcision belonged to Peter, that of the uncircumcision fell to his share: but however, as if he should say, be that as it will, yet doubtless I am to you ; all the signs of apostleship were wrought among them; not only the grace of God was implanted in them under his ministry, but the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 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 - Your conversion to Christianity is God's seal to my apostleship. Had not God sent me, I could not have profited your souls. The σφραγις or seal, was a figure cut in a stone, and that set in a ring, by which letters of credence and authority were stamped. The ancients, particularly the Greeks, excelled in this kind... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 9:2

Verse 2 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 doubts as to my Apostleship, to you, at least, it ought to be beyond all doubt, for, as I planted your Church by my ministry, you are either not believers, or you must necessarily recognize me as an Apostle. And that he may not seem to rest in mere words, he states that the reality itself was... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 9:1-2

Signs of apostleship. Why should Paul, departing from his usual custom, speak here of himself and of his claims? Undoubtedly because in this Christian society at Corinth there were those, prompted by Judaizing teachers, who called in question his apostleship, his equality with those who had been the companions of Jesus in his ministry, and had received their commission before his ascension. Wishing to incite the Corinthians to self denial, Paul put himself forward as an example of this... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 9:1-2

The rights of apostleship. One of St. Paul's chief difficulties arose from the efforts of his enemies to disprove his claims to apostleship. There does not seem to have been in the early Church a common understanding as to what constituted an apostle, and it was readily observed that the grounds of St. Paul's claim differed from the grounds on which the older apostles claimed. This, indeed, was but a surface appearance of difference, and did not reach the heart of the matter; but it... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 9:1-3

The marks of apostleship. This chapter grows out of the noble utterance of self denial with which the previous one closes. The apostle illustrates and enforces the duty of curtailing our liberty in things indifferent for the sake of weaker brethren, by a reference to his own example in foregoing the right of maintenance by the Church. Was he not free? Had he not all the rights belonging to Christians, unfettered by obligations to men? Nay, more, was he not an apostle? At Corinth, as... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 9:1-14

An apostle's right to maintenance. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 9:1-14

How St. Paul regarded his apostleship and its rights. To induce the Corinthians to deny themselves the exercise of a liberty they had in things indifferent, St. Paul bad made the argument in the eighth chapter. Liberty was amenable to conscience, knowledge secondary to love, and love was the constructing or building up power of the new spiritual edifice. Not one of these could be spared, for they were all constituents of manhood in Christ; but they must be adjusted to one another under the... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Corinthians 9:1-2

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 Corinthians 9:1-14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 9:2

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 9:2

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 9:2

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 9:1-2

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 9:1-2

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 9:1-3

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 9:1-14

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 9:1-14

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