1 Corinthians 9:1

Paul asserts his freedom and apostleship: he has seen the risen Lord, and the Corinthians themselves are the fruit of his ministry. His rights are real, which makes his willingness to forgo them all the more striking.

Cross-references · 33

• Acts 9:17So Ananias went to the house, and when he arrived, he placed his hands on Saul. “Brother Saul,” he said, “the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road as you were coming here, has sent me so that you may see again and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”
• 1 Cor 9:19Though I am free of obligation to anyone, I make myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible.
• Acts 9:3As Saul drew near to Damascus on his journey, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him.
• Acts 23:11The following night the Lord stood near Paul and said, “Take courage! As you have testified about Me in Jerusalem, so also you must testify in Rome.”
• 1 Cor 3:6I planted the seed and Apollos watered it, but God made it grow.
• 1 Tim 2:7For this reason I was appointed as a preacher, an apostle, and a faithful and true teacher of the Gentiles. I am telling the truth; I am not lying about anything.
• Rom 1:1Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, and set apart for the gospel of God—
• Gal 1:15–17But when God, who set me apart from my mother’s womb and called me by His grace, was pleased
• 2 Tim 1:11to which I was appointed as a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher.
• Titus 1:1–3Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ for the faith of God’s elect and their knowledge of the truth that leads to godliness,
• 2 Cor 6:1As God’s fellow workers, then, we urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain.
• Gal 5:1It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be encumbered once more by a yoke of slavery.
• 2 Cor 12:11–12I have become a fool, but you drove me to it. In fact, you should have commended me, since I am in no way inferior to those “super-apostles,” even though I am nothing.
• Gal 1:1Paul, an apostle—sent not from men nor by man, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised Him from the dead—
• Acts 22:14–21Then he said, ‘The God of our fathers has appointed you to know His will, and to see the Righteous One, and to hear His voice.
• 1 Cor 4:14–15I am not writing this to shame you, but to warn you as my beloved children.
• Acts 26:16–18‘But get up and stand on your feet. For I have appeared to you to appoint you as a servant and as a witness of what you have seen from Me and what I will show you.
• Acts 9:5“Who are You, Lord?” Saul asked. “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,” He replied.
• Rom 1:5Through Him and on behalf of His name, we received grace and apostleship to call all those among the Gentiles to the obedience that comes from faith.
• Acts 18:8–11Crispus, the synagogue leader, and his whole household believed in the Lord. And many of the Corinthians who heard the message believed and were baptized.
• 1 Cor 1:1Paul, called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes,
• 2 Cor 11:5I consider myself in no way inferior to those “super-apostles.”
• Gal 2:7–8On the contrary, they saw that I had been entrusted to preach the gospel to the uncircumcised, just as Peter had been to the circumcised.
• Acts 13:2While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”
• Acts 16:17–18This girl followed Paul and the rest of us, shouting, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who are proclaiming to you the way of salvation!”
• Rom 11:13I am speaking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch as I am the apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry
• Acts 14:14But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul found out about this, they tore their clothes and rushed into the crowd, shouting,
• 1 Th 2:6Nor did we seek praise from you or from anyone else, although as apostles of Christ we had authority to demand it.
• Acts 9:15“Go!” said the Lord. “This man is My chosen instrument to carry My name before the Gentiles and their kings, and before the people of Israel.
• Acts 22:6–8About noon as I was approaching Damascus, suddenly a bright light from heaven flashed around me.
• 1 Cor 15:8–9And last of all He appeared to me also, as to one of untimely birth.
• Acts 14:4The people of the city were divided. Some sided with the Jews, and others with the apostles.
• 1 Cor 9:2–3Even if I am not an apostle to others, surely I am to you. For you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.

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