고린도전서 Chapter 9

Translation: ESV

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Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are not you my workmanship in the Lord?

Key Message

Paul had the rights of apostleship but voluntarily gave them up for the gospel's sake. This is the practice of chapter 8's principle.

▸Paul begins chapter 9 by affirming his apostolic authority and freedom.

Paul begins chapter 9 by affirming his apostolic authority and freedom. This is a self-application of the principle of surrendering rights stated in chapter 8. As an apostle, Paul had the right to receive financial support from believers, but he gave it up. This is an example of living out the principle of chapter 8.

Related Verses

Paul, an apostle—not from men nor through man, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised him from the dead—
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For though I am free from all, I have made myself a servant to all, that I might win more of them.

Key Message

Voluntarily laying down one's freedom and adapting to all people for the sake of the gospel is Paul's missionary principle.

▸Paul's famous missionary principle.

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Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? So run that you may obtain it.

Key Message

The life of faith is a race requiring serious training and self-discipline; one must run with full strength toward the goal.

▸A metaphor based on the famous Isthmian Games near Corinth.