1 Corinthians 9:3 KJV — MannaFest

1 Corinthians 9:3

Mine answer to them that do examine me is this,

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ASV

My defence to them that examine me is this.

WEB

This is my defense to those who scrutinize me:

YLT

My defence to those who examine me in this;

DBT

My defence to those who examine me is this:

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1 Corinthians — A pastoral letter answering a long list of questions and problems — unity, ethics, worship, and the resurrection — written to a gifted but divided church.

Author: Paul, with Sosthenes (1:1)
Date: c. AD 55, from Ephesus

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Philippians 1:17
But the other of love, knowing that I am set for the defence of the gospel.
2 Corinthians 10:7–8
Do ye look on things after the outward appearance? If any man trust to himself that he is Christ’s, let him of himself think this again, that, as he is Christ’s, even so are we Christ’s.
Acts 22:1
Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defence which I make now unto you.
1 Corinthians 14:37
If any man think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are the commandments of the Lord.
2 Corinthians 13:3
Since ye seek a proof of Christ speaking in me, which to you-ward is not weak, but is mighty in you.

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. " My answer to those that do examine me (that is, enquire into my authority, or the reasons of my conduct, if I am an apostle) is this: Have we not power to eat and drink (

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

to them that . . . examine me--that is, who call in question mine apostleship. is this--namely, that you are the seal of mine apostleship.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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