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1 Corinthians 9:1

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Aren’t I free? Aren’t I an apostle? Haven’t I seen Jesus our Lord? Aren’t you the result of my work for the Lord?

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So Ananias went over to the house and went in. He placed his hands on Saul and said, “Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus who appeared to you on the road as you were coming here has sent me. He wants you to see again and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”

I was appointed to be a messenger and an apostle to preach the good news. (I’m telling the truth; I’m not lying.) God appointed me to be a true and faithful teacher of the Gentiles.

I planted the seed, and Apollos watered it, but God has been making it grow.

The next night the Lord stood near Paul and said, “Don’t be afraid! You’ve told people about me in Jerusalem, and you must do the same in Rome.”

On his journey, as Saul approached Damascus, a light from heaven suddenly flashed around him.

I’m free and I don’t belong to anyone, but I’ve made myself a slave to everyone. I’ve done that to win as many people as I can to Christ.

I was appointed to be a messenger, an apostle, and a teacher of the good news.

Christ has set us free so that we can be free. So stand firm, and don’t let anyone make you a slave again.

As people who work together with God, we ask you not to receive God’s grace and then do nothing with it.

From Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, who has been appointed as an apostle and set apart for the good news of God.

From Paul, an apostle, and from all the brothers and sisters who are with me. I have not been sent by any human group or leader. I’ve been sent by Jesus Christ and by God the Father, who raised him from the dead. To the churches in Galatia.

We weren’t expecting people to praise us. We weren’t looking for praise from anybody, not from you and not from anyone else, even though we could have demanded respect as apostles of Christ.

I don’t think I’m the least bit inferior those “super-apostles.”

From Paul, called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes.

Let me talk now to you who are Gentiles. As the apostle to the Gentiles, I take pride in the work I do.

Through him we received grace to become apostles to the Gentiles and through that grace to bring them to obedience to God by trusting in Jesus. We do this to bring glory to him.

But when the apostles Paul and Barnabas heard about this, they ripped their clothes and rushed out into the crowd. They shouted,

The people of the city were divided. Some took the side of the Jews, while others took the side of the apostles.

While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “I’ve appointed Barnabas and Saul for a special task. Set them apart for me.”

But the Lord said to Ananias, “Go! I’ve chosen this man to do a special work for me. He will announce my name to the Gentiles and their kings and to the people of Israel.

“Who are you, Lord?” Saul asked. “I’m Jesus,” he replied, “the one you’ve been attacking.

I’m talking about the other person’s conscience, not yours. Why should my freedom be judged by what someone else thinks?

If I’ve given thanks for my food, then I shouldn’t be blamed for eating something that I’ve thanked God for.

If anyone wants to argue about this, let me simply say that we don’t have any other practice, and none of God’s churches do either.

You’re judging only by how things look on the surface. If someone is confident that they belong to Christ, they should consider again that we belong to Christ just as much as they do.




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