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1 Corinthians 9:1

Am I not an apostle? am I not free? have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? are not ye my work in the Lord?

KJV

Οὐκ εἰμὶ ἐλεύθερος; οὐκ εἰμὶ ἀπόστολος; οὐχὶ Ἰησοῦν τὸν κύριον ἡμῶν ἑόρακα; οὐ τὸ ἔργον μου ὑμεῖς ἐστὲ ἐν κυρίῳ;

Greek NT

Non sum liber ? non sum Apostolus ? nonne Christum Jesum Dominum nostrum vidi ? nonne opus meum vos estis in Domino ?

Vulgate

Am I not free? am I not an apostle? have I not seen Jesus our Lord? are not ye my work in the Lord?

ASV

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

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

14 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
κύριος
kurios
noun · 717×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
οὐχί
ouchi
particle · 53×
ἀπόστολος
apostolos
noun · 79×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
ἐλεύθερος
eleutheros
adjective · 23×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἔργον
ergon
noun · 169×
ἡμεῖς
emeis
pronoun · 862×
Ἰησοῦς
iesous
noun · 908×
o
article · 19778×
ὁράω
orao
verb · 682×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×

Textual variants

2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: ἐλεύθερος οὐκ εἰμὶ ἀπόστολος ; | WH/Treg/NIV: ἐλεύθερος οὐκ εἰμὶ ἀπόστολος | RP: ἀπόστολος οὐκ εἰμὶ ἐλεύθερος
  • ἐλεύθερος οὐκ εἰμὶ ἀπόστολος ;SBLGNT
  • ἐλεύθερος οὐκ εἰμὶ ἀπόστολοςWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ἀπόστολος οὐκ εἰμὶ ἐλεύθεροςRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
notable
SBLGNT: Ἰησοῦν | WH/Treg/NIV: Ἰησοῦν | RP: + Χριστὸν
  • ἸησοῦνSBLGNT
  • ἸησοῦνWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • + ΧριστὸνRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§659"So then the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God."531 Christ's body was glorified at the moment of his Resurrection, as proved by the new and supernatural properties it subsequently and permanently enjoys.532 But during the forty days when he eats and drinks familiarly with his disciples and teaches them about…
§857The Church is apostolic because she is founded on the apostles, in three ways: - she was and remains built on "the foundation of the Apostles,"362 The witnesses chosen and sent on mission by Christ himself;363 - with the help of the Spirit dwelling in her, the Church keeps and hands on the teaching,364 The "good deposit," the salutary words she has heard from the apostles;365 -…
2. But I have used none of these things: What then if you have not used them now, says one, but intendest to use them at a future time, and on this account sayest these things. Far from it; for he speedily corrected the notion, thus saying; And I write not these things that it may be so done in my case. And see with what vehemence he disavows and repels the thing: For it were g…

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 1:1 — Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother,
  • 1Cor 3:6 — I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.
  • 1Cor 3:6 — I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.
  • 1Cor 9:19 — For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more.
  • 1Cor 9:19 — For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more.
  • 1Cor 15:8 — And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time.
  • 1Tim 2:7 — Whereunto I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle, (I speak the truth in Christ, and lie not;) a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and verity.
  • 2Cor 3:2 — Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men:
  • 2Cor 6:1 — We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain.
  • 2Cor 10:7 — 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.
  • 2Cor 12:11 — I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing am I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I be nothing.
  • 2Cor 12:12 — Truly the signs of an apostle were wrought among you in all patience, in signs, and wonders, and mighty deeds.
  • 2Cor 13:3 — Since ye seek a proof of Christ speaking in me, which to you-ward is not weak, but is mighty in you.
  • 2Tim 1:11 — Whereunto I am appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.
  • Acts 9:3 — And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven:
  • Acts 9:17 — And Ananias went his way, and entered into the house; and putting his hands on him said, Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, that appeared unto thee in the way as thou camest, hath sent me, that thou
  • Acts 22:14 — And he said, The God of our fathers hath chosen thee, that thou shouldest know his will, and see that Just One, and shouldest hear the voice of his mouth.
  • Acts 23:11 — And the night following the Lord stood by him, and said, Be of good cheer, Paul: for as thou hast testified of me in Jerusalem, so must thou bear witness also at Rome.
  • Gal 1:1 — Paul, an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead;)
  • Gal 1:15 — But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother’s womb, and called me by his grace,
  • Gal 5:1 — Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
  • Rom 1:1 — Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God,
  • Rom 1:1 — Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God,
  • Titus 1:1 — Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God’s elect, and the acknowledging of the truth which is after godliness;