1 Corinthians 9:1-6

Paul Surrenders His Rights

1 aAm I not free? bAm I not an apostle? cHave I not seen Jesus our Lord? dAre not you my workmanship in the Lord? 2If to others I am not an apostle, at least I am to you, for you are ethe seal of my apostleship in the Lord.

3This is my defense to those who would examine me. 4 fDo we not have the right to eat and drink? 5 gDo we not have the right to take along a believing wife,
Greek  a sister as wife
as do the other apostles and ithe brothers of the Lord and jCephas?
6Or is it only Barnabas and I who have no right to refrain from working for a living?

2 Corinthians 11:22-33

22Are they Hebrews? kSo am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they offspring of Abraham? So am I. 23Are they lservants of Christ? mI am a better one—I am talking like a madmanwith far greater labors, nfar more imprisonments, owith countless beatings, and poften near death. 24Five times I received at the hands of the Jews the qforty lashes less one. 25Three times I was rbeaten with rods. sOnce I was stoned. Three times I twas shipwrecked; a night and a day I was adrift at sea; 26on frequent journeys, in danger from rivers, danger from robbers, udanger from my own people, vdanger from Gentiles, wdanger in the city, danger in the wilderness, danger at sea, danger from false brothers; 27 xin toil and hardship, through many a sleepless night, yin hunger and thirst, often without food,
Or  often in fasting
in cold and exposure.
28And, apart from other things, there is the daily pressure on me of my anxiety for aaall the churches. 29 abWho is weak, and I am not weak? Who is made to fall, and I am not indignant?

30 acIf I must boast, I will boast of the things that show my weakness. 31 adThe God and Father of the Lord Jesus, aehe who is blessed forever, afknows that I am not lying. 32At Damascus, the governor under King Aretas agwas guarding the city of Damascus in order to seize me, 33 ahbut I was let down in a basket through a window in the wall and escaped his hands.

Galatians 1:11-12

Paul Called by God

11For aiI would have you know, brothers, that ajthe gospel that was preached by me is not man’s gospel.
Greek not according to man
12 alFor I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it, but I received it amthrough a revelation of Jesus Christ.
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