1 Corinthians 9:1

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Am I not an Apostle? am I not free? haue I not seene Iesus Christe our Lord: Are ye not my worke in the Lorde?

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

¶Οὐκ εἰμὶ ἀπόστολος; οὐκ εἰμὶ ἐλεύθερος; Οὐχὶ Ἰησοῦν Χριστὸν τὸν Κύριον ἡμῶν ἑώρακα; οὐ τὸ ἔργον μου ὑμεῖς ἐστε ἐν Κυρίῳ;

Transliteration

Not eimi apostolos? Not eimi eleutheros? Not Iēsoun Christon the Kyrion of us heōraka? Not the ergon of me you este in Kyriō?

Grammar Details

• *eimi*: present indicative, 1st person singular - am
• *apostolos*: nominative, masculine, singular - apostle/sent one
• *eleutheros*: nominative, masculine, singular - free/freedom
• *Iēsoun Christon*: accusative, masculine, singular - Jesus Christ (direct object)
• *Kyrion*: accusative, masculine, singular - Lord
• *heōraka*: perfect active, 1st person singular - have seen
• *ergon*: nominative, neuter, singular - work
• *este*: present indicative, 2nd person plural - are
• *Kyriō*: dative, masculine, singular - Lord (in the Lord)

Word Meanings

• *apostolos*: apostle/sent one/messenger
• *eleutheros*: free/free person/having liberty
• *heōraka*: have seen/have beheld/have perceived
• *ergon*: work/deed/labor/action

Referenced Verses

• Acts 9:3 : 3 And when he iourneyed, it came to passe, that as he was come nye to Damascus, sodenly there shyned rounde about hym a lyght from heauen:
• Acts 9:17 : 17 And Ananias went his way, and entred into the house, and put his handes on hym, and sayde: Brother Saul, the Lorde (euen Iesus that appeared vnto thee in the waye as thou camest) hath sent me, that thou myghtest receaue thy syght, & be fylled with the holy ghost.
• 1 Cor 3:6 : 6 I haue planted, Apollo watered: but God gaue the encrease.
• 1 Cor 9:19 : 19 For though I be free from all men, yet haue I made my selfe seruaunt vnto all men, that I might win the mo.
• Acts 23:11 : 11 And the nyght folowyng, the Lorde stoode by hym, and sayde: Be of good cheare Paul, for as thou hast testified of me in Hierusalem, so must thou beare witnesse also at Rome.
• Rom 1:1 : 1 Paul the seruaunt of Iesus Christe, called to be an Apostle, seuered into the Gospel of God.
• 1 Tim 2:7 : 7 Wherevnto I am ordeined a preacher and an apostle (I tell the trueth in Christe, and lye not) a teacher of the gentiles in fayth and veritie.
• 2 Tim 1:11 : 11 Wherunto I am appoynted, a preacher and Apostle, and a teacher of the gentiles:
• Titus 1:1-3 : 1 Paul a seruaunt of God, & an Apostle of Iesus Christe, according to the fayth of Gods elect, & the knowledge of ye trueth, whiche is after godlynesse, 2 In the hope of eternall lyfe, which God that can not lye, promised before the worlde began: 3 But hath made manifest his worde, at ye time appoynted through preaching, which is committed vnto me, according to the ordinaunce of God our sauiour:
• 1 Cor 4:14-15 : 14 I write not these thynges to shame you, but as my beloued sonnes I warne you. 15 For though ye haue ten thousande instructours in Christ, yet haue ye not many fathers: For in Christe Iesu I haue begotten you through the Gospell.
• 1 Cor 9:2-3 : 2 If I be not an Apostle vnto other, yet doubtlesse am I vnto you: For the seale of myne Apostleship are ye in the Lorde. 3 Myne aunswere to them that aske me, is this,
• 1 Cor 15:8-9 : 8 And last of all he was seene of me, as of one borne out of due tyme. 9 For I am the least of the Apostles, which am not worthy to be called an Apostle, because I persecuted the Churche of God.
• 2 Cor 6:1 : 1 We also as helpers exhorte you, that ye receaue not the grace of God in vayne.
• 2 Cor 11:5 : 5 Ueryly I suppose that I was not behynde the chiefe Apostles.
• 2 Cor 12:11-12 : 11 I am become a foole in gloriyng. Ye haue compelled me: for I ought to haue ben commended of you. For nothyng was I inferiour vnto the chiefe Apostles, though I be nothyng, 12 Truely the signes of an Apostle were wrought among you, in all patience, and signes, and wonders, and myghtie deedes.
• Gal 1:1 : 1 Paul an Apostle, not of men, neither by man: but by Iesus Christe, and by God the father, which raysed hym vp from death:
• Gal 1:15-17 : 15 But when it pleased God, which seperated me from my mothers wombe, & called me by his grace, 16 To reueale his sonne by me, that I shoulde by the Gospell preache hym among the Heathen: immediatly I communed not with fleshe and blood: 17 Neither returned to Hierusalem, to them which were Apostles before me: but went my wayes into Arabia, and came agayne vnto Damascus.
• Gal 2:7-8 : 7 But contrary wyse, when they sawe that the Gospell of the vncircumcision was committed vnto me, as the Gospel of the circumcision was committed vnto Peter. 8 (For he that was myghtie in Peter, to the Apostleshyp of the circumcision, the same was myghtie in me towarde the gentiles)
• Gal 5:1 : 1 Stande fast therfore in the libertie wherwith Christe hath made vs free, and be not intangled agayne with ye yoke of bondage.
• 1 Thess 2:6 : 6 Neither sought we prayse of men, neither of you, nor yet of others:
• Rom 1:5 : 5 By whom we haue receaued grace and apostleship, that obedience myght be geuen vnto the fayth in his name, among all heathen.
• Rom 11:13 : 13 For I speake to you gentiles, in as much as I am the Apostle of the gentiles, I magnifie myne office.
• 1 Cor 1:1 : 1 Paule called to be an Apostle of Iesu Christ, through the wyll of God, and brother Sostenes:
• Acts 26:16-18 : 16 But ryse and stande vpon thy feete. For I haue appeared vnto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witnesse, both of those thynges which thou hast seene, and of those thynges in the which I wyll appeare vnto thee, 17 Delyueryng thee from the people, and from the gentiles, vnto whom nowe I sende thee, 18 To open their eyes, that they may be turned from darknesse to lyght, & from the power of Satan vnto God, that they may receaue forgeuenes of sinnes, & inheritaunce among them which are sanctified by fayth that is towarde me.
• Acts 9:5 : 5 And he sayde: Who art thou Lorde? And the Lorde said: I am Iesus who thou persecutest, It is harde for thee to kicke agaynst the prickes.
• Acts 9:15 : 15 The Lord sayde vnto hym: Go thy way, for he is a chosen vessell vnto me, to beare my name before the gentiles, & kynges, and the chyldren of Israel.
• Acts 13:2 : 2 As they ministred to the Lorde and fasted, the holy ghost sayde: Separate me Barnabas and Saul, for the worke wherunto I haue called them.
• Acts 14:4 : 4 But the multitude of the citie was deuided: and part helde with the Iewes, and part with the Apostles.
• Acts 14:14 : 14 Which when the Apostles, Barnabas & Paul heard of, they rent their clothes, and ran in among the people, crying,
• Acts 16:17-18 : 17 The same folowed Paul and vs, and cryed, saying: These men are the seruauntes of the most hye God, which shewe vnto vs the way of saluation. 18 And this dyd she many dayes. But Paul not content, turned about, & sayde to the spirite, I commaunde thee in the name of Iesu Christe, that thou come out of her. And he came out the same houre.
• Acts 18:8-9 : 8 And one Crispus the chiefe ruler of the synagogue beleued on the Lorde, with all his housholde: and many of the Corinthians hearyng, beleued, and were baptized. 9 Then spake the Lorde to Paul in the nyght by a vision: Be not afrayde, but speake, and holde not thy peace: 10 For I am with thee, and no man shal inuade thee to hurt thee. For I haue much people in this citie. 11 And he continued there a yere and sixe monethes, and taught the word of God among them.
• Acts 22:6-8 : 6 And it came to passe, that as I made my iourney, & was come nye vnto Damascus, about noone, sodeinly there shone from heauen a great light rounde about me. 7 And I fell vnto the earth, and hearde a voyce saying vnto me: Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me: 8 And I aunswered: Who art thou Lorde? And he sayde vnto me: I am Iesus of Nazareth whom thou persecutest.
• Acts 22:14-21 : 14 And he said: The God of our fathers hath ordeyned thee before, that thou shouldest knowe his wyll, and see that iuste one, and shouldest heare the voyce of his mouth. 15 For thou shalt be his witnesse vnto all men, of those thynges which thou hast seene and hearde: 16 And nowe why taryest thou? aryse, & be baptized, & wasshe away thy sinnes, in callyng on the name of the Lorde. 17 And it came to passe, that whe I was come agayne to Hierusalem, and prayed in the temple, I was in a traunce, 18 And sawe him, saying vnto me: Make haste and get thee quickly out of Hierusalem: for they wyl not receaue thy witnesse concernyng me. 19 And I sayde: Lord, they knowe that I prisoned and beat in euery synagogue them that beleued on thee. 20 And when the blood of thy wytnesse Steuen was shedde, I also stoode by, and consented vnto his death, and kept the rayment of them that slue hym. 21 And he sayde vnto me: depart, for I wyll sende thee farre hence vnto the gentiles.