1 Corinthians 9:1

Coverdale Bible (1535)

Am I not an Apostle? Am I not fre? Haue I not sene Iesus Christ oure 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 as he was goinge on his iourney, it fortuned, that he came nye vnto Damasco, and sodenly there shyned rounde aboute hi a light fro heaue,
• Acts 9:17 : 17 And Ananias wente his waye, and came in to the house, and layed the handes vpon him, and sayde: Brother Saul, the LORDE which appeared vnto ye in the waye as thou camest, hath sent me, that thou mightest receaue thy sight, and be fylled with the holy goost.
• 1 Cor 3:6 : 6 I haue planted, Apollo hath watred, but God hath geuen the increase.
• 1 Cor 9:19 : 19 For though I am fre from all men, yet haue I made my selfe euery mans seruaunt, yt I mighte wynne ye moo.
• Acts 23:11 : 11 But in the nighte folowinge, the LORDE stode by him, and sayde: Be of good cheare Paul, for as thou hast testified of me at Ierusalem so must thou testifye at Rome also.
• Rom 1:1 : 1 Pavl the seruaunte of Iesus Christ, called to be an Apostle, put aparte to preach the Gospell of God
• 1 Tim 2:7 : 7 wherevnto I am ordeyned a preacher & an Apostle (I tell ye trueth in Christ and lye not) a teacher of the Heythe in faith and in the trueth.
• 2 Tim 1:11 : 11 whervnto I am appoynted a preacher and an Apostell, and a teacher of the Heythen:
• Titus 1:1-3 : 1 Pavl the seruaunt of God, and an Apostle off Iesus Christ, to preach the faith off Gods electe, and the knowlege of ye trueth, which ledeth vnto godlynes, 2 vpon the hope of eternall life: which God that can not lye hath promysed before the tymes of the worlde: 3 but at his tyme hath opened his worde thorow preachinge, which is commytted vnto me acordinge to the commaundemet of God oure Sauioure.
• 1 Cor 4:14-15 : 14 I wryte not this to shame you, but as my deare childre I warne you. 15 For though ye haue ten thousande instructours in Christ yet haue ye not many fathers. For I haue begotten you in Christ Iesu thorow ye Gospell?
• 1 Cor 9:2-3 : 2 Are not ye my worke in the LORDE? Yf I be not an Apostle vnto other, yet am I youre Apostle: for the seale of myne Apostleshippe are ye in the LORDE. 3 Myne answere vnto them that axe me, is this:
• 1 Cor 15:8-9 : 8 Last of all was he sene of me also, as of one borne out of due tyme. 9 For I am ye leest of the Apostles, which am not worthy to be called an Apostle, because I persecuted the congregacion of God.
• 2 Cor 6:1 : 1 We as helpers therfore exhorte you, that ye receaue not ye grace of God in vayne.
• 2 Cor 11:5 : 5 For I suppose that I am no lesse the the hye Apostles are.
• 2 Cor 12:11-12 : 11 I am become a fole i boastinge my selfe: Ye haue copelled me. For I oughte to be comended of you, in so moch as I am in nothinge inferior to ye hye Apostles. Though I be nothinge, 12 yet are ye tokens of an Apostle wrought amoge you, with all paciece, with signes, & with woders & with mightie dedes.
• Gal 1:1 : 1 Paul an Apostle (not of men, nor by ma, but by Iesus Christ & by God the father, which raysed him vp fro ye deed)
• Gal 1:15-17 : 15 But whan it pleased God which separated me fro my mothers wombe, and called me by his grace, 16 for to declare his sonne in me, that I shulde preach him thorow the Gospell amonge the Heythen, immediatly I commened not of the matter with flesh and bloude: 17 nether came I to Ierusalem vnto them which were Apostles before me: but wente my wayes in to Arabia, and came agayne to Damascon.
• Gal 2:7-8 : 7 but contrary wyse, whan they sawe that the Gospell ouer the vncircumcision was comytted vnto me, as ye Gospell ouer ye circucision was commytted vnto Peter. 8 (For he yt was mightie with Peter to the Apostleshippe ouer the circumcision, the same was mightie with me also amoge the Heythen)
• Gal 5:1 : 1 Stonde fast therfore in the libertye wherwith Christ hath made vs fre, and be not wrapped agayne in the yocke off bondage.
• 1 Thess 2:6 : 6 nether soughte we prayse of men, nether of you ner of eny other, whan we mighte haue bene chargeable vnto you as the Apostles off Christ,
• Rom 1:5 : 5 by whom we haue receaued grace and Apostelshippe amonge all Heythen, to set vp the obedience of faith vnder his name,
• Rom 11:13 : 13 I speake vnto you Heythen: for in as moch as I am ye Apostle of the Heythen, I wil prayse myne office,
• 1 Cor 1:1 : 1 Paul, called to be an Apostle of Iesus Christ thorow ye will of God, and brother Sosthenes,
• Acts 26:16-18 : 16 But ryse vp, and stonde vpon thy fete, for therfore haue I appeared vnto the, that I mighte ordeyne the to be a mynister and witnesse of it that thou hast sene, and that I wyll yet cause to appeare vnto the. 17 And I wil delyuer the from the people, and from the Heythen, amonge who I wil now sende the, 18 to ope their eyes, that they maye turne from the darknesse vnto the lighte, and from the power of ye deuell vnto God, that they maye receaue forgeuenesse of synnes, and the enheritaunce with them that are sanctified by faith in me.
• Acts 9:5 : 5 He sayde: LORDE, who art thou? The LORDE sayde: I am Iesus, who thou persecutest. It shalbe harde for ye to kycke agaynst the prycke.
• Acts 9:15 : 15 The LORDE sayde vnto him: Go thy waye, for this man is a chosen vessell vnto me, that he maye beare my name before the Heythen, and before kynges, and before the children of Israel.
• Acts 13:2 : 2 As they serued ye LORDE, and fasted, the holy goost sayde: Separate me out Barnabas and Saul for the worke, where vnto I haue called them.
• Acts 14:4 : 4 Howbeyt the multitude of the cite was deuyded, some helde wt the Iewes, and some with the Apostles.
• Acts 14:14 : 14 Whan ye Apostles Barnabas and Paul herde that, they rent their clothes, and ranne in amonge the people, cryenge
• Acts 16:17-18 : 17 ye same folowed Paul and vs, and cryed, and sayde: These men are the seruauntes of the most hye God, which shewe vs ye waye of saluacion. 18 This dyd she many dayes. But Paul was not content with it, and turned him aboute, and sayde vnto the sprete: I comaunde the in the name of Iesu Christ, that thou departe out of her. And he departed out at the same houre.
• Acts 18:8-9 : 8 Howbeit Crispus the chefe ruler of the synagoge, beleued on ye LORDE with all his housholde. And many of the Corinthians that gaue audience, beleued, and were baptysed. 9 The LORDE spake vnto Paul by a vision in ye nighte: Be not afrayed, but speake, and holde not thy peace, 10 for I am with the: and no man shal inuade the that shal hurte the, for I haue moch people in this cite. 11 He contynued there a yeare and sixe monethes, and taught them the worde of God.
• Acts 22:6-8 : 6 But it fortuned as I made my iourney, and came nye vnto Damascon, aboute noone, sodenly there shone a greate lighte aboute me from heauen, 7 and I fell to the earth, and herde a voyce which sayde vnto me: Saull Saull, why persecutest thou me? 8 I answered: Who art thou LORDE? And he sayde vnto me: I am Iesus of Nazareth whom thou persecutest.
• Acts 22:14-21 : 14 He sayde: The God of oure fathers hath ordeyned the before, that thou shuldest knowe his wyll, and se the thinge yt is rightfull, and heare the voyce out of his mouth: 15 for thou shalt be his wytnesse vnto all men, of tho thinges which thou hast sene and herde. 16 And now why tariest thou? Aryse, and be baptysed, and wasse awaye thy synnes, and call vpon the name of the LORDE. 17 But it fortuned, that whan I was come agayne to Ierusale, and prayed in the temple, I was in a traunce, 18 and sawe him. Then sayde he vnto me: Make haist, and get the soone out of Ierusalem, for they wyl not receaue the witnesse that thou bearest of me. 19 And I sayde: LORDE, they the selues knowe that I put in preson and bett in euery synagoge them that beleued on the. 20 And wha the bloude of Steue thy witnesse was shed, I stode by also, & consented vnto his death, and kepte the clothes of them that slewe him. 21 And he sayde vnto me: Go thy waye, for I wil sende the farre amonge the Hey then.