1 Corinthians 9:2

KJV1611 – Modern English

If I am not an apostle to others, yet certainly I am to you: for you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    If I am not an apostle to others, surely I am to you. For you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    If I be not an apostle unto others, yet doubtless I am to you: for the seal of mine apostleship are ye in the Lord.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    If{G1487} to others{G243} I am{G1510} not{G3756} an apostle,{G652} yet{G235} at least{G1065} I am{G1510} to you;{G5213} for{G1063} the seal{G4973} of mine{G1699} apostleship{G651} are{G2075} ye{G5210} in{G1722} the Lord.{G2962}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    If{G1487} I be{G1510}{(G5748)} not{G3756} an apostle{G652} unto others{G243}, yet{G235} doubtless{G1065} I am{G1510}{(G5748)} to you{G5213}: for{G1063} the seal{G4973} of mine{G1699} apostleship{G651} are{G2075}{(G5748)} ye{G5210} in{G1722} the Lord{G2962}.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    Are not ye my worke in the LORde. Yf I be not an Apostle vnto other yet am I vnto you. For the seale of myne Apostleshippe are ye in the LORde.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    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.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    If I be not an Apostle vnto other, yet doutlesse I am vnto you: for ye are the seale of mine Apostleship in the Lord.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    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.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    If I be not an apostle unto others, yet doubtless I am to you: for the seal of mine apostleship are ye in the Lord.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    If to others I am not an apostle, yet at least I am to you; for you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    if to others I am not an apostle -- yet doubtless to you I am; for the seal of my apostleship are ye in the Lord.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    If to others I am not an apostle, yet at least I am to you; for the seal of mine apostleship are ye in the Lord.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    If to others I am not an apostle, yet at least I am to you; for the seal of mine apostleship are ye in the Lord.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    If to others I am not an Apostle, at least I am one to you: for the fact that you are Christians is the sign that I am an Apostle.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    If to others I am not an apostle, yet at least I am to you; for you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    If I am not an apostle to others, at least I am to you, for you are the confirming sign of my apostleship in the Lord.

Referenced Verses

  • John 6:27 : 27 Do not labor for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to everlasting life, which the Son of Man shall give to you: for him God the Father has sealed.
  • 2 Cor 3:1-3 : 1 Do we begin again to commend ourselves? Or do we need, as some others, letters of recommendation to you, or from you? 2 You are our letter written in our hearts, known and read by all men. 3 Forasmuch as you are clearly shown to be the letter of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not on tablets of stone, but on tablets of the heart.
  • 2 Cor 12:12 : 12 Truly the signs of an apostle were performed among you in all patience, in signs, and wonders, and mighty deeds.

Similar Verses (AI)

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    11 I have become a fool in boasting; you have compelled me, for I ought to have been commended by you. For in nothing am I behind the very chief apostles, though I am nothing.

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    18 What then is my reward? That when I preach the gospel, I may present the gospel of Christ without charge, that I may not abuse my authority in the gospel.

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