1st Corinthians Chapter 9 verse 2 Holy Bible
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.
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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.
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If I am not an apostle to others, yet at any rate I am to you: for the seal of mine apostleship are *ye* in [the] Lord.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 2. - Unto others. If the emissaries from Jerusalem or the Petrine party do not choose to regard me as their apostle or an apostle at all, yet at any rate I am yours. Doubtless; rather, at least, at any rate. The seal of mine apostleship. Your conversion attests the genuineness of my claim, as a seal attests a document. Thus baptism is the seal of conversion (Ephesians 4:30; comp. Romans 4:11; John 3:33).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(2) If I be not an apostle unto others.--The allusion here is probably to some who may have arrived at Corinth subsequent to St. Paul's departure, and who, not recognising his Apostleship in relation to themselves, stirred up some of the Corinthians to repudiate it also. So the Apostle says, "Even if I am not an Apostle to these others, I am, at all events, to you; for you are yourselves the very proof and witness--the seal affixed to my appointment to the Apostolate." The repetition of the words "in the Lord" in both these verses expresses the strong conviction, which is characteristic of the Apostle, that the source of all power and of all success is Christ Himself.
