Passage
1 Corinthians 9.1-2
Book: 1 Corinthians · ASV / WEB / KJV / YLT
Immediate context (±2 verses)
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ASV
1. Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are not ye my work in the Lord? 2. 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.
- My defence to them that examine me is this. 4. Have we no right to eat and to drink? (1 Corinthians 9:1-4, ASV)
WEB
1. Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Haven’t I seen Jesus Christ, our Lord? Aren’t you my work in the Lord? 2. 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.
- My defense to those who examine me is this. 4. Have we no right to eat and to drink? (1 Corinthians 9:1-4, WEB)
KJV
1. Am I not an apostle? am I not free? have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? are not ye my work in the Lord? 2. 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.
- Mine answer to them that do examine me is this, 4. Have we not power to eat and to drink? (1 Corinthians 9:1-4, KJV)
YLT
1. Am not I an apostle? am not I free? Jesus Christ our Lord have I not seen? my work are not ye in the Lord? 2. 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.
- My defence to those who examine me in this; 4. have we not authority to eat and to drink? (1 Corinthians 9:1-4, YLT)
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Theological reading
Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added.
Key words
Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap.
- G1510 - eimi, eimi, Strong's G1510
- G5547 - christos, christos, Strong's G5547
- G2962 - kyrios, kyrios, Strong's G2962
- G2424 - Iesous, Iesous, Strong's G2424
Quoted in
Arguments and defeaters:
- Minimal Facts Argument, via 1 Corinthians 9.1
- Mythicism Refutation, via 1 Corinthians 9.1
- The Bible Is Just Second-Hand Sources Objection Defeater, via 1 Corinthians 9.1
Concepts:
Why these four translations
ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the most literal English translations available (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the public domain in the United States, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.
The four:
- ASV (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- YLT (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.
See Bibles for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.