en_tn_condensed/1co/09/01.md

Am I not free?

"I am a free person." Paul explains how he uses the liberty he has in Christ. Some people claimed that he was trying to gain financially from the church. The Old Testament taught that those who worked should get their living from their work. He and Barnabas purposefully never used this right and earned their own living.

Am I not an apostle?

"I am an apostle."

Have I not seen Jesus our Lord?

"I have seen Jesus our Lord."

Are you not my work in the Lord?

"You believe in Christ because I have worked the way the Lord wants me to."

my work

"the result of the work that I have done"