From 2b725091364486896d3ebfe4204c591817a6e547 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: PaulDeYoung Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2023 16:48:23 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update '1co/09/01.md' --- 1co/09/01.md | 12 ++++-------- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/1co/09/01.md b/1co/09/01.md index db390f00bf..3cdaad784f 100644 --- a/1co/09/01.md +++ b/1co/09/01.md @@ -1,22 +1,18 @@ -# Connecting Statement: - -Paul explains how he uses the liberty he has in Christ. - # Am I not free? -Paul uses this rhetorical question to remind the Corinthians of the rights he has. Alternate translation: "I am a free person." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion]]) +"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? -Paul uses this rhetorical question to remind the Corinthians of who he is and the rights he has. Alternate translation: "I am an apostle." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion]]) +"I am an apostle." # Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? -Paul uses this rhetorical question to remind the Corinthians of who he is. Alternate translation: "I have seen Jesus our Lord." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion]]) +"I have seen Jesus our Lord." # Are you not my work in the Lord? -Paul uses this rhetorical question to remind the Corinthians of their relationship to him. Alternate translation: "You believe in Christ because I have worked the way the Lord wants me to." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion]]) +"You believe in Christ because I have worked the way the Lord wants me to." # my work