Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [1 Corinthians: Chapter 9].
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9:1 {Am I not free?} (\Ouk eimi eleutheros;\). Free as a
Christian from Mosaic ceremonialism (cf. 9:19) as much as any
Christian and yet he adapts his moral independence to the
principle of considerate love in 8:13. {Am I not an apostle?}
(\ouk eimi apostolos;\). He has the exceptional privileges as an
apostle to support from the churches and yet he foregoes these.
{Have I not seen Jesus our Lord?} (\ouchi I•soun ton Kurion h•m•n
heoraka;\). Proof (15:8; Ac 9:17,27; 18:9; 22:14,17f.; 2Co
12:1ff.) that he has the qualification of an apostle (Ac 1:22)
though not one of the twelve. Note strong form of the negative
\ouchi\ here. All these questions expect an affirmative answer.
The perfect active \heoraka\ from \hora•\, to see, does not here
have double reduplication as in Joh 1:18.
{Are not ye?} (\ou humeis este;\). They were themselves proof of
his apostleship.
9:2 {Yet at least I am to you} (\alla ge humin eimi\). An
_argumentum ad hominem_ and a pointed appeal for their support.
Note use of \alla ge\ in the apodosis (cf. 8:6).
9:3 {My defence} (\h• em• apologia\). Original sense, not idea of
apologizing as we say. See on ¯Ac 22:1; 25:16. Refers to what
precedes and to what follows as illustration of 8:13. {To them
that examine me} (\tois eme anakrinousin\). See on ¯1Co 2:15;
4:3. The critics in Corinth were "investigating" Paul with sharp
eyes to find faults. How often the pastor is under the critic's
spy-glass.
9:4 {Have we no right?} (\M• ouk echomen exousian;\). Literary
plural here though singular in 1-3. The \m•\ in this double
negative expects the answer "No" while \ouk\ goes with the verb
\echomen\. "Do we fail to have the right?" Cf. Ro 10:18f.
(Robertson, _Grammar_, p. 1173).
9:5 {Have we no right?} (\M• ouk echomen exousian;\). Same idiom.
{To lead about a wife that is a believer?} (\adelph•n gunaika
periagein;\). Old verb \periag•\, intransitive in Ac 13:11. Two
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Word Pictures in the New Testament
(1 Corinthians: Chapter 9)