
9:1 Am I not free? am I not an Apostle? have I not seen Jesus our Lord? are you not my work in the Lord?
9:2 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.
9:3 My answer to those who are judging me is this.
9:4 Have we no right to take food and drink?

4:1 Let us be judged as servants of Christ, and as those who are responsible for the secret things of God.
4:2 And it is right for such servants to be safe persons.
4:3 But it is a small thing to me that I am judged by you or by man's judging; I am not even a judge of myself.

7:1 After he had come to the end of all his words in the hearing of the people, he went into Capernaum.
7:2 And a certain captain had a servant who was very dear to him; this servant was ill and near to death.

3:1 If then you have a new life with Christ, give your attention to the things of heaven, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.
3:2 Keep your mind on the higher things, not on the things of earth.
3:3 For your life on earth is done, and you have a secret life with Christ in God.
3:4 At the coming of Christ who is our life, you will be seen with him in glory.