Parallel Verses
John Wesley New Testament
Are not ye my work in the Lord? If I am not an apostle to others, yet I am to you; for ye are the seal of my apostleship.
New American Standard Bible
If to others I am not an apostle, at least I am to you; for you are the
King James Version
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.
Holman Bible
If I am not an apostle to others, at least I am to you, for you are the seal
International Standard Version
If I am not an apostle to other people, surely I am one to you, for you are the evidence of my apostolic authority from the Lord.
A Conservative Version
If I am not an apostle to others, yet at least I am to you, for ye are the seal of my apostleship in Lord.
American Standard Version
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.
Amplified
If I am not [considered] an apostle to others, at least I am one to you; for you are the seal and the certificate and the living evidence of my apostleship in the Lord [confirming and authenticating it].
An Understandable Version
[Even] if I am not [accepted as] an apostle with other people, at least I am with you. For you people are my seal [i.e., proof] of my apostleship in [the service of] the Lord.
Anderson New Testament
If I am not an apostle to others, yet certainly I am to you; for the seal of my apostleship are you in the Lord.
Bible in Basic English
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.
Common New Testament
If to others I am not an apostle, at least I am to you; for you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.
Daniel Mace New Testament
if I am not an apostle to others, yet doubtless I am to you: for your being christians is the proof of my apostleship.
Darby Translation
If I am not an apostle to others, yet at any rate I am to you: for the seal of mine apostleship are ye in the Lord.
Godbey New Testament
If I am not an apostle to others, but I am to you at least: for you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.
Goodspeed New Testament
If I am not an apostle to other people, I certainly am one to you, for you yourselves, in your relation to the Lord, are the certificate of my apostleship.
Julia Smith Translation
If to others I am not sent, but surely I am to you: for the seal of my sending are ye in the Lord.
King James 2000
If I be not an apostle unto others, yet doubtless I am to you: for the seal of my apostleship are you in the Lord.
Lexham Expanded Bible
If to others I am not an apostle, yet indeed I am to you, for you are my seal of apostleship in the Lord.
Modern King James verseion
If I am not an apostle to others, yet doubtless I am to you, for you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
If I be not an apostle unto others, yet am I unto you. For the seal of mine apostleship are ye in the Lord.
Moffatt New Testament
To other people I may be no apostle, but to you I am, for you are the seal set upon my apostleship in the Lord.
Montgomery New Testament
Even if I am not an apostle to others, to you at least I am; for you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.
NET Bible
If I am not an apostle to others, at least I am to you, for you are the confirming sign of my apostleship in the Lord.
New Heart English Bible
If to others I am not an apostle, yet at least I am to you; for you are the seal of my office of apostle in the Lord.
Noyes New Testament
If I am not an apostle to others, yet surely I am to you; for the seal of my apostleship are ye in the Lord.
Sawyer New Testament
If I am not an apostle to others, I certainly am to you; for you are a seal of my apostleship in the Lord.
The Emphasized Bible
If, unto others, I am not an apostle, certainly at least, unto you, I am; for, the seal of my apostleship, ye, are in the Lord.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
If I am not an apostle unto others, doubtless I am to you: for ye are the seal of my apostolic mission in the Lord.
Twentieth Century New Testament
If I am not an Apostle to others, yet at least I am to you; for you are the seal that stamps me as an Apostle in union with the Lord.
Webster
If I am not an apostle to others, yet doubtless I am to you: for ye are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.
Weymouth New Testament
If to other men I am not an Apostle, yet at any rate I am one to you; for your very existence as a Christian Church is the seal of my Apostleship.
Williams New Testament
If I am not an apostle to other people, I certainly am one to you, for you yourselves, by virtue of your union with the Lord, are the proof of my apostleship.
World English Bible
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.
Worrell New Testament
If to others I am not an apostle, yet to you at least I am; for the seal of my apostleship are ye in the Lord.
Worsley New Testament
If I am not an apostle to others, yet doubtless I am to you: for ye are in the Lord the seal of my apostleship.
Youngs Literal Translation
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.
Interlinear
References
Hastings
Word Count of 37 Translations in 1 Corinthians 9:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
Paul Gives Up His Rights As An Apostle
1 Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? 2 Are not ye my work in the Lord? If I am not an apostle to others, yet I am to you; for ye are the seal of my apostleship. 3 My answer to them who examine me is this.
Names
Cross References
John 6:27
Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that which endureth to everlasting life, which the Son of man will give you; for him hath God the Father sealed.
2 Corinthians 3:1-3
Do we again begin to recommend ourselves? Unless we need, as some do, recommendatory letters to you, or recommendatory letters from you?
2 Corinthians 12:12
Truly the signs of an apostle were wrought among you, in all patience, in signs, and wonders, and mighty deeds.