Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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.
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.
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? Can it be denied that I have seen Jesus, our Lord? Are not you yourselves my work in the Lord? 2 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. 3 That is how I vindicate myself to those who criticize me.
Names
Cross References
John 6:27
Bestow your pains not on the food which perishes, but on the food that remains unto the Life of the Ages--that food which will be the Son of Man's gift to you; for on Him the Father, God, has set His seal."
2 Corinthians 3:1-3
Do you say that this is self-recommendation once more? Or do we need, as some do, letters of recommendation to you or from you?
2 Corinthians 12:12
The signs that characterize the true Apostle have been done among you, accompanied by unwearied fortitude, and by tokens and marvels and displays of power.