1 Corinthians 9:3
My answer to those who want to investigate me is this:
Acts 22:1
"Brothers and fathers," he said, "listen to what I have to say in my defense."
Acts 25:16
I told them that it was not the Roman custom to give anybody up until the accused met his accusers face to face and had a chance to defend himself against their accusations.
1 Corinthians 14:37
If anyone claims to be inspired to preach, or to have any other spiritual endowment, let him understand that what I am now writing you is a command from the Lord.
2 Corinthians 10:7-8
You look at things externally. If anyone is sure he belongs to Christ, let him think again and understand that I belong to Christ just as much as he.
2 Corinthians 12:16-19
But granting that I did not burden you myself, I was clever about it, you say, and took you in by a trick.
2 Corinthians 13:5
It is yourselves you must test, to see whether you are holding to the faith. It is yourselves you must examine. Do you not know that Jesus Christ is within you? Unless you fail to stand the test!
2 Corinthians 13:10
That is why I write this while I am away from you, so that when I come, I may not have to be harsh in my use of the authority the Lord has given me, for it was to build you up, not to pull you down.
Philippians 1:7
And I have a right to feel in this way about you all, because both when I am in prison and when I am defending and vindicating our right to preach the good news, I have you in my heart as all sharing that privilege with me.
Philippians 1:17
But the others are preaching the Christ not sincerely but for their own ends, imagining that they are making my imprisonment harder to bear.
2 Timothy 4:16
At my first appearance in court no one came to help me; everybody deserted me. May no one lay it up against them!