Jun 24
2019
Surrendering Personal Rights
In an emotionally-charged defense before his ungrateful critics at Corinth who questioned his ministry, the Apostle Paul laid out his personal rights to be appreciated as an apostle of Jesus Christ (v. 1-3), to be financially supported (v. 4), to have a spouse who is also financially supported (v. 5), and to be freed from working for a living so he can devote his time exclusively for the Gospel ministry (v. 6). He then proceeded by giving five compelling reasons in support of those rights from Scripture and common sense that forever silenced his critics who should have known better (v. 7- 14).