I Corinthians 9: The rights of an apostles

- Background: some people in Corinth are questioning Paul's apostleship
- In this chapter Paul defends his rights , including for food and drink, and to be married (if he wishes to), as an apostle.
- Even though he has the right to get some "perks" from the church, he didn't use it, and instead became a "tent-maker" to support himself.
- In the end, apostles, and God's workers in general, has the right to get some privileges from the church, such as food and housing, but they might / might not take it. If they do take it, the congregation has to respect that.

- Paul also defends his methods for preaching the gospel, which is adapting to the audience's culture.

- 24-26 talks about an analogy about running. Life is a race and in a race there's only one winner, so we have to run to get the prize, which is the everlasting crown of life. This doesn't mean there's competitors in life, but intended as a motivator in the analogy.

- 27. In addition to bringing people to Christ, Paul also has to prepare himself for the "race". You have to act what you preach.