Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
This is my defense to those who would examine me:
New American Standard Bible
My defense to those who examine me is this:
King James Version
Mine answer to them that do examine me is this,
Holman Bible
My defense to those who examine me is this:
A Conservative Version
My defense to those who examine me is this.
American Standard Version
My defence to them that examine me is this.
Amplified
This is my defense to those who would put me on trial and interrogate me [concerning my authority as an apostle]:
An Understandable Version
My defense to those people who [want to] examine my credentials is this:
Anderson New Testament
My answer to those who examine me is this:
Bible in Basic English
My answer to those who are judging me is this.
Common New Testament
This is my defense to those who would examine me.
Daniel Mace New Testament
my answer to those who call me to account, is this:
Darby Translation
My defence to those who examine me is this:
Godbey New Testament
My defence to those calling me in question is this.
Goodspeed New Testament
My answer to those who want to investigate me is this:
John Wesley New Testament
My answer to them who examine me is this.
Julia Smith Translation
My justification to them examining me is this,
King James 2000
My answer to them that do examine me is this,
Lexham Expanded Bible
My defense to those who examine me is this:
Modern King James verseion
My answer to those who examine me is this:
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Mine answer to them that ask me, is this:
Moffatt New Testament
Here is my reply to my inquisitors.
Montgomery New Testament
This is my reply to my critics.
NET Bible
This is my defense to those who examine me.
New Heart English Bible
My defense to those who examine me is this.
Noyes New Testament
This is my answer to those who question my authority.
Sawyer New Testament
My defense to those who condemn me is this;
The Emphasized Bible
My defence, unto them who are examining me, is this:
Thomas Haweis New Testament
My apology to those who interrogate me is this,
Twentieth Century New Testament
The defense that I make to my critics is this:
Webster
My answer to them that examine me is this,
Weymouth New Testament
That is how I vindicate myself to those who criticize me.
Williams New Testament
My vindication of myself to those who are investigating me is this:
World English Bible
My defense to those who examine me is this.
Worrell New Testament
My defense to those examining me is this.
Worsley New Testament
And this is my answer to them that call me to account: have we not power to eat and to drink?
Youngs Literal Translation
My defence to those who examine me in this;
Interlinear
Word Count of 37 Translations in 1 Corinthians 9:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
Paul Gives Up His Rights As An Apostle
2 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. 3 This is my defense to those who would examine me: 4 We have the right to earn our food, don't we?
Cross References
Acts 22:1
"Brothers and fathers, listen to the defense that I am now making before you."
Acts 25:16
I answered them that it was not the Roman custom to sentence a man to be punished until the accused met his accusers face to face and had an opportunity to defend himself against the charge.
1 Corinthians 14:37
If anyone thinks he is a prophet or a spiritual person, he must acknowledge that what I am writing to you is the Lord's command.
2 Corinthians 10:7-8
Look at the plain facts! If anyone is confident that he belongs to the Messiah, he should remind himself of this: Just as he belongs to the Messiah, so do we.
2 Corinthians 12:16-19
Granting that I have not been a burden to you, was I a clever schemer who trapped you by some trick?
2 Corinthians 13:3
since you want proof that the Messiah is speaking through me. He is not weak in dealing with you but is making his power felt among you.
2 Corinthians 13:5
Keep examining yourselves to see whether you are continuing in the faith. Test yourselves! You know, don't you, that Jesus the Messiah lives in you? Could it be that you are failing the test?
2 Corinthians 13:10
For this reason I am writing this while I am away from you: When I come I do not want to be severe in using the authority the Lord gave me to build you up and not to tear you down.
Philippians 1:7
For it is only right for me to think this way about all of you, because you're constantly on my mind. Both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel, all of you are partners with me in this privilege.
Philippians 1:17
The former proclaim the Messiah because they are selfishly ambitious and insincere, thinking that they will stir up trouble for me during my imprisonment.
2 Timothy 4:16
At my first trial no one came to my defense. Everyone abandoned me. May it not be held against them!