1 Am I not free? Am I not an ⁱapostle? ^jHave I not seen Jesus our Lord? ^kAre not you my workmanship in the Lord? 2 If to others I am not an apostle, at least I am to you, for you ^lare the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.

3 This is my ^mdefense to those who would examine me. 4 ⁿDo we not have the right to eat and drink? 5 ^oDo we not have the right to take along a ^pbelieving wife,¹ as do the other apostles and the brothers of the Lord and ^qCephas? 6 Or is it only ^rBarnabas and I who have no right to refrain from working for a living?