9:1 ouk eimi apostolos ouk eimi eleuqeros ouci ihsoun criston ton kurion hmwn ewraka ou to ergon mou umeis este en kuriw

9:2 ei allois ouk eimi apostolos alla ge umin eimi h gar sfragis ths emhs apostolhs umeis este en kuriw

9:3 h emh apologia tois eme anakrinousin auth estin

9:4 mh ouk ecomen exousian fagein kai piein

9:5 mh ouk ecomen exousian adelfhn gunaika periagein ws kai oi loipoi apostoloi kai oi adelfoi tou kuriou kai khfas

9:6 h monos egw kai barnabas ouk ecomen exousian tou mh ergazesqai

9:7 tis strateuetai idiois oywniois pote tis futeuei ampelwna kai ek tou karpou autou ouk esqiei h tis poimainei poimnhn kai ek tou galaktos ths poimnhs ouk esqiei

9:8 mh kata anqrwpon tauta lalw h ouci kai o nomos tauta legei

9:9 en gar tw mwsews nomw gegraptai ou fimwseis boun alownta mh twn bown melei tw qew

9:10 h di hmas pantws legei di hmas gar egrafh oti ep elpidi ofeilei o arotriwn arotrian kai o alown ths elpidos autou metecein ep elpidi

9:11 ei hmeis umin ta pneumatika espeiramen mega ei hmeis umwn ta sarkika qerisomen

9:12 ei alloi ths exousias umwn metecousin ou mallon hmeis all ouk ecrhsameqa th exousia tauth alla panta stegomen ina mh egkophn tina dwmen tw euaggeliw tou cristou

9:13 ouk oidate oti oi ta iera ergazomenoi [ta] ek tou ierou esqiousin oi tw qusiasthriw prosedreuontes tw qusiasthriw summerizontai

9:14 outws kai o kurios dietaxen tois to euaggelion kataggellousin ek tou euaggeliou zhn

9:15 egw de oudeni ecrhsamhn toutwn ouk egraya de tauta ina outws genhtai en emoi kalon gar moi mallon apoqanein h to kauchma mou ina tis kenwsh

9:16 ean gar euaggelizwmai ouk estin moi kauchma anagkh gar moi epikeitai ouai de moi estin ean mh euaggelizwmai

9:17 ei gar ekwn touto prassw misqon ecw ei de akwn oikonomian pepisteumai

9:18 tis oun moi estin o misqos ina euaggelizomenos adapanon qhsw to euaggelion tou cristou eis to mh katacrhsasqai th exousia mou en tw euaggeliw

9:19 eleuqeros gar wn ek pantwn pasin emauton edoulwsa ina tous pleionas kerdhsw

9:20 kai egenomhn tois ioudaiois ws ioudaios ina ioudaious kerdhsw tois upo nomon ws upo nomon ina tous upo nomon kerdhsw

9:21 tois anomois ws anomos mh wn anomos qew all ennomos cristw ina kerdhsw anomous

9:22 egenomhn tois asqenesin ws asqenhs ina tous asqeneis kerdhsw tois pasin gegona ta panta ina pantws tinas swsw

9:23 touto de poiw dia to euaggelion ina sugkoinwnos autou genwmai

9:24 ouk oidate oti oi en stadiw trecontes pantes men trecousin eis de lambanei to brabeion outws trecete ina katalabhte

9:25 pas de o agwnizomenos panta egkrateuetai ekeinoi men oun ina fqarton stefanon labwsin hmeis de afqarton

9:26 egw toinun outws trecw ws ouk adhlws outws pukteuw ws ouk aera derwn