¹Am I not an apostle? am I not free? have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? are not ye my work in the Lord?

¹Ali nisem svoboden? nisem li apostol? nisem li videl Jezusa, Gospoda našega? niste li vi moje delo v Gospodu?

²If I be not an apostle unto others, yet doubtless I am to you: for the seal of mine apostleship are ye in the Lord.

²Če drugim nisem apostol, sem pa vsaj vam; kajti pečat mojega apostolstva ste vi v Gospodu.

³Mine answer to them that do examine me is this,

³Moj zagovor tem, ki me sodijo, je ta:

⁴Have we not power to eat and to drink?

⁴Nimamo li pravice, da jemo in pijemo?

⁵Have we not power to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as other apostles, and as the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?

⁵Nimamo li pravice, da vodimo sestro kot ženo s seboj, kakor tudi drugi apostoli in bratje Gospodovi in Kefa?

⁶Or I only and Barnabas, have not we power to forbear working?

⁶Ali samo jaz in Barnaba nimava pravice, da nehava delati?

⁷Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock?

⁷Kdo služi kdaj za vojnika na svoje stroške? kdo sadi vinograd, pa ne jé njegovega sadu? Ali kdo pase čredo, pa ne jé mleka od črede?

⁸Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also?

⁸Govorim li to po človeško? ali ne govori tega tudi postava?

⁹For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen?

⁹Kajti v Mojzesovi postavi je pisano: „Ne zaveži gobca volu, ko vrši žito“. Skrbi li Bog za vole?

¹⁰Or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope.

¹⁰Ali pa pravi to vsekakor za nas? Res, za voljo nas je to pisano, ker kdor orje, mora z upanjem orati, in kdor mlati, mlatiti z upanjem, da bo imel svoj delež.

¹¹If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we shall reap your carnal things?

¹¹Če smo vam mi duhovno posejali, je li kaj velikega, ako bomo mi vaše meseno želi?

¹²If others be partakers of this power over you, are not we rather? Nevertheless we have not used this power; but suffer all things, lest we should hinder the gospel of Christ.

¹²Če so drugi deležni te pravice pri vas, čemu ne tem bolj mi? Ali nismo se poslužili te pravice, marveč prenašamo vse, da ne provzročimo kake ovire evangeliju Kristusovemu.

¹³Do ye not know that they which minister about holy things live of the things of the temple? and they which wait at the altar are partakers with the altar?

¹³Ne veste li, da ti, kateri opravljajo sveto službo, jedo od templja, in kateri služijo oltarju, imajo delež z oltarjem?

¹⁴Even so hath the Lord ordained that they which preach the gospel should live of the gospel.

¹⁴Tako je naredil tudi Gospod, da naj ti, kateri oznanjujejo evangelij, žive od evangelija.

¹⁵But I have used none of these things: neither have I written these things, that it should be so done unto me: for it were better for me to die, than that any man should make my glorying void.

¹⁵Jaz pa se nisem poslužil ničesar tega. Ne pišem pa tega, da bi se tako godilo z menoj; kajti rajši umrem, nego da mi kdo uniči mojo hvalo.

¹⁶For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of: for necessity is laid upon me; yea, woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel!

¹⁶Kajti če oznanjam evangelij, nimam nič hvale, ker to mi je neizogibna dolžnost; da, gorje mi, če evangelija ne oznanjam!

¹⁷For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but if against my will, a dispensation of the gospel is committed unto me.

¹⁷Če namreč delam to iz dobre volje, imam plačilo, če pa po sili, mi je poverjeno oskrbništvo.

¹⁸What is my reward then? Verily that, when I preach the gospel, I may make the gospel of Christ without charge, that I abuse not my power in the gospel.

¹⁸Kaj je torej moje plačilo? Da oznanjujoč evangelij prinesem brez stroškov evangelij, tako da ne upotrebim pravice svoje v evangeliju.

¹⁹For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more.

¹⁹Kajti dasi sem bil svoboden od vseh, sem se storil sužnja vsem, da bi jih tem več pridobil.

²⁰And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law;

²⁰In Judom sem postal kakor Jud, da bi Jude pridobil; tistim, ki so pod postavo, kakor bi bil pod postavo, čeprav sam nisem pod postavo, da bi pridobil te, kateri so pod postavo;

²¹To them that are without law, as without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law.

²¹tistim pa, ki so brez postave, kakor bi bil brez postave, dasi nisem brez postave Bogu, temuč v postavi Kristusu, da bi pridobil tiste, ki so brez postave;

²²To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.

²²slabotnim sem postal slabič, da bi pridobil slabiče: vsem sem postal vse, da bi jih vsekakor nekaj zveličal.

²³And this I do for the gospel's sake, that I might be partaker thereof with you.

²³Vse pa delam zavoljo evangelija, da bi prejel delež ž njim.

²⁴Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.

²⁴Ne veste li, da tisti, ki teko na tekališču, vsi sicer teko, a eden prejme darilo? Tako tecite, da ga dosežete!

²⁵And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.

²⁵Vsak pa, ki se tam bori, se zdržuje vsega: oni seveda, da dobe strohljiv venec, mi pa nestrohljivega.

²⁶I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air:

²⁶Jaz torej tečem tako, ne kakor na negotovo; tako se borim, ne kakor bi po zraku mahal,temuč tarem svoje telo in ga usnužnujem, da ne bi kako, ko sem drugim oznanjeval, sam bil zavrgljiv.

²⁷But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.

²⁷temuč tarem svoje telo in ga usnužnujem, da ne bi kako, ko sem drugim oznanjeval, sam bil zavrgljiv.