Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you not the result of my work in the Lord? — Paul asserts his apostolic status through a series of rhetorical questions. Freedom (eleutheros) is his by virtue of being apostle; apostolic office he demonstrates by direct encounter with the risen Lord (heōraka... kyrie) and by the Corinthians themselves as evidence of his labor (ergon mou). The questions presume affirmative answers; Paul's authority is not in doubt but needs reassertion.

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