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1 Corinthians 9

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1 corinthians.9.cor9Defense

ἀπολογία ... ἀνακρίνουσιν

TRANSLATIONmoderate confidence

How formal is Paul’s response to examination?

Apologia is a defense and anakrinō means examine or investigate, giving the sentence a forensic tone.

Why this default

'Defense ... examine' retains both forensic terms and lets Paul's formal answer frame the rights argument that follows.

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Project defaultThis is my defense to those who examine me

Project default · forensic terms retained

AlternativeThis is my answer to those who question my authority

Context explicit

AlternativeThis is the case I make before those investigating me

Forensic tone varied

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