^4 (A)And he reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath, and persuaded both Jews and Greeks.

¹⁵ For though you might have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet you do not have many fathers; for ^(A)in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.

A Pattern of Self-Denial

9 Am ^(A)I not an apostle? Am I not free? ^(B)Have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? ^(C)Are you not my work in the Lord?

The Risen Christ, Faith’s Reality^(A)

15 Moreover, brethren, I declare to you the gospel ^(B)which I preached to you, which also you received and ^(C)in which you stand,

¹⁴ For we are not overextending ourselves (as though our authority did not extend to you), ^(A)for it was to you that we came with the gospel of Christ;