1 I am a free man. I am an apostle. I have seen Jesus our Lord. You people are an example of my work in the Lord.
2 Others may not accept me as an apostle, but surely you do. You are proof that I am an apostle in the Lord.
3 Some people want to judge me. So this is the answer I give them:
4 We have the right to eat and drink, don’t we?
5 We have the right to bring a believing wife with us when we travel, don’t we? The other apostles and the Lord’s brothers and Peter all do this.
6 And are Barnabas and I the only ones who must work to earn our living?