Am I am not free?
Am I not an apostle?
Have I not seen Jesus, our Lord?
Are you not my work, in the Lord?
If I am not to others an apostle,
still surely I am to you all,
For my proof of my apostleship is you all, in the Lord.
My defence to those who investigate me – is this.
O Lord Jesus Christ,
stay beside me to defend me,
within me to guide me,
before me to lead me,
and above me to bless me,
that with you and in you,
I may live, and move and have my being,
for ever and ever.
Amen.
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