1 Corinthians 9:15

9:15 But I have not used any of these rights. And I am not writing these things so that something will be done for me. In fact, it would be better for me to die than – no one will deprive me of my reason for boasting!

1 Corinthians 9:2

9:2 If I am not an apostle to others, at least I am to you, for you are the confirming sign of my apostleship in the Lord.

Colossians 1:14

1:14 in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.