1 Corinthians 9:18
What then is my reward? That, while preaching the good-news, I may make the good-news of the Christ without charge, in order not to make full use of my right in the good-news.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
19For although being free from all men, I made myself a servant to all, so that I might gain the more.
Cross References
Romans 14:15For if thy brother is distressed because of food, thou no longer walk according to love. Do not destroy with thy food that man for whom Christ died.
1 Corinthians 8:9But take heed lest somehow this privilege of yours becomes a stumbling-block to those who are weak.
1 Corinthians 10:33just as I also strive to please in all things for all men, not seeking my own advantage, but that of the many, so that they may be saved.
2 Corinthians 11:7Or did I commit a sin lowering myself so that ye might be lifted up, because I preached to you the good-news of God freely?
1 Thessalonians 2:6nor seeking glory from men, neither from you nor from others. While able to bear down as apostles of Christ,
Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 9:16-19
The Apostle's Devotedness. ( a. d. 57.) 15 But I have used none of these things: neither have I written these things, that it should be so done unto me: for it were better for me to die, than that any man should make my glorying void. 16 For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of: for necessity is laid upon me; yea, woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel! 17 For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but if against my will, a dispensation of the gospel is committed unto me. 18 What is… Read the whole commentary →