1 Corinthians 9:18
What, then, is my reward? That, while I preach, I may make the gospel of Christ to be without charge, in order that I may not abuse my authority in the gospel.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
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Romans 14:15But if your brother is grieved on account of your food, you no longer walk according to love. Do not, with your food, destroy him, for whom Christ died.
1 Corinthians 8:9But take heed, lest, by any means, this right of yours become a stumbling-block to those who are weak.
1 Corinthians 10:33even as I please all men in all things, not seeking my own good, but that of the many, in order that they may be saved.
2 Corinthians 11:7Have I committed a sin, in making myself lowly, that you might be exalted, because I preached the gospel to you without cost?
1 Thessalonians 2:6nor did we seek glory from men, neither from you nor from others; though we could have been burdensome as the 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 →