1 Corinthians 9:18

What then is my reward? That when I preach the Good News, I may present the Good News of Christ without charge, so as not to abuse my authority in the Good News.

World English Bible British with Deuterocanon

In The King James Version

What is my reward then? Verily that, when I preach the gospel, I may make the gospel of Christ without charge, that I abuse not my power in the gospel.

In Context

17For if I do this of my own will, I have a reward. But if not of my own will, I have a stewardship entrusted to me.

19For though I was free from all, I brought myself under bondage to all, that I might gain the more.

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Cross References

Romans 14:15Yet if because of food your brother is grieved, you walk no longer in love. Don’t destroy with your food him for whom Christ died.

1 Corinthians 8:9But be careful that by no means does this liberty of yours become a stumbling block to the weak.

1 Corinthians 10:33even as I also please all men in all things, not seeking my own profit, but the profit of the many, that they may be saved.

2 Corinthians 11:7Or did I commit a sin in humbling myself that you might be exalted, because I preached to you God’s Good News free of charge?

1 Thessalonians 2:6nor seeking glory from men (neither from you nor from others), when we might have claimed authority 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 →

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