1 Corinthians 9:18
What, then, is my reward? that, in telling the glad-message, free of cost, I should put the glad-message,—to the end I should not use to the full my right in the glad-message.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
19For, though free from all, unto all, myself, I enslaved,—that, the larger number, I might win:
Cross References
Romans 14:15If, in fact, because of food, thy brother is being grieved, no longer, by the rule of love, art thou walking:—do not, by thy food, that man, be destroying, on whose behalf Christ died!
1 Corinthians 8:9But be taking heed, lest, by any means, your right, itself, become, an occasion of stumbling, unto the weak;
1 Corinthians 10:33Even as, I also, in all things do please all, not seeking my own profit, but that of the many, that they may be saved.
2 Corinthians 11:7Or, a sin, did I commit—abasing, myself, that, ye, might be exalted,—in that, free of charge, God’s glad-message, I announced unto you?
1 Thessalonians 2:6Nor, of men, seeking glory—either from you, or from others, though we could have assumed, dignity, 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 →