Parallel Bible results for "1-corinthians 9:17-18"
1 Corinthians 9:17-18
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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.
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If I preach voluntarily, I have a reward; if not voluntarily, I am simply discharging the trust committed to me.
18 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.
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What then is my reward? Just this: that in preaching the gospel I may offer it free of charge, and so not make full use of my rights as a preacher of the gospel.