1 Corinthians 9:18

18 What then is my 1reward? That, when I preach the gospel, I may offer the gospel 2without charge, so as 3not to make full use of my right in the gospel.

1 Corinthians 9:18 In-Context

16 For if I preach the gospel, I have nothing to boast of, for I am under compulsion; for woe is me if I do not preach the gospel.
17 For if I do this voluntarily, I have a reward; but if against my will, I have a stewardship entrusted to me.
18 What then is my reward? That, when I preach the gospel, I may offer the gospel without charge, so as not to make full use of my right in the gospel.
19 For though I am free from all men, I have made myself a slave to all, so that I may win more.
20 To the Jews I became as a Jew, so that I might win Jews; to those who are under the Law, as under the Law though not being myself under the Law, so that I might win those who are under the Law;

Cross References 3

  • 1. John 4:36; 1 Corinthians 3:8; 1 Corinthians 9:17
  • 2. Acts 18:3; 2 Corinthians 11:7; 2 Corinthians 12:13
  • 3. 1 Corinthians 7:31; 1 Corinthians 9:12
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