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1 Corinthians 9:18

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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.

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1 Corinthians 9:18 in other translations

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

1 Corinthians 9:18 · American Standard Version

1 Corinthians 9:18 in context

  1. 16For if I preach the Good News, I have nothing to boast about; for necessity is laid on me; but woe is to me if I don’t preach the Good News.
  2. 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.
  3. 18What 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.
  4. 19For though I was free from all, I brought myself under bondage to all, that I might gain the more.
  5. 20To the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain Jews; to those who are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain those who are under the law;