1 Corinthians 9:18 - Easy To Read Version

¹⁸ So what do I get for doing this work? This is my reward: that when I tell people the Good News I can offer it to them for free. This way, I don’t use the right \{to be paid\} that I have in \{this work of telling\} the Good News.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ What then is the [actual] reward that I get? Just this: that in my preaching the good news (the Gospel), I may offer it [absolutely] free of expense [to anybody], not taking advantage of my rights and privileges [as a preacher] of the Gospel.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ 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.

Common English Bible

¹⁸ What reward do I get? That when I preach, I offer the good news free of charge. That’s why I don’t use the rights to which I’m entitled through the gospel.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ And what, then, would be my reward? So, when preaching the Gospel, I should give the Gospel without taking, so that I may not misuse my authority in the Gospel.

1 Corinthians 9:18 Referencias Cruzadas

1 Thessalonians 2:6

We were not looking for praise from people. We were not looking for praise from you or any other people.

2 Corinthians 4:5

We don’t tell people about ourselves. But we tell people that Jesus Christ is Lord; and we tell people that we are your servants for Jesus.

1 Corinthians 7:31

People who use the things of the world should live like those things are not important to them. You should live like this, because this world, the way it is now, will soon be gone.

Romans 14:15

If you hurt your brother’s faith because of something you eat, then you are not really following the way of love. Don’t destroy a person’s faith by eating something \{that he thinks is wrong\}. Christ died for that person.

John 4:36

Even now, the person that harvests the crop is being paid. He is gathering crops for eternal life. So now the person that plants can be happy together with the person that harvests.

Acts 18:3

They were tentmakers, the same as Paul. So Paul stayed with them and worked with them.

1 Corinthians 3:8

The person that plants and the person that waters have the same purpose. And each person will be rewarded for his own work.

1 Corinthians 9:12

When you sin against your brothers and sisters in Christ like this and you hurt them by causing them to do things they feel are wrong, then you are also sinning against Christ.

1 Corinthians 9:15

But I have not used any of these rights. And I am not trying to get anything from you. That is not my purpose for writing this. I would rather die than to have my reason for boasting taken away.

1 Corinthians 9:17

If I do this work of telling the Good News because it is my own choice, then I deserve a reward. But I have no choice. I must tell the Good News. I am only doing the duty that was given to me.