1 Corinthians 9:18 - Revised Standard Version

¹⁸ What then is my reward? Just this: that in my preaching I may make the gospel free of charge, not making full use of my right in the gospel.

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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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁸ What is my reward then? That preaching the gospel, I may deliver the gospel without charge, that I abuse not my power in the gospel.

1 Corinthians 9:18 Cross References

John 4:36

He who reaps receives wages, and gathers fruit for eternal life, so that sower and reaper may rejoice together.

Acts 18:3

and because he was of the same trade he stayed with them, and they worked, for by trade they were tentmakers.

Romans 14:15

If your brother is being injured by what you eat, you are no longer walking in love. Do not let what you eat cause the ruin of one for whom Christ died.

1 Corinthians 10:33

just as I try to please all men in everything I do, not seeking my own advantage, but that of many, that they may be saved.

1 Corinthians 3:8

He who plants and he who waters are equal, and each shall receive his wages according to his labor.

1 Corinthians 7:31

and those who deal with the world as though they had no dealings with it. For the form of this world is passing away.

1 Corinthians 8:9

Only take care lest this liberty of yours somehow become a stumbling block to the weak.

1 Corinthians 9:12

If others share this rightful claim upon you, do not we still more? Nevertheless, we have not made use of this right, but we endure anything rather than put an obstacle in the way of the gospel of Christ.

1 Corinthians 9:15

But I have made no use of any of these rights, nor am I writing this to secure any such provision. For I would rather die than have any one deprive me of my ground for boasting.

1 Corinthians 9:17

For if I do this of my own will, I have a reward; but if not of my own will, I am entrusted with a commission.

2 Corinthians 4:5

For what we preach is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, with ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake.

1 Thessalonians 2:6

nor did we seek glory from men, whether from you or from others, though we might have made demands as apostles of Christ.