1 Corinthians 9:18

New International Version

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.

Cross References

John 4:36

Even now the one who reaps draws a wage and harvests a crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may be glad together.

Acts 18:3

and because he was a tentmaker as they were, he stayed and worked with them.

Romans 14:15

If your brother or sister is distressed because of what you eat, you are no longer acting in love. Do not by your eating destroy someone for whom Christ died.

1 Corinthians 10:33

even as I try to please everyone in every way. For I am not seeking my own good but the good of many, so that they may be saved.

1 Corinthians 3:8

The one who plants and the one who waters have one purpose, and they will each be rewarded according to their own labor.

1 Corinthians 7:31

those who use the things of the world, as if not engrossed in them. For this world in its present form is passing away.

1 Corinthians 8:9

Be careful, however, that the exercise of your rights does not become a stumbling block to the weak.

1 Corinthians 9:12

If others have this right of support from you, shouldn’t we have it all the more? But we did not use this right. On the contrary, we put up with anything rather than hinder the gospel of Christ.

1 Corinthians 9:15

But I have not used any of these rights. And I am not writing this in the hope that you will do such things for me, for I would rather die than allow anyone to deprive me of this boast.

1 Corinthians 9:17

If I preach voluntarily, I have a reward; if not voluntarily, I am simply discharging the trust committed to me.

2 Corinthians 4:5

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

1 Thessalonians 2:6

We were not looking for praise from people, not from you or anyone else, even though as apostles of Christ we could have asserted our authority.