1 Corinthians 9:18

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

What then is my wage? Just this: that in my proclamation I may make the gospel free of charge, so as not to make full use of my rights in the gospel.

Cross References

John 4:36

The reaper is already receiving wages and is gathering 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 together—by trade they were tentmakers.

Romans 14:15

If your brother or sister is distressed 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 everyone in everything I do, not seeking my own advantage but that 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 each will receive wages according to their own labor.

1 Corinthians 7:31

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

1 Corinthians 8:9

But take care that this liberty of yours does not somehow become a stumbling block to the weak.

1 Corinthians 9:12

If others share this rightful claim on 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 so that they may be applied in my case. Indeed, I would rather die than that—no one will deprive me of my ground for boasting!

1 Corinthians 9:17

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

2 Corinthians 4:5

For we do not proclaim ourselves; we proclaim Jesus Christ as Lord and ourselves as your slaves for Jesus’s sake.

1 Thessalonians 2:6

nor did we seek praise from mortals, whether from you or from others,