1 Corinthians 9:18

Twentieth Century New Testament 1904

What is my reward, then? To present the Good News free of all cost, and so make but a sparing use of the rights which it gives me.

Cross References

John 4:36

Already the reaper is receiving wages and gathering in sheaves for Immortal Life, so that sower and reaper rejoice together.

Acts 18:3

And, since their trade was the same as his, he stayed and worked with them--their trade was tent-making.

Romans 14:15

If, for the sake of what you eat, you wound your Brother's feelings, your life has ceased to be ruled by love. Do not, by what you eat, ruin a man for whom Christ died!

1 Corinthians 10:33

For I, also, try to please everybody in everything, not seeking my own advantage, but that of men in general, that they may be saved.

1 Corinthians 3:8

In this the man who plants and the man who waters are one; yet each will receive his own reward in proportion to his own labor.

1 Corinthians 7:31

And those who use the good things of the world as using them sparingly; for this world as we see it is passing away.

1 Corinthians 8:9

But take care that this right of yours does not become in any way a stumbling-block to the weak.

1 Corinthians 9:12

If others share in this right over you, do not we even more? Still we did not avail ourselves of this right. No, we endure anything rather than impede the progress of the Good News of the Christ.

1 Corinthians 9:15

I, however, have not availed myself of any of these rights. I am not saying this to secure such an arrangement for myself; indeed, I would far rather die-Nobody shall make my boast a vain one!

1 Corinthians 9:17

If I do this work willingly, I have a reward; but, if unwillingly, I have been charged to perform a duty.

2 Corinthians 4:5

(For it is not ourselves that we proclaim, but Christ Jesus, as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake.)

1 Thessalonians 2:6

Nor did we seek to win honour from men, whether from you or from others, although, as Apostles of Christ, we might have burdened you with our support.