1 Corinthians 9:18

KJV1611 – Modern English

What then is my reward? That when I preach the gospel, I may present the gospel of Christ without charge, that I may not abuse my authority in the gospel.

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  • 1 Cor 7:31 : 31 and those who use this world, as not misusing it. For the form of this world is passing away.
  • 1 Cor 8:9 : 9 But take care lest this liberty of yours somehow becomes a stumbling block to those who are weak.
  • 1 Cor 9:6-7 : 6 Or is it only Barnabas and I who do not have the right to refrain from working? 7 Who goes to war at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat of its fruit? Or who tends a flock and does not drink of the milk of the flock?
  • 1 Cor 10:33 : 33 Just as I also please all men in all things, not seeking my own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved.
  • 2 Cor 4:5 : 5 For we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake.
  • 2 Cor 11:7-9 : 7 Did I commit a sin by humbling myself that you might be exalted, because I preached to you the gospel of God freely? 8 I robbed other churches, taking wages from them, to serve you. 9 And when I was with you and in need, I was a burden to no one: for what I lacked the brothers who came from Macedonia supplied. And in all things I have kept myself from being a burden to you, and so I will keep myself.
  • 2 Cor 12:13-18 : 13 For in what way were you inferior to other churches, except that I myself was not burdensome to you? Forgive me this wrong. 14 Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you, and I will not be burdensome to you, for I seek not yours, but you. For the children should not lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children. 15 And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I am loved. 16 But be it so, I did not burden you; nevertheless, being crafty, I caught you with guile. 17 Did I make a gain of you by any of those whom I sent to you? 18 I desired Titus, and with him I sent a brother. Did Titus make a gain of you? Did we not walk in the same spirit? Did we not walk in the same steps?
  • 1 Thess 2:6 : 6 Nor did we seek glory from men, neither from you nor from others, when we might have been burdensome, as the apostles of Christ.
  • 2 Thess 3:8-9 : 8 Nor did we eat anyone's bread without paying for it, but we worked with labor and toil night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you. 9 Not because we do not have the right, but to make ourselves an example for you to follow.
  • Rom 14:15 : 15 But if your brother is grieved with your food, you are no longer walking in love. Do not destroy with your food the one for whom Christ died.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Cor 9:14-17
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    14Even so the Lord has commanded that those who preach the gospel should live from the gospel.

    15But I have used none of these things, nor have I written these things that it should be done so to me; for it would be better for me to die than that anyone should make my boasting void.

    16For if I preach the gospel, I have nothing to boast of, for necessity is laid upon me; yes, woe is me if I do not preach the gospel!

    17For if I do this willingly, I have a reward; but if against my will, I have been entrusted with a stewardship.

  • 2 Cor 11:7-10
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    7Did I commit a sin by humbling myself that you might be exalted, because I preached to you the gospel of God freely?

    8I robbed other churches, taking wages from them, to serve you.

    9And when I was with you and in need, I was a burden to no one: for what I lacked the brothers who came from Macedonia supplied. And in all things I have kept myself from being a burden to you, and so I will keep myself.

    10As the truth of Christ is in me, no one shall stop me of this boasting in the regions of Achaia.

  • 1 Cor 9:19
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    19For though I am free from all men, I have made myself a servant to all, that I might win the more.

  • 1 Cor 9:11-12
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    11If we have sown spiritual things for you, is it a great thing if we reap your material things?

    12If others are partakers of this right over you, should not we even more? Nevertheless, we have not used this right, but endure all things lest we hinder the gospel of Christ.

  • Gal 1:10-11
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    10For do I now persuade men, or God? Or do I seek to please men? For if I still pleased men, I would not be a servant of Christ.

    11But I make known to you, brothers, that the gospel which was preached by me is not according to man.

  • 1 Cor 9:21-23
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    21To those who are without law, as without law (not being without law toward God, but under law toward Christ), that I might win those who are without law.

    22To the weak I became as weak, that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all people, that I might by all means save some.

    23And this I do for the sake of the gospel, that I may be a partaker of it with you.

  • Phil 1:16-18
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    16The former preach Christ from selfish ambition, not sincerely, supposing to add affliction to my chains:

    17But the latter out of love, knowing that I am appointed for the defense of the gospel.

    18What then? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is preached; and in this I rejoice, yes, and will rejoice.

  • 1 Cor 9:1
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    1Am I not an apostle? Am I not free? Have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? Are you not my work in the Lord?

  • Rom 15:16-20
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    16That I should be a minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering of the Gentiles might be acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

    17Therefore I have reason to glory in Christ Jesus in what pertains to God.

    18For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ has not accomplished through me, in making the Gentiles obedient by word and deed,

    19Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God; so from Jerusalem and all around to Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.

    20Yes, I have made it my aim to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named, lest I should build on another man's foundation:

  • 1 Thess 2:9
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    9For you remember, brothers, our labor and toil: for working night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you, we preached to you the gospel of God.

  • 1 Cor 9:6-8
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    6Or is it only Barnabas and I who do not have the right to refrain from working?

    7Who goes to war at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat of its fruit? Or who tends a flock and does not drink of the milk of the flock?

    8Do I say these things as a mere man? Or does not the Law say the same also?

  • Acts 20:24
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    24But none of these things move me, nor do I count my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my race with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God.

  • 1 Cor 1:17
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    17For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel, not with the wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of no effect.

  • 2 Cor 12:16-17
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    16But be it so, I did not burden you; nevertheless, being crafty, I caught you with guile.

    17Did I make a gain of you by any of those whom I sent to you?

  • 2 Cor 12:13
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    13For in what way were you inferior to other churches, except that I myself was not burdensome to you? Forgive me this wrong.

  • 1 Cor 9:27
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    27But I discipline my body and bring it into subjection, lest when I have preached to others, I myself should be disqualified.

  • 2 Cor 10:16
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    16To preach the gospel in the regions beyond you, and not to boast in another man's line of things made ready to our hand.

  • 2 Cor 8:13
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    13For I do not mean that others should be relieved and you burdened;

  • 1 Cor 9:3
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    3My answer to those who examine me is this,

  • 2 Thess 3:8-9
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    8Nor did we eat anyone's bread without paying for it, but we worked with labor and toil night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you.

    9Not because we do not have the right, but to make ourselves an example for you to follow.

  • 1 Cor 15:10
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    10But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me was not in vain; but I labored more abundantly than they all, yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

  • Rom 1:15-16
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    15So, as much as is in me, I am ready to preach the gospel to you who are at Rome also.

    16For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God to salvation to everyone who believes; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

  • 1 Cor 10:33
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    33Just as I also please all men in all things, not seeking my own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved.

  • 2 Cor 8:20
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    20Avoiding this, that anyone should blame us in this abundance which is administered by us;

  • 2 Cor 9:1
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    1Concerning the service to the saints, it is unnecessary for me to write to you:

  • 1 Cor 10:30
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    30If I partake with thanks, why am I denounced for what I give thanks for?

  • Phlm 1:14
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    14But without your consent I wanted to do nothing, that your benefit should not be by compulsion, but willingly.

  • 2 Cor 9:13
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    13While by the evidence of this ministry they glorify God for your professed submission to the gospel of Christ, and for your generous sharing with them, and with all men;

  • 2 Cor 11:12
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    12But what I do, I will continue to do, that I may cut off the opportunity from those who desire an opportunity to be regarded just as we are in the things of which they boast.