New American Standard Bible 1995

1 Corinthians 9:14-18

14So also 1the Lord directed those who proclaim the 2gospel to 3get their living from the gospel.

15But I have 4used none of these things. And I am not writing these things so that it will be done so in my case; for it would be better for me to die than have any man make 5my boast an empty one. 16For if I preach the gospel, I have nothing to boast of, for 6I am under compulsion; for woe is me if I do not preach 7the gospel. 17For if I do this voluntarily, I have a 8reward; but if against my will, I have a 9stewardship entrusted to me. 18What then is my 10reward? That, when I preach the gospel, I may offer the gospel 11without charge, so as 12not to make full use of my right in the gospel.

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Notes

1. 1 Corinthians 9:14 Matt 10:10; Luke 10:7; 1 Tim 5:18 ↩
2. 1 Corinthians 9:14 1 Cor 4:15; 9:12, 16, 18, 23; 2 Cor 2:12 ↩
3. 1 Corinthians 9:14 Luke 10:8; 1 Cor 9:4 ↩
4. 1 Corinthians 9:15 Acts 18:3; 20:33; 1 Cor 9:12, 18 ↩
5. 1 Corinthians 9:15 2 Cor 11:10 ↩
6. 1 Corinthians 9:16 Acts 9:15; Rom 1:14 ↩
7. 1 Corinthians 9:16 1 Cor 4:15; 9:12, 14, 18, 23; 2 Cor 2:12 ↩
8. 1 Corinthians 9:17 John 4:36; 1 Cor 3:8; 9:18 ↩
9. 1 Corinthians 9:17 1 Cor 4:1; Gal 2:7; Eph 3:2; Phil 1:16; Col 1:25 ↩
10. 1 Corinthians 9:18 John 4:36; 1 Cor 3:8; 9:17 ↩
11. 1 Corinthians 9:18 Acts 18:3; 2 Cor 11:7; 12:13 ↩
12. 1 Corinthians 9:18 1 Cor 7:31; 9:12 ↩

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