New American Standard Bible 1995

1 Corinthians 9:12-19

12IfG1487 othersG243 shareG3348 the rightG1849 over you, do we not moreG3123? NeverthelessG235, we 1did not useG5530 thisG3778 rightG1849, but we endureG4722 allG3956 thingsG3956 2soG2443 that we will causeG1325 noG3361 G5100 hindranceG1464 to the 3gospelG2098 of ChristG5547. 13 4Do you not knowG3609 that thoseG3588 who 5performG2038 sacredG2413 servicesG2413 eatG2068 the food of the templeG2413, and thoseG3588 who attendG3918 regularlyG3918 to the altarG2379 haveG4829 their shareG4829 6from the altarG2379? 14SoG3779 alsoG2532 7the LordG2962 directedG1299 thoseG3588 who proclaimG2605 the 8gospelG2098 to 9getG2198 their livingG2198 from the gospelG2098.

15But I have 10usedG5530 noneG3762 of theseG3778 thingsG3778. And I am not writingG1125 theseG3778 thingsG3778 soG3779 that it will be doneG1096 soG3779 in my caseG1722; for it would be betterG2570 G3123 for me to dieG599 thanG2228 have anyG5100 man makeG2758 11my boastG2745 an emptyG2758 one. 16For ifG1437 I preachG2097 the gospelG2097, I have nothingG3756 to boastG2745 of, for 12I amG1945 underG1945 compulsionG318; for woeG3759 is me ifG1437 I do not preachG2097 13the gospelG2097. 17For ifG1487 I doG4238 thisG3778 voluntarilyG1635, I haveG2192 a 14rewardG3408; but ifG1487 againstG210 my willG210, I have a 15stewardshipG3622 entrustedG4100 to me. 18WhatG5101 thenG3767 is my 16rewardG3408? That, when I preachG2097 the gospelG2097, I may offerG5087 the gospelG2098 17withoutG77 chargeG77, soG1519 as 18not to makeG2710 fullG2710 useG2710 of my rightG1849 in the gospelG2098.

19For though I amG1510 19freeG1658 from allG3956 men, I have madeG1402 myselfG1683 20a slaveG1402 to allG3956, soG2443 that I may 21winG2770 moreG4183.

Notes

1. 1 Corinthians 9:12 Acts 18:3; 20:33; 1 Cor 9:15, 18 ↩
2. 1 Corinthians 9:12 2 Cor 6:3; 11:12 ↩
3. 1 Corinthians 9:12 1 Cor 4:15; 9:14, 16, 18, 23; 2 Cor 2:12 ↩
4. 1 Corinthians 9:13 Rom 6:16 ↩
5. 1 Corinthians 9:13 Lev 6:16, 26; 7:6, 31ff; Num 5:9f; 18:8-20, 31; Deut 18:1 ↩
6. 1 Corinthians 9:13 Lit with ↩
7. 1 Corinthians 9:14 Matt 10:10; Luke 10:7; 1 Tim 5:18 ↩
8. 1 Corinthians 9:14 1 Cor 4:15; 9:12, 16, 18, 23; 2 Cor 2:12 ↩
9. 1 Corinthians 9:14 Luke 10:8; 1 Cor 9:4 ↩
10. 1 Corinthians 9:15 Acts 18:3; 20:33; 1 Cor 9:12, 18 ↩
11. 1 Corinthians 9:15 2 Cor 11:10 ↩
12. 1 Corinthians 9:16 Acts 9:15; Rom 1:14 ↩
13. 1 Corinthians 9:16 1 Cor 4:15; 9:12, 14, 18, 23; 2 Cor 2:12 ↩
14. 1 Corinthians 9:17 John 4:36; 1 Cor 3:8; 9:18 ↩
15. 1 Corinthians 9:17 1 Cor 4:1; Gal 2:7; Eph 3:2; Phil 1:16; Col 1:25 ↩
16. 1 Corinthians 9:18 John 4:36; 1 Cor 3:8; 9:17 ↩
17. 1 Corinthians 9:18 Acts 18:3; 2 Cor 11:7; 12:13 ↩
18. 1 Corinthians 9:18 1 Cor 7:31; 9:12 ↩
19. 1 Corinthians 9:19 1 Cor 9:1 ↩
20. 1 Corinthians 9:19 2 Cor 4:5; Gal 5:13 ↩
21. 1 Corinthians 9:19 Matt 18:15; 1 Pet 3:1 ↩