1 Corinthians 9:14-18
1 Corinthians 9:14
So also the Lord directed those who proclaim the gospel to get their living from the gospel.
1 Corinthians 9:15
But I have used none of these things. And I have not written these things so that it will be done so in my case; for it would be better for me to die than that. No one shall make my boast an empty one!
1 Corinthians 9:16
For if I preach the gospel, I have nothing to boast about, for I am under compulsion; for woe to me if I do not preach the gospel.
1 Corinthians 9:17
For if I do this voluntarily, I have a reward; but if against my will, I have been entrusted with a commission nonetheless.
1 Corinthians 9:18
What, then, is my reward? That, when I preach the gospel, I may offer the gospel without charge, so as not to make full use of my right in the gospel.