1 CORINTHIANS 9:18 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“What is my reward then? Verily that, when I preach the gospel, I may make the gospel of Christ without charge, that I abuse not my power in the gospel.”
What then is my reward? Just this: that in preaching the gospel I may offer it free of charge, and so not make full use of my rights in preaching the gospel. — The reward (misthos) is the gospel offered without fee (dorean = without charge). By refusing support, Paul makes the gospel itself the gift, removing suspicion of mercenary motive. Renouncing rights becomes the reward itself—integrity exceeds remuneration.
Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 9:18
“For if I preach the Gospel, I have nothing to glory of; for necessity is laid upon me; for woe is unto me, if I preach not the Gospel! For if I do this of my own will, I have a reward: but if not of my own will, I have a stewardship entrusted to me. What then is my reward? That when I preach the Gospel, I may make the Gospel of Christ without charge, so as not to use to the full my right in the Gospel.” What do you say? Tell me. “If you preach the Gospel, it is nothing for…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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