1 Corinthians 9:18

1 Corinthians 10:33; 1 Corinthians 7:31; 1 Corinthians 8:9; 1 Corinthians 9:6; 1 Corinthians 9:7; 1 Thessalonians 2:6; 2 Corinthians 11:7-9; 2 Corinthians 12:13-18; 2 Corinthians 4:5; 2 Thessalonians 3:8; 2 Thessalonians 3:9; Romans 14:15

Related Commentaries of 1 Corinthians 9:18

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

What is my reward then? - What is the source of my reward? or what is there in my conduct that will show that I am entitled to reward What is the...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

What is my reward then? [Verily] that, when I preach the gospel, I may make the gospel of Christ (o) without charge, that I abuse not my power in the...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 9. This chapter is not a digression, and is not primarily concerned with a vindication of Paul's apostolic status and rights. He enfo...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

of Christ . The texts omit. without charge . without cost or expense. Greek. adapanos. Only here. Compare dapane , cost ( Luke 14:28 ), and da...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

18. What then is my reward? He infers from what goes before, that he has a ground of glorying; in this, that he labored gratuitously in beha...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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 gos...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

But if against my will, &c.— But if I do it merely because I am obliged to it, I only discharge an office which is committed to me: 1 Corint...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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 g...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

(b) Food offered to Idols (ii) St. Paul's own Example St. Paul has appealed to the 'enlightened' converts at Corinth to give up for the sake of...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

That I abuse not my power] RV 'so as not to use to the full my rights'; viz. of claiming maintenance from his people.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

What is my reward then? — It seems better to omit the note of interrogation, and read the whole verse thus: — What reward then is to be mine, so t...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 13 MAINTENANCE OF THE MINISTRY IN the preceding chapter Paul has disposed of the question put to him regarding meats offered in sacrifice...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“Under Bondage to All” 1 Corinthians 9:16-27 Paul's one aim was to gain men. He uses the words repeatedly. To gain one more for his Lord, he...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The words, "my defence to them that examine me is this," reveal the opposition to him in Corinth. The two words, "defence" and "examine," are purely...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(15) But I have used none of these things: neither have I written these things, that it should be so done unto me: for it were better for me to die,...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

What is my reward then ?.... None at all, I have none to expect, hope for, or claim, in a way of debt; I am a servant intrusted by my Lord with the...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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 gos...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

But Though my right to a maintenance, as an apostle, be established by the precepts both of the law and of the gospel; I have used none of those t...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Because of the lowliness and grace on the part of the apostle, such as chapter 8 shows in the consideration of his brethren, there were some who woul...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Apostle's Devotedness. A. D. 57. 15 Bu...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

What is my reward then? What then is the ground of my expectation of a greater reward? Or wherein is the glorying I before mentioned? Not in the pe...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Paul Now Points Out That He Refuses To Use His Freedom In Any Way That Would Cause Young Christians To Be Led Astray. His Next Example Refers To His...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

'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, whe...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES 1 Corinthians 9:15 . Used .—As in 1 Corinthians 9:12 . “Have not availed myself of my right, nor urged upon you the Law of Moses...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Corinthians 9:1 . Am I not an apostle? Am I not free? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are not you my work in the Lord? Having illustrated the le...
The Biblical Illustrator

Am I not an apostle? Am I not free? Have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? Signs of apostleship Why should Paul, departing from his usual cust...
The Biblical Illustrator

For if I do this thing willingly I have a reward. Purity of motive required in every Christian minister I. Wherein it consists. 1. A willing...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION 1 Corinthians 9:1-46 The rights and the self denial of an apostle. 1 Corinthians 9:1-46 An apostle's right to maintenance....
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

His boasting is not of his preaching:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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 Gos...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

What then is my reward — That circumstance in my conduct for which I expect a peculiar reward from my great Master? That I abuse not — Make not an...

¹⁸ 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.

Related Commentaries of 1 Corinthians 9:18

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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