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1 Corinthians 9:15b-18 Compulsion To Proclaim 9 May 2024

1Co 9:15b No one shall take from me this ground of boasting.
16 In fact, preaching the gospel gives me nothing to boast of,
for I am under compulsion
and I should be in trouble if I failed to do it.
17 If I did it on my own initiative I would deserve a reward;
but if I do it under compulsion
I am simply accepting a task entrusted to me.
18 What reward do I have, then?
That in my preaching I offer the gospel free of charge
to avoid using the rights which the gospel allows me.

Excerpt from THE NEW JERUSALEM BIBLE, copyright (c) 1985 by Darton, Longman & Todd, Ltd. and Doubleday, a division of Penguin Random House, Inc. Reprinted by Permission.

For things I simply do like to do, I will not seek a reward. I like to share those freely.

The Gospel Free Of Charge

Yes, the good news of Jesus Christ is for free. And it can be shared freely.

Prayer

Jesus, I ask you for compulsion to do what you call me into.