1Cor 9:16-18 | ESV | STEP | For if I preach the gospel , that gives me no ground for boasting . For necessity is laid upon me . Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel !

1 Corinthians 9:16-18

16 For if I preach the gospel, that gives me no ground for boasting. For ^anecessity is laid upon me. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel! 17 For if I do this of my own will, I have a reward, but if not of my own will, I am still entrusted with ^ba stewardship. 18 What then is my reward? That in my preaching ^cI may present the gospel free of charge, so as not to make full use of my right in the gospel.