1 Corinthians 9:14-18 Even so the Lord directed that those who proclaim the good news about Christ should get their living from preaching that good news.

AUV⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁴ Even so the Lord directed that those who proclaim the good news [about Christ] should get their living from [preaching] that good news. ¹⁵ But I have not availed myself of any of these rights. And I am not writing this so that it would be done in my case, for I would rather die than have anyone make my boast [i.e., of preaching without financial support] an empty one. ¹⁶ [But] I do not have anything to boast about if I preach the good news because I am compelled to do it. For it would be too bad for me if I did not preach the good news. ¹⁷ For if I preached because [I personally decided] I wanted to, I could claim a reward. But if I did not preach from a personal decision to do so, then it would be because I was entrusted with the task [by God]. ¹⁸ Then what is my reward? It is being able to preach the good news without receiving financial support [for it], so as not to claim my full rights in [the work of preaching] the good news.