1 Corinthians 9:15-17

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

¹⁵ But I have used none of these things. Neither have I written these things, that they should be so done unto me: for it is good for me to die, rather than that any man should make my glory void.

¹⁶ For if I preach the gospel, it is no glory to me, for a necessity lieth upon me: for woe is unto me if I preach not the gospel.

¹⁷ For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but if against my will, a dispensation is committed to me: