{"id":881,"date":"2023-05-11T16:20:53","date_gmt":"2023-05-11T22:20:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thewordtoyou.net\/meditation\/?p=881"},"modified":"2023-05-11T16:20:53","modified_gmt":"2023-05-11T22:20:53","slug":"i-corinthians-915-27-the-rights-and-sacrifices-of-the-apostle-paul-in-his-service-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewordtoyou.net\/meditation\/i-corinthians-915-27-the-rights-and-sacrifices-of-the-apostle-paul-in-his-service-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"I Corinthians 9:15-27 The Rights and Sacrifices of the Apostle Paul in His Service \u2013 Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

I Corinthians 9:15-27
\n<\/b><\/span>The Rights and Sacrifices of the Apostle Paul in His Service \u2013 Part 2<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Today, 05\/11\/2023, let us, together in the grace of God, rejoice and reflect on the Word of God in I Corinthians 9:15-27.<\/span><\/p>\n

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, than that any man should make my glorying void.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

16 For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of: for necessity is laid upon me; yea, woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel!<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

17 For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but if against my will, a dispensation of the gospel is committed unto me.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

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.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

19 For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

20 And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law;<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

21 To them that are without law, as without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

22 To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

23 And this I do for the gospel’s sake, that I might be partaker thereof with you.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

24 Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

25 And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

26 I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air:<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

27 But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

[King James Version]<\/span><\/p>\n

Suggested Questions:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

1. What is Paul boasting about? Is his statement in verse 15 an expression of arrogance?<\/span><\/p>\n

2. According to verse 18, what is the reward for Paul in preaching the Gospel?<\/span><\/p>\n

3. What does it mean to “make myself a servant unto all”?<\/span><\/p>\n

4. What does it mean to become “under the law”?<\/span><\/p>\n

5. What does it mean to become “without law”?<\/span><\/p>\n

6. What does it mean to “become weak”? Does it involve doing things that are typically associated with weakness?<\/span><\/p>\n

7. How does verse 27 contribute to refuting the “Once Saved Always Saved” doctrine?<\/span><\/p>\n

8. How did Paul sacrifice himself while carrying out the duties of an apostle?<\/span><\/p>\n

Suggested Applications:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

1. Do you recognize that you are in a spiritual race?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

2. Do you know how to discipline yourself so as not to give in to temptation and miss out on the grace of God?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

3. What have you learned from the way Paul lived and served the Lord?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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