For Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel, and not with words of eloquent wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.

For though you have countless guides in Christ, you do not have many fathers. For I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel.

If others share this rightful claim on you, do not we even more? Nevertheless, we have not made use of this right, but we endure anything rather than put an obstacle in the way of the gospel of Christ.

In the same way, the Lord commanded that those who proclaim the gospel should get their living by the gospel.

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!

What then is my reward? That in my preaching I may present the gospel free of charge, so as not to make full use of my right in the gospel.

I do it all for the sake of the gospel, that I may share with them in its blessings.

The Resurrection of Christ

Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand,