(the Gospel)! For if I do this work of my own free will, then I have my pay (reward); but if it is not of my own will, but is done reluctantly and under compulsion, I am [still] entrusted with a [sacred] trusteeship and commission. What then is the [actual] reward that I get? Just this: that in my preaching the good news (the Gospel), I may offer it [absolutely] free of expense [to anybody], not taking advantage of my rights and privileges [as a preacher] of the Gospel. For although I am free in every way from anyone`s control, I have made myself a bond servant to everyone, so that I might gain the more [for Christ].” We see that Paul a bondservant of God filled with the Holy Spirit, applies wisdom to know that even in his Liberties he pursues expediency. Even to this generation where the Spirit of God shall be felt like never before, we believe to see the freedom in the Gospel preached even to the preachers, as
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