Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, on 1Cor 9:16

“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.”

“though I preach . . . I have nothing to glory of--that is, If I preach the Gospel, and do so not gratuitously, I have no matter for "glorying." For the "necessity" that is laid on me to preach (compare Jer 20:9, and the case of Jonah) does away with ground for "glorying." The sole ground for the latter that I have, is my preaching without charge (Co1 9:18): since there is no necessity laid on me as to the latter, it is my voluntary act for the Gospel's sake.”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.