1 Corinthians 9:17
“For if I doe this thing willingly, I haue a reward: but if against my will, a dispensation of the Gospel is committed vnto me.”
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1 Corinthians 9:17 Context
15But I haue vsed none of these things. Neither haue I written these things, that it should bee so done vnto me: for it were better for me to die, then that any man should make my glorying voyd. 16For though I preach the Gospel, I haue nothing to glorie of: for necessitie is laid vpon mee, yea, woe is vnto me, if I preach not the Gospel. 17For if I doe this thing willingly, I haue a reward: but if against my will, a dispensation of the Gospel is committed vnto me. 18What 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. 19For though I bee free from all men, yet haue I made my selfe seruant vnto all, that I might gaine the more.
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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.
- King James Version
For if I do this voluntarily, I have a reward; but if against my will, I have a stewardship entrusted to me.
- New American Standard Version (1995)