Catholic Public Domain Version
"For if I do this willingly, I have a reward. But if I do this reluctantly, a dispensation is granted to me. "
— 1 Corinthians 9:17, Catholic Public Domain Version
“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.”
“For if I do this of mine own will, I have a reward: but if not of mine own will, I have a stewardship intrusted to me. ”
“For if I do this of my own will, I have a reward. But if not of my own will, I have a stewardship entrusted to me.”
“For if I do this voluntarily, I have a reward. But if I do it unwillingly, I am entrusted with a responsibility.”
“For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but if against my will, a dispensation is committed to me.”
“But if I do it gladly, I have a reward; and if not, I am under orders to do it.”
“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.”
So, too, has the Lord ordained that those who announce the Gospel should live by the Gospel.
Yet I have used none of these things. And I have not written so that these things may be done for me. For it is better for me to die, rather than to let anyone empty out my glory.
For if I preach the Gospel, it is not glory for me. For an obligation has been laid upon me. And woe to me, if I do not preach the Gospel.
For if I do this willingly, I have a reward. But if I do this reluctantly, a dispensation is granted to me.
And what, then, would be my reward? So, when preaching the Gospel, I should give the Gospel without taking, so that I may not misuse my authority in the Gospel.
For when I was a free man to all, I made myself the servant of all, so that I might gain all the more.
And so, to the Jews, I became like a Jew, so that I might gain the Jews.