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"For if I do this voluntarily, I have a reward. But if I do it unwillingly, I am entrusted with a responsibility."
— 1 Corinthians 9:17, NET Bible
“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 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.”
In the same way the Lord commanded those who proclaim the gospel to receive their living by the gospel.
But I have not used any of these rights. And I am not writing these things so that something will be done for me. In fact, it would be better for me to die than– no one will deprive me of my reason for boasting!
For if I preach the gospel, I have no reason for boasting, because I am compelled to do this. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!
For if I do this voluntarily, I have a reward. But if I do it unwillingly, I am entrusted with a responsibility.
What then is my reward? That when I preach the gospel I may offer the gospel free of charge, and so not make full use of my rights in the gospel.
For since I am free from all I can make myself a slave to all, in order to gain even more people.
To the Jews I became like a Jew to gain the Jews. To those under the law I became like one under the law(though I myself am not under the law) to gain those under the law.