For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but if against my will, a dispensation of the gospel is committed to me. Treasury of Scripture if I. 1 Chronicles 28:9 And you, Solomon my son, know you the God of your father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind... 1 Chronicles 29:5,9,14 The gold for things of gold, and the silver for things of silver, and for all manner of work to be made by the hands of artificers... Nehemiah 11:2 And the people blessed all the men, that willingly offered themselves to dwell at Jerusalem. Isaiah 6:8 Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me. 2 Corinthians 8:12 For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man has, and not according to that he has not. Philemon 1:14 But without your mind would I do nothing; that your benefit should not be as it were of necessity, but willingly. 1 Peter 5:2-4 Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre... have. 1 Corinthians 3:8,14 Now he that plants and he that waters are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labor... Matthew 10:41 He that receives a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward... against. Exodus 4:13,14 And he said, O my LORD, send, I pray you, by the hand of him whom you will send... Jeremiah 20:9 Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name... Ezekiel 3:14 So the spirit lifted me up, and took me away, and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit... Jonah 1:3 But Jonah rose up to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the LORD, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish... Jonah 4:1-3 But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry... Malachi 1:10 Who is there even among you that would shut the doors for nothing? neither do you kindle fire on my altar for nothing... dispensation. See on ver. 1 Corinthians 9:16 For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of: for necessity is laid on me; yes, woe is to me, if I preach not the gospel! 1 Corinthians 4:1 Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God. Matthew 24:25 Behold, I have told you before. Luke 12:42 And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his lord shall make ruler over his household... Galatians 2:7 But contrariwise, when they saw that the gospel of the uncircumcision was committed to me... Ephesians 3:2-8 If you have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward... Philippians 1:17 But the other of love, knowing that I am set for the defense of the gospel. Colossians 1:25 Whereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which is given to me for you, to fulfill the word of God; 1 Thessalonians 2:4 But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God... 1 Timothy 1:11-13 According to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust...
Context The Rights of the Apostles
1Am I not an apostle? am I not free? have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? are not you my work in the Lord? 2If I be not an apostle to others, yet doubtless I am to you: for the seal of my apostleship are you in the Lord. 3My answer to them that do examine me is this, 4Have we not power to eat and to drink? 5Have we not power to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as other apostles, and as the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas? 6Or I only and Barnabas, have not we power to forbear working? 7Who goes a warfare any time at his own charges? who plants a vineyard, and eats not of the fruit thereof? or who feeds a flock, and eats not of the milk of the flock? 8Say I these things as a man? or said not the law the same also? 9For it is written in the law of Moses, You shall not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treads out the corn. Does God take care for oxen? 10Or said he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that plows should plow in hope; and that he that threshes in hope should be partaker of his hope. 11If we have sown to you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we shall reap your carnal things? 12If others be partakers of this power over you, are not we rather? Nevertheless we have not used this power; but suffer all things, lest we should hinder the gospel of Christ. 13Do you not know that they which minister about holy things live of the things of the temple? and they which wait at the altar are partakers with the altar? 14Even so has the Lord ordained that they which preach the gospel should live of the gospel. 15But I have used none of these things: neither have I written these things, that it should be so done to me: for it were better for me to die, than that any man should make my glorying void. 16For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of: for necessity is laid on me; yes, woe is to me, if I preach not the gospel! 17For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but if against my will, a dispensation of the gospel is committed to me. 18What is my reward then? Truly that, when I preach the gospel, I may make the gospel of Christ without charge, that I abuse not my power in the gospel. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
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.
Douay-Rheims Bible
For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but if against my will, a dispensation is committed to me:
Darby Bible Translation
For if I do this voluntarily, I have a reward; but if not of my own will, I am entrusted with an administration.
King James 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.
Young's Literal Translation
for if willing I do this, I have a reward; and if unwillingly -- with a stewardship I have been entrusted!
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