1 Corinthians 9:17 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 For if I do this of my own will, I have a wage, but if not of my own will, I am entrusted with a commission. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For if I do this work of my own free will, then I have my pay (my reward); but if it is not of my own will, but is done reluctantly and under compulsion, I am [still] entrusted with a [sacred] trusteeship and commission. American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible If I do this voluntarily, I get rewarded for it. But if I’m forced to do it, then I’ve been charged with a responsibility. 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. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but if against my will, a dispensation is committed to me: |
“And you, my son Solomon, know the God of your father, and serve him with single mind and willing heart, for the Lord searches every mind and understands every plan and thought. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will abandon you forever.
“But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to make this freewill offering? For all things come from you, and of your own have we given you.
and for all the work to be done by artisans, gold for the things of gold and silver for the things of silver. Who then will offer willingly, consecrating themselves today to the Lord?”
Then the people rejoiced because these had given willingly, for with single mind they had offered freely to the Lord; King David also rejoiced greatly.
And the people blessed all those who willingly offered to live in Jerusalem.
Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?” And I said, “Here am I; send me!”
If I say, “I will not mention him or speak any more in his name,” then within me there is something like a burning fire shut up in my bones; I am weary with holding it in, and I cannot.
The spirit lifted me up and bore me away; I went in bitterness in the heat of my spirit, the hand of the Lord being strong upon me.
But Jonah set out to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord. He went down to Joppa and found a ship going to Tarshish; so he paid his fare and went on board, to go with them to Tarshish, away from the presence of the Lord.
Oh, that someone among you would shut the temple doors, so that you would not kindle fire on my altar in vain! I have no pleasure in you, says the Lord of hosts, and I will not accept an offering from your hands.
Whoever welcomes a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward, and whoever welcomes a righteous person in the name of a righteous person will receive the reward of the righteous,
And the Lord said, “Who, then, is the faithful and prudent manager whom his master will put in charge of his slaves, to give them their allowance of food at the proper time?
The reaper is already receiving wages and is gathering fruit for eternal life, so that sower and reaper may rejoice together.
If the work that someone has built on the foundation survives, the builder will receive a wage.
The one who plants and the one who waters have one purpose, and each will receive wages according to their own labor.
Think of us in this way: as servants of Christ and stewards of God’s mysteries.
If I proclaim the gospel, this gives me no ground for boasting, for an obligation is laid on me, and woe to me if I do not proclaim the gospel!
What then is my wage? Just this: that in my proclamation I may make the gospel free of charge, so as not to make full use of my rights in the gospel.
For if the eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what one does not have.
On the contrary, when they saw that I had been entrusted with the gospel for the uncircumcised, just as Peter had been entrusted with the gospel for the circumcised
I became its minister according to God’s commission that was given to me for you, to make the word of God fully known,
but, just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the message of the gospel, even so we speak, not to please mortals but to please God, who tests our hearts.
but I preferred to do nothing without your consent in order that your good deed might be voluntary and not something forced.