1 Corinthians 9:17

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For if I do this willingly, I have a reward. But if I do this reluctantly, a dispensation is granted to me.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 28:9

And as for you, my son Solomon, know the God of your father, and serve him with a perfect heart and a willing mind. For the Lord searches all hearts, and understands the thoughts of all minds. If you seek him, you will find him. But if you abandon him, he will cast you aside for eternity.

1 Chronicles 29:14

Who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to promise all these things to you? All is yours. And so the things that we received from your hand, we have given to you.

1 Chronicles 29:5

and gold for wherever there is need of gold, and silver for wherever there is need of silver, for the works to be done by the hands of the artisans. And if anyone freely offers, let him fill his hand this day, and let him offer whatever he wishes to the Lord."

1 Chronicles 29:9

And the people rejoiced, since they were promising their votive offerings willingly. For they were offering these to the Lord with all their heart. And king David also rejoiced with great gladness.

Nehemiah 11:2

Then the people blessed all the men who freely offered themselves to live in Jerusalem.

Isaiah 6:8

And I heard the voice of the Lord, saying: "Whom shall I send?" and, "Who will go for us?" And I said: "Here I am. Send me."

Jeremiah 20:9

Then I said: I will not call him to mind, nor will I speak any longer in his name. And my heart became like a raging fire, enclosed within my bones. And I became weary of continuing to bear it.

Ezekiel 3:14

Then the Spirit lifted me and took me away. And I went forth in bitterness, with the indignation of my spirit. For the hand of the Lord was with me, strengthening me.

Jonah 1:3

And Jonah rose in order to flee from the face of the Lord to Tarshish. And he went down to Joppa and found a ship bound for Tarshish. And he paid its fare, and he went down into it, in order to go with them to Tarshish from the face of the Lord.

Malachi 1:10

Who is there among you that would close the doors and enflame my altar without pay? I have no favor in you, says the Lord of hosts. And I will not accept a gift from your hand.

Matthew 10:41

Whoever receives a prophet, in the name of a prophet, shall receive the reward of a prophet. And whoever receives the just in the name of the just shall receive the reward of the just.

Matthew 24:25

Behold, I have warned you beforehand.

Luke 12:42

So the Lord said: "Who do you think is the faithful and prudent steward, whom his Lord has appointed over his family, in order to give them their measure of wheat in due time?

John 4:36

For he who reaps, receives wages and gathers fruit unto eternal life, so that both he who sows and he who reaps may rejoice together.

1 Corinthians 3:14

If anyone's work, which he has built upon it, remains, then he will receive a reward.

1 Corinthians 3:8

Now he who plants, and he who waters, are one. But each shall receive his proper reward, according to his labors.

1 Corinthians 4:1

Accordingly, let man consider us to be ministers of Christ and attendants of the mysteries of God.

1 Corinthians 9:16

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.

1 Corinthians 9:18

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.

2 Corinthians 8:12

For when the will is prompted, it receives according to what that person has, not according to what that person does not have.

Galatians 2:7

But it was to the contrary, since they had seen that the Gospel to the uncircumcised was entrusted to me, just as the Gospel to the circumcised was entrusted to Peter.

Colossians 1:25

For I have become a minister of the Church, according to the dispensation of God that has been given to me among you, so that I may fulfill the Word of God,

1 Thessalonians 2:4

But, just as we have been tested by God, so that the Gospel would be entrusted to us, so also did we speak, not so as to please men, but rather to please God, who tests our hearts.

Philemon 1:14

But I was willing to do nothing without your counsel, so as not to make use of your good deed as if out of necessity, but only willingly.