1 Corinthians 9:17

If I do this work willingly, I have a reward; but, if unwillingly, I have been charged to perform a duty.

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In The King James 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.

In Context

16If I proclaim the good news, I have nothing to boast of, for I am compelled to do so. Woe is me if I do not share it!

18What is my reward, then? To present the good news free of all cost, and so make but a sparing use of the rights which it gives me.

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Cross References

Jonah 4:1But this seemed very wrong to Jonah and he became angry.

Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 9:16-19

The Apostle's Devotedness. ( a. d. 57.) 15 But I have used none of these things: neither have I written these things, that it should be so done unto me: for it were better for me to die, than that any man should make my glorying void. 16 For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of: for necessity is laid upon me; yea, woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel! 17 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. 18 What is… Read the whole commentary →

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