1 Corinthians 9:17

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

If i

1 Peter 5:2

Have

1 Corinthians 3:8

Matthew 10:41

Against

Dispensation

General references

Luke 17:10

Bible References

If i

And you, Solomon my son, get knowledge of the God of your father, and be his servant with a true heart and with a strong desire, for the Lord is the searcher of all hearts, and has knowledge of all the designs of men's thoughts; if you make search for him, he will be near you; but if you are turned away from him, he will give you up for ever.

Gold for the gold things, and silver for the silver things, and for every sort of work to be done by the expert workmen. Who then will come forward, offering himself this day for the Lord's work?

And the people gave a blessing to all the men who were freely offering to take up their places in Jerusalem.

And the voice of the Lord came to my ears, saying, Whom am I to send, and who will go for us? Then I said, Here am I, send me.

For if there is a ready mind, a man will have God's approval in the measure of what he has, and not of what he has not.

But without your approval I would do nothing; so that your good works might not be forced, but done freely from your heart.

Keep watch over the flock of God which is in your care, using your authority, not as forced to do so, but gladly; and not for unclean profit but with a ready mind;

Have

Now the planter and the waterer are working for the same end: but they will have their separate rewards in the measure of their work.

He who gives honour to a prophet, in the name of a prophet, will be given a prophet's reward; and he who gives honour to an upright man, in the name of an upright man, will be given an upright man's reward.

Against

And he said, O Lord, send, if you will, by the hand of anyone whom it seems good to you to send.

And if I say, I will not keep him in mind, I will not say another word in his name; then it is in my heart like a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I am tired of keeping myself in, I am not able to do it.

And the wind, lifting me up, took me away: and I went in the heat of my spirit, and the hand of the Lord was strong on me.

And Jonah got up to go in flight to Tarshish, away from the Lord; and he went down to Joppa, and saw there a ship going to Tarshish: so he gave them the price of the journey and went down into it to go with them to Tarshish, away from the Lord.

But this seemed very wrong to Jonah, and he was angry.

If only there was one among you who would see that the doors were shut, so that you might not put a light to the fire on my altar for nothing! I have no pleasure in you, says the Lord of armies, and I will not take an offering from your hands.

Dispensation

For if I am a preacher of the good news, I have no cause for pride in this; because I am forced to do so, for a curse is on me if I do not.

Let us be judged as servants of Christ, and as those who are responsible for the secret things of God.

See, I have made it clear to you before it comes about.

And the Lord said, Who then is the wise and responsible servant whom his lord will put in control of his family, to give them their food at the right time?

But, quite the opposite, when they saw that I had been made responsible for preaching the good news to those without circumcision, even as Peter had been for those of the circumcision

If that ordering of the grace of God has come to your knowledge, which was given to me for you,

But those are preaching Christ in a spirit of competition, not from their hearts, but with the purpose of giving me pain in my prison.

Of which I became a servant by the purpose of God which was given to me for you, to give effect to the word of God,

But even as the good news was given to us by the approval of God, so we give it out; not as pleasing men, but God by whom our hearts are tested.

Which may be seen in the good news of the glory of the great God, which was given into my care.

General references

In the same way, when you have done all the things which are given you to do, say, There is no profit in us, for we have only done what we were ordered to do.