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

2 Corinthians 8:12

Philemon 1:14

1 Peter 5:2

Have

1 Corinthians 3:8

Matthew 10:41

Dispensation

General references

Luke 17:10

Bible References

If i

for, if the readiness is present, it is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what he has not.

but, without your consent, I was willing to do nothing; that your beneficence might not be by necessity, but by choice.

feed the flock of God which is among you, overseeing it, not by constraint, but willingly; nor yet for base gain, but of a ready mind;

Have

And he that plants and he that waters are one; but each shall receive his own reward, according to his own labor.

He that receives a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward; and he that receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's reward.

Dispensation

For, if I proclaim the Gospel, it is not to me a matter of boasting; for necessity is laid upon me; for woe is to me, if I proclaim not the Gospel.

Let a man so consider us, as servants of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.

Behold, I have foretold you.

And the Lord said, "Who, then, is the faithful steward, the wise one, whom his lord will appoint over his household to give the portion of food in due season?

but, on the contrary, seeing that I had been entrusted with the Gospel of the uncircumcision, as Peter was with that of the circumcision;

if, at least, ye heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which was given to me for you,

but the other proclaim Christ of contention, not sincerely, thinking to add tribulation to my bonds.

of which I was made a minister, according to the dispensation of God, which was given to me for you, to fulfill the word of God,

but even as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the Gospel, so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, Who proveth our hearts.

according to the Gospel of the glory of the Blessed God, with which I was entrusted.

General references

So also ye, when ye do all the things that were commanded you, say, 'We are unprofitable servants; we have done what it was our duty to do.'