17For if I do this of my own will, I have a reward. But if not of my own will, I have a stewardship entrusted to me.


In Context

14 Even so the Lord ordained that those who proclaim the Good News should live from the Good News.

15 But I have used none of these things, and I don't write these things that it may be done so in my case; for I would rather die, than that anyone should make my boasting void.

16 For if I preach the Good News, I have nothing to boast about; for necessity is laid on me; but woe is to me, if I don't preach the Good News.

17 For if I do this of my own will, I have a reward. But if not of my own will, I have a stewardship entrusted to me.

18 What then is my reward? That, when I preach the Good News, I may present the Good News of Christ without charge, so as not to abuse my authority in the Good News.

19 For though I was free from all, I brought myself under bondage to all, that I might gain the more.

1 Corinthians 9:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:17For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but if against my will, a dispensation [of the gospel] is committed unto me.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

9:17If I preach voluntarily, I have a reward; if not voluntarily, I am simply discharging the trust committed to me.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:17For if I do this voluntarily, I have a reward; but if not of my own will, I am entrusted with an administration.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

9:17For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but if against my will, a dispensation is committed to me:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

9:17For 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:17For 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:17For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but if against my will, a dispensation of the gospel is committed to me.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

9:17for if willing I do this, I have a reward; and if unwillingly — with a stewardship I have been entrusted!

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:17For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but if against my will, a dispensation of the gospel is committed to me.