1 Corinthians 9:17

Bishops' Bible (1568)

For if I do it with a good wil, I haue a reward: but if I do it against my wil, the dispensatio is committed vnto me.

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  • Gal 2:7 : 7 But contrary wyse, when they sawe that the Gospell of the vncircumcision was committed vnto me, as the Gospel of the circumcision was committed vnto Peter.
  • 1 Cor 4:1 : 1 Let a man so esteeme of vs, as the ministers of Christe, and disposers of the secretes of God.
  • 1 Cor 3:8 : 8 He that planteth, & he that watreth, are one, and euery man shal receaue his rewarde accordyng to his labour.
  • Col 1:25 : 25 Wherof I am made a minister, accordyng to the dispensation of God, which is geuen to me to youwarde, to fulfyll the worde of God:
  • 1 Cor 3:14 : 14 If any mans worke that he hath built vpon abyde, he shall receaue a reward.
  • Matt 10:41 : 41 He that receaueth a prophete, in the name of a prophete, shall receaue a prophetes rewarde. And he that receaueth a ryghteous man, in the name of a ryghteous man, shall receaue a ryghteous mans rewarde.
  • Matt 24:25 : 25 Beholde, I haue tolde you before.
  • Luke 12:42 : 42 And the Lorde saide: Who is a faythfull and wyse stewarde, whom his lorde shall make ruler ouer his housholde, to geue them their portion of meate in due season?
  • 1 Cor 9:16 : 16 For if I preache the Gospell, I haue nothyng to reioyce of: for necessitie is layde vpon me. But wo is vnto me if I preache not the Gospell.
  • 2 Cor 8:12 : 12 For if there be first a wyllyng mynde, it is accepted accordyng to that a man hath, and not accordyng to that he hath not.
  • Eph 3:2-8 : 2 Yf ye haue hearde of the dispensatio of the grace of God, which is geuen me to youwarde: 3 For by reuelation shewed he the misterie vnto me (as I wrote afore in fewe wordes: 4 Whereby, when ye reade, ye may vnderstande my knowledge in the misterie of Christe) 5 Which misterie in other ages was not opened vnto the sonnes of men, as it is nowe reuealed vnto his holy apostles and prophetes by the spirite, 6 That the gentiles shoulde be inheritours also, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christe, by the Gospell: 7 Wherof I am made a minister, accordyng to the gyfte of the grace of God, which is geuen vnto me after the workyng of his power. 8 Unto me the least of all saintes is this grace geuen, that I shoulde preache among the gentiles the vnsearchable ryches of Christe,
  • Phil 1:16-17 : 16 The one preache Christe of strife, not sincerely, supposyng to adde more affliction to my bondes: 17 But the others of loue, knowing that I am set to the defence of the Gospell.
  • Exod 4:13-14 : 13 He said: oh my Lorde, sende I pray thee, by the hande of hym whom thou wylt sende. 14 And the Lorde was angry with Moyses, and sayde: Do not I knowe Aaron thy brother the Leuite, that he can speake? For lo, he commeth foorth to meete thee: and when he seeth thee, he wyll be glad in his heart.
  • 1 Chr 28:9 : 9 And thou Solomon my sonne, knowe thou the God of thy father, and serue him with a pure heart and with a wyllyng minde: For the Lord searcheth al heartes, and vnderstandeth all the immaginations of thoughtes: And if thou seeke him, he wyll be founde of thee: but if thou forsake him, he wyll cast thee of for euer.
  • 1 Chr 29:5 : 5 The golde for thinges of golde, siluer for them of siluer, and for all maner of worke by the handes of artificers: And whosoeuer is wylling, may this day consecrate his hande vnto the Lorde.
  • 1 Chr 29:9 : 9 And the people reioyced when they were so wylling to geue their goodes, and with a perfect heart they offered wyllingly to the Lord: And Dauid the king reioyced with great gladnesse.
  • 1 Chr 29:14 : 14 But who am I? and what is my people? that we should enforce our selues to geue these thinges so willingly? But all thinges come of thee, & of that which we receaued at thyne hand, we haue geuen thee.
  • Neh 11:2 : 2 And the people thanked all the men that were willing to dwel at Hierusale.
  • Isa 6:8 : 8 Also I hearde the voyce of the Lorde on this maner: whom shall I sende, and who wyll be our messenger? Then I sayde, Here am I, sende me.
  • Jer 20:9 : 9 Wherefore I thought from hencefoorth not to speake of hym, nor to preache any more in his name: but the worde of the Lorde was a very burning fire in my heart and in my bones, whiche when I woulde haue stopped, I might not.
  • Ezek 3:14 : 14 Nowe when the spirite lift me vp and tooke me away, I went in bitternesse and furie of my spirite: but the hande of the Lorde vpon me was strong.
  • Jonah 1:3 : 3 And Ionas rose vp to flee into Tharsis from the presence of the Lorde, and went downe to Ioppa, and founde a ship going to Tharsis: so he payed his fare, and went downe into it, that he might go with them vnto Tharsis from the presence of the Lorde.
  • Jonah 4:1-3 : 1 And this displeased Ionas greatly, and he was angrye within him selfe. 2 And he prayed vnto the Lorde, and saide: I pray thee O Lorde, was not this my saying when I was yet in my countrey? therfore I hasted to flee into Tharsis: For I knewe that thou art a gratious God, and mercifull, long suffering, and of great kindnesse, and repentest thee of euill. 3 And nowe O Lorde, take I beseche thee my lyfe from me: for it is better for me to dye, then to lyue.
  • Mal 1:10 : 10 Who is there euen among you that would shutte the doores, and kindle not fire on myne aulter in vaine? I haue no pleasure in you, saith the Lorde of hoastes, neither wyll I accept an offering at your hande.
  • 1 Thess 2:4 : 4 But as it were alowed of God, to be put in credite with the Gospell: euen so we speake, not as pleasyng men, but God, which tryeth our heartes.
  • 1 Tim 1:11-13 : 11 Accordyng to the Gospell of glorie of the blessed God, whiche is committed vnto me. 12 And I thanke Christ Iesus our Lord whiche hath made me strong: For he counted me faythfull, puttyng me into the ministerie, 13 Beyng a blasphemer, and a persecuter, and an oppressour: But yet I obtayned mercie, because I dyd it ignorauntly in vnbeliefe.
  • Phlm 1:14 : 14 But without thy mynde woulde I do nothyng, that thy benefite shoulde not be as it were of necessitie, but willingly.
  • 1 Pet 5:2-4 : 2 Feede you God his flocke, whiche is committed vnto you, takyng the ouersight of them not as compelled therto, but wyllyngly, not for the desyre of fylthy lucre, but of a good mynde: 3 Not as though ye were Lordes ouer God his heritage: but that ye be an ensample to the flocke. 4 And when the chiefe shephearde shall appeare, ye shall receaue an incorruptible crowne of glory.

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    18 What is my reward then? Uerily that when I preache the Gospell, I make the Gospell of Christ free, that I misuse not myne aucthoritie in the Gospell.

    19 For though I be free from all men, yet haue I made my selfe seruaunt vnto all men, that I might win the mo.

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    14 Euen so hath the Lord ordayned, that they which preache the Gospell, shoulde lyue of the Gospell.

    15 But I haue vsed none of these thinges. Neuerthelesse, I wrote not these thinges, that it shoulde be so done vnto me: For it were better for me to die, then that any man should make my reioycing vayne.

    16 For if I preache the Gospell, I haue nothyng to reioyce of: for necessitie is layde vpon me. But wo is vnto me if I preache not the Gospell.

  • Phlm 1:13-14
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    13 Whom I woulde haue retayned with me, that in thy steade he myght haue ministred vnto me in the bondes of the Gospell:

    14 But without thy mynde woulde I do nothyng, that thy benefite shoulde not be as it were of necessitie, but willingly.

  • 25 Wherof I am made a minister, accordyng to the dispensation of God, which is geuen to me to youwarde, to fulfyll the worde of God:

  • 23 And this I do for the Gospels sake, that I might haue my part therof.

  • Gal 1:10-11
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    10 Do I nowe perswade men, or God? Other do I seke to please men? For yf I shoulde yet please men, I were not the seruaunt of Christe.

    11 I certifie you brethren, that the Gospell which was preached of me, was not after man.

  • 2 Cor 11:7-9
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    7 Dyd I sinne because I submitted my selfe, that ye myght be exalted, & because I preached to you the Gospell of God freely?

    8 I robbed other Churches, takyng wages of them, to do you seruice.

    9 And when I was present with you, and had nede, I was chargeable to no man: for that which was lackyng vnto me, the brethren which came from Macedonia supplied, and in all thynges I haue kept my selfe so that I shoulde not be chargeable to any man, and so wyll I kepe my selfe.

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    12 For if there be first a wyllyng mynde, it is accepted accordyng to that a man hath, and not accordyng to that he hath not.

    13 Truly, not that other be set at ease, & ye brought into combraunce:

  • Rom 15:16-18
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    16 That I should be the minister of Iesus Christe, to the gentiles, and shoulde minister the Gospell of God, that the offeryng of the gentiles might be acceptable, and sanctified by the holy ghost.

    17 I haue therefore whereof I may reioyce through Christ Iesus, in those thynges which parteyne to God.

    18 For I dare not speake of any of those thinges which Christ hath not wrought by me, to make the gentiles obedient with worde and deede,

  • Phil 1:16-18
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    16 The one preache Christe of strife, not sincerely, supposyng to adde more affliction to my bondes:

    17 But the others of loue, knowing that I am set to the defence of the Gospell.

    18 What then? So that Christe be preached any maner of way, whether it be by pretence, or by trueth, I ioy therein, and wyll ioy.

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    11 Accordyng to the Gospell of glorie of the blessed God, whiche is committed vnto me.

    12 And I thanke Christ Iesus our Lord whiche hath made me strong: For he counted me faythfull, puttyng me into the ministerie,

  • 1 Cor 9:1-3
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    1 Am I not an Apostle? am I not free? haue I not seene Iesus Christe our Lord: Are ye not my worke in the Lorde?

    2 If I be not an Apostle vnto other, yet doubtlesse am I vnto you: For the seale of myne Apostleship are ye in the Lorde.

    3 Myne aunswere to them that aske me, is this,

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    11 If we haue sowen vnto you spirituall thinges, is it a great thing if we reape your carnall thinges?

    12 If others be partakers of this power wherfore are not we rather? Neuerthelesse, we haue not vsed this power: but suffer all thinges, lest we shoulde hinder the Gospel of Christ.

  • 2 Yf ye haue hearde of the dispensatio of the grace of God, which is geuen me to youwarde:

  • 24 But none of these thynges moue me, neither is my lyfe deare vnto my selfe, so that I myght fulfyll my course with ioy, and the ministerie whiche I haue receaued of the Lorde Iesu, to testifie the Gospell of the grace of God.

  • 13 Which by the experiment of this ministration, prayse God for the obedience of your consentyng to the Gospell of Christe, and for your singlenesse in distributyng to them, and to all men:

  • 27 But I tame my body, and bryng it into subiection, lest by any meanes, that when I haue preached to other, I my selfe shoulde be a castaway.

  • 16 If I do nowe that which I woulde not, I consent vnto the lawe, that it is good.

  • 30 For, if I take my part with thankes, why am I euyll spoken of, for that wherfore I geue thankes?

  • 1 Of the ministryng to the saintes, it is but superfluous for me to write vnto you:

  • 17 Yea, and though I be offered vp vpo the offeryng and seruice of your fayth, I reioyce, and reioyce with you all.

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    10 But by the grace of God, I am that I am: And his grace which is in me, was not in vayne: But I laboured more aboundauntly then they all, yet not I, but the grace of God which is with me.

    11 Therfore, whether it were I or they, so we preache, and so haue ye beleued.

  • 15 So that as much as in me is, I am redy to preache the Gospell to you that are at Rome also.

  • 11 Wherunto I am appoynted, a preacher and Apostle, and a teacher of the gentiles:

  • 1 Cor 9:6-7
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    6 Either only I and Barnabas haue not power this to do?

    7 Who goeth a warfare any time at his owne cost? Who planteth a vineyarde, and eateth not of the fruite therof? Or who feedeth a flocke, and eateth not of the milke of the flocke?

  • 17 Not that I desire a gyft, but I desire fruite aboundyng to your accompt.

  • 7 Wherof I am made a minister, accordyng to the gyfte of the grace of God, which is geuen vnto me after the workyng of his power.

  • 7 Let euery man do, accordyng as he hath purposed in his heart, not grudgyngly, or of necessitie: For God loueth a chearefull geuer.

  • 7 Doyng the wyll of God fro the heart, with good wyll seruyng the Lorde, and not men:

  • 1 I say ye trueth in Christ, I lye not, my conscience also bearyng me witnesse by the holy ghost,

  • 12 But I woulde ye should vnderstande brethren, that the thinges which came vnto me, hath come rather vnto the furtheraunce of the Gospell:

  • 20 So haue I enforced my selfe to preach the Gospell, not where Christe was named, lest I shoulde haue buylt vpon an other mans foundation.