1 Corinthians 9:17

Coverdale Bible (1535)

Yf I do it with a good wyll, I shall haue my rewarde: but yff I do it agaynst my wyll, yet is the office commytted vnto me.

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  • Gal 2:7 : 7 but contrary wyse, whan they sawe that the Gospell ouer the vncircumcision was comytted vnto me, as ye Gospell ouer ye circucision was commytted vnto Peter.
  • 1 Cor 4:1 : 1 Let euery man this wyse esteme vs, euen for the mynisters of Christ, and stewardes of the secretes of God.
  • 1 Cor 3:8 : 8 As for him that planteth, and he that watreth, ye one is as the other: but yet shal euery one receaue his rewarde acordinge to his laboure.
  • Col 1:25 : 25 wherof I am made a mynister, acordinge to ye Godly office of preachinge, which is geuen vnto me amonge you, that I shulde richely preach the worde of God,
  • 1 Cor 3:14 : 14 Yf eny mans worke that he hath buylde theron, abyde, he shal receaue a rewarde:
  • Matt 10:41 : 41 He that receaueth a prophet in the name of a prophet, shal receaue a prophetes rewarde. He yt receaueth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man, shal receane a righteous mans rewarde:
  • Matt 24:25 : 25 Beholde, I haue tolde you before.
  • Luke 12:42 : 42 The LORDE sayde: How greate a thinge is a faithfull and wyse stewarde, whom his lorde setteth ouer his houssholde, to geue the their dewtye in due season?
  • 1 Cor 9:16 : 16 For in that I preach the Gospell, I neade not boost my selfe, for I must nedes do it. And wo vnto me, yff I preach not the Gospell.
  • 2 Cor 8:12 : 12 For yf there be a wyllinge mynde, it is accepted acordinge to that a man hath, not acordinge to that he hath not.
  • Eph 3:2-8 : 2 acordinge as ye haue herde of ye office of the grace of God which is geuen me to you warde. 3 For by reuelacion was this mystery shewed vnto me, as I wrote aboue in fewe wordes: 4 wherby whan ye rede it, ye maye perceaue myne vnderstondynge in ye mystery of Christ, 5 which (mystery) in tymes past was not opened vnto the childre of me as it is now declared to his holy Apostles and prophetes by the sprete: namely, 6 that the Heythen shulde be inheritours also, and of the same body, and partakers of his promes in Christ by the Gospell, 7 wherof I am made a mynister acordynge to the gifte of the grace of God, which is geue me acordinge to the workynge of his power. 8 Vnto me the leest of all sayntes is this grace geuen, that I shulde preach amonge the Heythe ye vnsearcheable riches of Christ,
  • Phil 1:16-17 : 16 The one parte preacheth Christ off stryfe and not purely, supposynge to adde more aduersite vnto my bondes. 17 The other parte of loue, for they knowe that I lye here for the defence of the Gospell.
  • Exod 4:13-14 : 13 But Moses sayde: My LORDE, sende whom thou wilt sende. 14 Then was the LORDE very angrie at Moses, and saide: Do not I knowe then, yt thy brother Aaron the Leuite is well spoken? And beholde, he shal go forth to mete ye: & whan he seyth the, he shal reioyse from his hert.
  • 1 Chr 28:9 : 9 And thou my sonne Salomo, knowe thou the God of thy father, and serue him with all thy hert, and with the desyre of thy soule: for the LORDE searcheth all hertes, and vnderstondeth all thoughtes & ymaginacions Yf thou seke him, thou shalt fynde him: but yf thou forsake him, he shall refuse the for euer.
  • 1 Chr 29:5 : 5 yt the same which ought to be of golde, maye be of golde: & that it which ought to be of syluer, maye be of syluer: and for all maner of worke by the hande of the craftesmen. And who is now fre wyllinge, to fyll his hande this daye vnto the LORDE?
  • 1 Chr 29:9 : 9 And ye people were glad that they were fre wyllinge: for they gaue it wt a good wyll (euen with all their hert) vnto the LORDE. And Dauid also ye kynge reioysed greatly,
  • 1 Chr 29:14 : 14 For who am I? What is my people? that we shulde be able with a fre wyll to offre, as this is done? For of the commeth all, and of thy hande haue we geuen it the:
  • Neh 11:2 : 2 And ye people thanked all the men that were willinge to dwell at Ierusalem.
  • Isa 6:8 : 8 After this I herde the voyce of the LORDE takinge advysement on this maner: Whom shall I sende, and who wilbe oure messaunger? The I sayde: here am I, sende me.
  • Jer 20:9 : 9 Wherfore, I thought from hence forth, not to speake of him, ner to preach eny more in his name. But the worde off the LORDE was a very burnynge fyre in my hert and in my bones, which when I wolde haue stopped, I might not.
  • Ezek 3:14 : 14 Now when the sprete toke me vp, and caried me awaye, I wente with an heuy and a soroufull mynde, but the honde off ye LORDE comforted me right soone.
  • Jonah 1:3 : 3 And Ionas made him ready to fle vnto Tharsis from the presence of the LORDE, and gat him downe to Ioppa: where he founde a shippe ready for to go vnto Tharsis. So he payde his fare, and wente aborde, that he might go with them vnto Tharsis from the presence of the LORDE.
  • Jonah 4:1-3 : 1 Wherfore Ionas was sore discontet, and angrie. 2 And he prayed vnto the LORDE, and sayde: O LORDE, was not this my sayenge (I praye the) when I was yet in my countre? therfore I haisted rather to fle vnto Tharsis, for I knowe well ynough that thou art a mercifull God, full of compassion, loge sufferinge, and of greate kyndnesse, and repentest when thou shuldest take punyshment. 3 And now o LORDE, take my life fro me (I beseke the) for I had rather dye then lyue.
  • Mal 1:10 : 10 Yee what is he amonge you, that wil do so moch as to shut ye dores, or to kyndle ye fyre vpo myne aulter for naught? I haue no pleasure in you, sayeth the LORDE off hoostes: and as for the meatofferinge, I wil not accepte it at youre honde.
  • 1 Thess 2:4 : 4 but as we are alowed of God, that the Gospell shulde be commytted vnto vs to preache, euen so we speake, not as though we wolde please me, but God, which tryeth oure hertes.
  • 1 Tim 1:11-13 : 11 acordinge to ye Gospell of ye glory of the blessed God, which (Gospell) is comytted vnto me. 12 And I thanke Christ Iesus or LORDE, which hath made me stroge, for he counted me faithfull, & put me in office, 13 wha before I was a blasphemer, & a persecuter, & a tyraunt: but I optayned mercy, because I dyd it ignorauntly in vnbeleue.
  • Phlm 1:14 : 14 Neuertheles without thy mynde wolde I do nothinge, that ye good which thou doest, shulde not be of compulsion, but wyllingly.
  • 1 Pet 5:2-4 : 2 Fede Christes flocke which is amonge you, and take the ouersighte of the, not as though ye were copelled therto, but wyllingly: not for the desyre of filthye lucre, but of a good mynde: 3 not as though ye were lordes ouer the parishes, but that ye be an ensample to the flocke: 4 & whan the chefe shepherde shal appeare, ye shal receaue the vncorruptible crowne of glory.

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  • 85%

    18 Wherfore the shal I be rewarded? (Namely therfore) that I preach the Gospell, and do the same frely for naughte, that I abuse not my libertye in ye Gospell.

    19 For though I am fre from all men, yet haue I made my selfe euery mans seruaunt, yt I mighte wynne ye moo.

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    14 Euen thus also hath ye LORDE ordeyned, that they which preach the Gospell, shulde lyue of ye Gospell.

    15 But I haue vsed none of these thinges. Nether wryte I therof, that it shulde be done so vnto me: for I had rather dye, the that eny man shulde brynge my reioysinge to naughte.

    16 For in that I preach the Gospell, I neade not boost my selfe, for I must nedes do it. And wo vnto me, yff I preach not the Gospell.

  • Phlm 1:13-14
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    13 For I wolde haue kepte him styll with me, that in thy steade he might haue mynistred vnto me in ye bondes of ye Gospell:

    14 Neuertheles without thy mynde wolde I do nothinge, that ye good which thou doest, shulde not be of compulsion, but wyllingly.

  • 25 wherof I am made a mynister, acordinge to ye Godly office of preachinge, which is geuen vnto me amonge you, that I shulde richely preach the worde of God,

  • 23 But this I do for the Gospels sake, that I mighte be partaker therof.

  • Gal 1:10-11
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    10 Preach I men now or God? Or go I aboute to please men? Yf I shulde yet please men, I were not the seruaunt of Christ.

    11 But I certifye you brethren, yt the Gospell which is preached of me, is not of men.

  • 2 Cor 11:7-9
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    7 Or dyd I synne therin because I submytted my selfe, that ye mighte be exalted?For I preached vnto you the Gospell of God frely,

    8 and robbed other cogregacions, and toke wages of the, to preach vnto you.

    9 And whan I was present with you, and had nede, I was greuous to no man: for yt which was lackynge vnto me, the brethren which came fro Macedonia, suppleed. And in all thinges I kepte myselfe so, yt I shulde not be greuous to you, & so wyl I kepe my selfe.

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    12 For yf there be a wyllinge mynde, it is accepted acordinge to that a man hath, not acordinge to that he hath not.

    13 This is not done to the intent, that other shulde haue ease, and ye cobraunce,

  • Rom 15:16-18
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    16 that I shulde be a mynister of Iesu Christ amonge the Heythen, to declare the gospell of God, that the Heythen mighte be an acceptable offerynge vnto God, sanctified by the holy goost.

    17 Therfore maye I boost myselfe thorow Iesu Christ, that I medle with thinges perteyninge vnto God.

    18 For I durst not speake ought, excepte Christ had wroughte the same by me, to make the Heythen obediet thorow worde and dede,

  • Phil 1:16-18
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    16 The one parte preacheth Christ off stryfe and not purely, supposynge to adde more aduersite vnto my bondes.

    17 The other parte of loue, for they knowe that I lye here for the defence of the Gospell.

    18 What then? So that Christ be preached all maner of wayes (whether it be done by occasion or of true meaninge) I reioyce therin, and wil reioyce.

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    11 acordinge to ye Gospell of ye glory of the blessed God, which (Gospell) is comytted vnto me.

    12 And I thanke Christ Iesus or LORDE, which hath made me stroge, for he counted me faithfull, & put me in office,

  • 1 Cor 9:1-3
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    1 Am I not an Apostle? Am I not fre? Haue I not sene Iesus Christ oure LORDE?

    2 Are not ye my worke in the LORDE? Yf I be not an Apostle vnto other, yet am I youre Apostle: for the seale of myne Apostleshippe are ye in the LORDE.

    3 Myne answere vnto them that axe me, is this:

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    11 Yf we haue sowne vnto you spiritual thinges, is it a greate thige yf we reape yor bodely thiges?

    12 But yf other be partakers of this power on you, wherfore are not we rather? Neuertheles we haue not vsed this power, but suffre all thinges, lest we shulde hynder the Gospell off Christ.

  • 2 acordinge as ye haue herde of ye office of the grace of God which is geuen me to you warde.

  • 24 But I regarde none of them, nether counte I my life dearer then my selfe, that I maye fulfyll my course with ioye, and the office yt I haue receaued of the LORDE Iesu, to testifye the Gospell of the grace of God.

  • 13 and prayse God for yor obedient professynge of the Gospell of Christ, & for yor synglenesse in distributynge vnto the, and to all men,

  • 27 but I tame my body, and brynge it in to subieccion, lest whan I preach vnto other: I my selfe be a cast awaye.

  • 16 Yf I do now that which I wil not, the graunte I, that the lawe is good.

  • 30 For yf I take my parte wt thankesgeuynge, why am I euell spoken of, for yt thinge wherfore I geue thankes?

  • 1 Of the handreachinge vnto ye sayntes, it is no nede for me to wryte vnto you:

  • 17 Yee and though I be offred vp vpo the offerynge & sacrifice of youre faith, I am glad, and reioyce with you all:

  • 71%

    10 But by the grace of God I am that I am. And his grace in me hath not bene vayne, but I haue laboured more then they all: howbeit not I but the grace of God which is wt me.

    11 Now whether it be I or they, thus haue we preached, and thus haue ye beleued.

  • 15 Wherfore (as moch as i me is) I am ready to preach the Gospell vnto you at Rome also.

  • 11 whervnto I am appoynted a preacher and an Apostell, and a teacher of the Heythen:

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

    7 Who goeth a warfare at eny tyme vpon his awne wages? Who planteth a vynyarde, and eateth not of the frute therof? Who fedeth a flocke, and eateth not of the mylke of the flocke?

  • 17 Not that I seke giftes, but I seke the frute, that it be abudaunt in yor rekenynge.

  • 7 wherof I am made a mynister acordynge to the gifte of the grace of God, which is geue me acordinge to the workynge of his power.

  • 7 euery one acordynge as he hath purposed in his hert, not grudgingly, or of compulsion. For God loueth a chearfull geuer.

  • 7 with good wyll. Thynke that ye serue the LORDE and not me:

  • 1 I saye the trueth in Christ, and lye not (wherof my conscience beareth me witnesse in the holy goost)

  • 12 I wolde ye vnderstode brethren, that my busynes is happened vnto the greater furtheraunce of the Gospell,

  • 20 So haue I enforced myselfe to preach ye Gospell, not where Christes name was knowne, lest I shulde buylde on another mans foundacion,