1 Corinthians 9:17

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

for if willing I do this, I have a reward; and if unwillingly -- with a stewardship I have been entrusted!

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Εἰ γὰρ ἑκὼν τοῦτο πράσσω, μισθὸν ἔχω: εἰ δὲ ἄκων, οἰκονομίαν πεπίστευμαι.

Transliteration

For if hekōn this I prassō, misthon I echō: but if akōn, oikonomian I have been pepisteumai.

Grammar Details

• *hekōn*: nominative, masculine, singular - willingly/voluntarily
• *prassō*: present indicative, 1st person singular - do/perform
• *misthon*: accusative, masculine, singular - reward/wage
• *echō*: present indicative, 1st person singular - have
• *akōn*: nominative, masculine, singular - unwillingly/against will
• *oikonomian*: accusative, feminine, singular - stewardship/administration
• *pepisteumai*: perfect passive, 1st person singular - have been entrusted

Word Meanings

• *hekōn*: willingly/voluntarily/of my own will
• *prassō*: do/perform/practice
• *misthon*: reward/wage/payment
• *akōn*: unwillingly/against will/involuntarily
• *oikonomian*: stewardship/administration/commission
• *pepisteumai*: have been entrusted with/am entrusted with/have been given trust of

Referenced Verses

• Gal 2:7 : 7 but, on the contrary, having seen that I have been entrusted with the good news of the uncircumcision, as Peter with `that' of the circumcision,
• 1 Cor 4:1 : 1 Let a man so reckon us as officers of Christ, and stewards of the secrets of God,
• 1 Cor 3:8 : 8 and he who is planting and he who is watering are one, and each his own reward shall receive, according to his own labour,
• Col 1:25 : 25 of which I -- I did become a ministrant according to the dispensation of God, that was given to me for you, to fulfil the word of God,
• 1 Cor 3:14 : 14 if of any one the work doth remain that he built on `it', a wage he shall receive;
• Matt 10:41 : 41 he who is receiving a prophet in the name of a prophet, shall receive a prophet's reward, and he who is receiving a righteous man in the name of a righteous man, shall receive a righteous man's reward,
• Matt 24:25 : 25 Lo, I did tell you beforehand.
• Luke 12:42 : 42 And the Lord said, `Who, then, is the faithful and prudent steward whom the lord shall set over his household, to give in season the wheat measure?
• 1 Cor 9:16 : 16 for if I may proclaim good news, it is no glorying for me, for necessity is laid upon me, and wo is to me if I may not proclaim good news;
• 2 Cor 8:12 : 12 for if the willing mind is present, according to that which any one may have it is well-accepted, not according to that which he hath not;
• Eph 3:2-8 : 2 if, indeed, ye did hear of the dispensation of the grace of God that was given to me in regard to you, 3 that by revelation He made known to me the secret, according as I wrote before in few `words' -- 4 in regard to which ye are able, reading `it', to understand my knowledge in the secret of the Christ, 5 which in other generations was not made known to the sons of men, as it was now revealed to His holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit -- 6 that the nations be fellow-heirs, and of the same body, and partakers of His promise in the Christ, through the good news, 7 of which I became a ministrant, according to the gift of the grace of God that was given to me, according to the working of His power; 8 to me -- the less than the least of all the saints -- was given this grace, among the nations to proclaim good news -- the untraceable riches of the Christ,
• Phil 1:16-17 : 16 the one, indeed, of rivalry the Christ do proclaim, not purely, supposing to add affliction to my bonds, 17 and the other out of love, having known that for defence of the good news I am set:
• Exod 4:13-14 : 13 and he saith, `O, my Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand Thou dost send.' 14 And the anger of Jehovah burneth against Moses, and He saith, `Is not Aaron the Levite thy brother? I have known that he speaketh well, and also, lo, he is coming out to meet thee; when he hath seen thee, then he hath rejoiced in his heart,
• 1 Chr 28:9 : 9 `And thou, Solomon, my son, know the God of thy father, and serve Him with a perfect heart, and with a willing mind, for all hearts is Jehovah seeking, and every imagination of the thoughts He is understanding; if thou dost seek Him, He is found of thee, and if thou dost forsake Him, He casteth thee off for ever.
• 1 Chr 29:5 : 5 even gold for `things of' gold, and silver for `those of' silver, and for all the work by the hand of artificers; and who `is' he that is offering willingly to consecrate his hand to-day to Jehovah?'
• 1 Chr 29:9 : 9 And the people rejoice because of their offering willingly, for with a perfect heart they have offered willingly to Jehovah; and also David the king hath rejoiced -- great joy.
• 1 Chr 29:14 : 14 yea, because, who `am' I, and who `are' my people, that we retain power to offer thus willingly? but of Thee `is' the whole, and out of Thy hand we have given to Thee;
• Neh 11:2 : 2 and the people give a blessing to all the men who are offering themselves willingly to dwell in Jerusalem.
• Isa 6:8 : 8 And I hear the voice of the Lord, saying: `Whom do I send? and who doth go for Us?' And I say, `Here `am' I, send me.'
• Jer 20:9 : 9 And I said, `I do not mention Him, Nor do I speak any more in His name,' And it hath been in my heart As a burning fire shut up in my bones, And I have been weary of containing, And I am not able.
• Ezek 3:14 : 14 And a spirit hath lifted me up, and doth take me away, and I go bitterly, in the heat of my spirit, and the hand of Jehovah on me `is' strong.
• Jonah 1:3 : 3 And Jonah riseth to flee to Tarshish from the face of Jehovah, and goeth down `to' Joppa, and findeth a ship going `to' Tarshish, and he giveth its fare, and goeth down into it, to go with them to Tarshish from the face of Jehovah.
• Jonah 4:1-3 : 1 And it is grievous unto Jonah -- a great evil -- and he is displeased at it; 2 and he prayeth unto Jehovah, and he saith, `I pray Thee, O Jehovah, is not this my word while I was in mine own land -- therefore I was beforehand to flee to Tarshish -- that I have known that Thou `art' a God, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in kindness, and repenting of evil? 3 And now, O Jehovah, take, I pray Thee, my soul from me, for better `is' my death than my life.'
• Mal 1:10 : 10 Who `is' even among you, And he shutteth the two-leaved doors? Yea, ye do not kindle Mine altar for nought, I have no pleasure in you, said Jehovah of Hosts, And a present I do not accept of your hand.
• 1 Thess 2:4 : 4 but as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the good news, so we speak, not as pleasing men, but God, who is proving our hearts,
• 1 Tim 1:11-13 : 11 according to the good news of the glory of the blessed God, with which I was entrusted. 12 And I give thanks to him who enabled me -- Christ Jesus our Lord -- that he did reckon me stedfast, having put `me' to the ministration, 13 who before was speaking evil, and persecuting, and insulting, but I found kindness, because, being ignorant, I did `it' in unbelief,
• Phlm 1:14 : 14 and apart from thy mind I willed to do nothing, that as of necessity thy good deed may not be, but of willingness,
• 1 Pet 5:2-4 : 2 feed the flock of God that `is' among you, overseeing not constrainedly, but willingly, neither for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind, 3 neither as exercising lordship over the heritages, but patterns becoming of the flock, 4 and at the manifestation of the chief Shepherd, ye shall receive the unfading crown of glory.