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1 Corinthians 9:17 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" 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. "

1 Corinthians 9:17

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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.

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1 Corinthians 9:1

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