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For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but if against my will, a dispensation of the gospel is committed unto me. |
For if I do this willingly, I have a reward; but if against my will, I have been entrusted with a stewardship. |
For if I do this voluntarily, I have a reward; but if against my will, I have a stewardship entrusted to me. |
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If I preach voluntarily, I have a reward; if not voluntarily, I am simply discharging the trust committed to me. |
For if I do this work of my own free will, then I have my pay (my reward); but if it is not of my own will, but is done reluctantly and under compulsion, I am [still] entrusted with a [sacred] trusteeship and commission. |
For, assuming that I am doing this of my own volition, I have a recompense; but doing it without my own volition, a responsibility of administering [the propagation of the good news] has been entrusted to me and at present is the impelling motive that makes it impossible not to proclaim it. |
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If I do this work because I choose to do so then I am entitled to a reward. But if it is no choice of mine, but a sacred responsibility put upon me, |
For if I do it of my own accord, I get my pay; but if I am unwilling to do it, I still am entrusted with trusteeship (literally, stewardship). |
- No cross references or parallel passage have been cited for this verse.
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