1 Corinthians 9:17 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

do. practise. Greek. prasso. See John 3:20.

willingly. being willing. Greek. hekon. Only here and Romans 8:20.

against my will. being unwilling. Greek. akon. Only here.

a dispensation, &c,. I have been entrusted with (Greek. pisteuo. App-150.). stewardship.. am therefore in duty bound to fulfill it.

dispensation. stewardship, or administration, the work of an oikonomoa (1 Corinthians 4:1). Elsewhere, Luke 16:2; Luke 16:3; Luke 16:4.Ephesians 1:10; Ephesians 3:2. Col 1:25. 1 Timothy 1:4.

is committed. App-150.

1 Corinthians 9:17

17 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.