1 Corinthians 9:17
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for 1 Corinthians 9:17 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
1 Corinthians 9:17 is a verse from the book of 1 Corinthians in the New Testament. The KJV reads: "For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but if against my will, a dispensation of the gospel is committed unt..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
1 Corinthians 9:17 — KJV
“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.”
— 1 Corinthians 9:17 (KJV)
1 Corinthians 9:17 in Context — About the Book of 1 Corinthians
1 Corinthians is pastoral surgery on a gifted, divided, messy church — addressing factions, immorality, lawsuits, worship chaos, and doubts about resurrection. It contains the love chapter read at countless weddings and the Bible's fullest teaching on spiritual gifts and the resurrection body.
Cross-References for 1 Corinthians 9:17
“But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the accursed thing: for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed thing: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against the children of Israel. Achan: also called, Achar Zabdi: also called, Zimri”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 9:17: thing, against, committed
“He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved.”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 9:17: thing, reward, against
“And it came to pass, that after three days Paul called the chief of the Jews together: and when they were come together, he said unto them, Men and brethren, though I have committed nothing against the people, or customs of our fathers, yet was I delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans.”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 9:17: thing, against, committed
“Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind, beguile...: or, judge against you in a...: Gr. being a voluntary in humility”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 9:17: thing, reward, against
“For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day. believed: or, trusted”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 9:17: thing, against, committed
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