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ForγὰρifεἰI doπράσσωthisτοῦτοwillingly,ἑκὼνI haveἔχωa reward;μισθὸνbutδὲifεἰunwillingly,ἄκωνI have been entrusted withπεπίστευμαιa stewardship.οἰκονομίαν
1 Corinthians 9:17
Study it in the app“For if I do this willingly, I have a reward; but if unwillingly, I have been entrusted with a stewardship.”
With the Greek beneath
1 Corinthians 9:17, word by word
- I doπράσσωprassō
do
To carry out something, often evil.
Where else “prassō” appears- willinglyἑκὼνhekōn
willing
Willing, of one's own free will.
Where else “hekōn” appears- I haveἔχωechō
have
To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.
Where else “echō” appears- a rewardμισθὸνmisthon
reward
The prize God gives.
Where else “misthon” appears- unwillinglyἄκωνakōn
unwilling
Unwilling, against one's will.
Where else “akōn” appears- I have been entrusted withπεπίστευμαιpepisteumai
entrust
To place something valuable in another's hands, because one relies on him.
Where else “pepisteumai” appears- a stewardshipοἰκονομίανoikonomian
stewardship
The plan by which God directs things, and the task he entrusts.
Where else “oikonomian” appears
The context
16For if I proclaim the good news, I have nothing to boast about, for necessity is laid upon me; for woe is to me if I do not proclaim the good news.
17 · This verse (above)
18What then is my reward? That in proclaiming the good news I may offer the good news free of charge, so as not to make full use of my right in the good news.