17For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but if against my will, a dispensation of the gospel is committed unto me.
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But contrariwise, when they saw that the gospel of the uncircumcision was committed unto me, as the gospel of the circumcision was unto Peter;
Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour.
And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
Whereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which is given to me for you, to fulfil the word of God;
He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward; and he that receiveth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's reward.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 15-18)Here he tells them that he had, notwithstanding, waived his privilege, and lays down his reason for doing it. I. He tells them that he had neglected to claim his right in times past: I have used none of these things , 1 Cor. 9:15. He neither ate nor drank himself at their cost, nor led about a wife to be maintained by them, nor forbore working to maintain himself. From others he received a mainten…
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