¹⁷ For if I do this willingly, ^(A)I have a reward; but if against my will, ^(B)I have been entrusted with a stewardship.

⁷ But on the contrary, ^(A)when they saw that the gospel for the uncircumcised ^(B)had been committed to me, as the gospel for the circumcised was to Peter

⁸ Now he who plants and he who waters are one, ^(A)and each one will receive his own reward according to his own labor.

²⁵ of which I became a minister according to ^(A)the ^[a]stewardship from God which was given to me for you, to fulfill the word of God,

Stewards of the Mysteries of God

4 Let a man so consider us, as ^(A)servants of Christ ^(B)and stewards of the mysteries of God.

^41 (A)He who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet’s reward. And he who receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man’s reward.

^2 (A)Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, serving as overseers, ^(B)not by compulsion but ^[a]willingly, ^(C)not for dishonest gain but eagerly; ³ nor as ^(D)being ^[b]lords over ^(E)those entrusted to you, but ^(F)being examples to the flock; ⁴ and when ^(G)the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive ^(H)the crown of glory that does not fade away.

¹⁴ If anyone’s work which he has built on it endures, he will receive a reward.

¹⁴ So the Spirit lifted me up and took me away, and I went in bitterness, in the ^[a]heat of my spirit; but ^(A)the hand of the Lord was strong upon me.