akon describes acting without willingness, contrasted with voluntary action in a statement about entrusted stewardship.

The term marks doing something without willingness, set in 1 Corinthians 9:17 against doing it voluntarily while speaking of an entrusted stewardship.

1. Acting without willingness · dominant

   In 1 Corinthians 9:17, the nominative singular masculine adjective stands in contrast to doing something voluntarily; the APB renders the clause, "but if unwillingly, I am entrusted with a stewardship."

   1 Corinthians 9:17

In the Anselm Project Bible: In 1 Corinthians 9:17, the APB presents the contrast with voluntary action as "but if unwillingly." This rendering is treated as confirmation of the clause's contrast.