1 Corinthians 9:16
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Yet when I preach the gospel, I have no reason to boast, because I am obligated to preach. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!”
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“Yet when I preach the gospel, I have no reason to boast, because I am obligated to preach. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of: for necessity is laid upon me; yea, woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel!”
King James Version · Public Domain“For if I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of; for necessity is laid upon me; for woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“for if I may proclaim good news, it is no glorying for me, for necessity is laid upon me, and woe is to me if I may not proclaim good news;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 1 Corinthians 9:16 — 16 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Isaiah 6:5Then I said: “Woe is me, for I am ruined, because I am a man of unclean lips dwelling among a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of Hosts.”
- Jeremiah 1:17Get yourself ready. Stand up and tell them everything that I command you. Do not be intimidated by them, or I will terrify you before them.
- Jeremiah 20:7You have deceived me, O LORD, and I was deceived. You have overcome me and prevailed. I am a laughingstock all day long; everyone mocks me.
- Jeremiah 20:9If I say, “I will not mention Him or speak any more in His name,” His message becomes a fire burning in my heart, shut up in my bones, and I become weary of holding it in, and I cannot prevail.
- Amos 3:8The lion has roared— who will not fear? The Lord GOD has spoken— who will not prophesy?
- Amos 7:15But the LORD took me from following the flock and said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to My people Israel.’
- Matthew 25:16The servant who had received the five talents went at once and put them to work and gained five more.
- Luke 9:62Then Jesus declared, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and then looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”
- Acts 4:20For we cannot stop speaking about what we have seen and heard.”
- Acts 9:6“Now get up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.”
- Acts 9:15“Go!” said the Lord. “This man is My chosen instrument to carry My name before the Gentiles and their kings, and before the people of Israel.
- Acts 26:16‘But get up and stand on your feet. For I have appeared to you to appoint you as a servant and as a witness of what you have seen from Me and what I will show you.
- Romans 1:14I am obligated both to Greeks and non-Greeks, both to the wise and the foolish.
- Romans 4:2If Abraham was indeed justified by works, he had something to boast about, but not before God.
- Romans 15:17Therefore I exult in Christ Jesus in my service to God.
- Colossians 4:17Tell Archippus: “See to it that you complete the ministry you have received in the Lord.”
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