1 Corinthians 9:12 - Revised Standard Version

¹² If others share this rightful claim upon you, do not we still more? Nevertheless, we have not made use of this right, but we endure anything rather than put an obstacle in the way of the gospel of Christ.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² If others be partakers of this power over you, are not we rather? Nevertheless we have not used this power; but suffer all things, lest we should hinder the gospel of Christ.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² If others share in this rightful claim upon you, do not we [have a still better and greater claim]? However, we have never exercised this right, but we endure everything rather than put a hindrance in the way [of the spread] of the good news (the Gospel) of Christ.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² If others partake of this right over you, do not we yet more? Nevertheless we did not use this right; but we bear all things, that we may cause no hindrance to the gospel of Christ.

Common English Bible

¹² If others have these rights over you, don’t we deserve them all the more? However, we haven’t made use of this right, but we put up with everything so we don’t put any obstacle in the way of the gospel of Christ.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² If others are sharers in this authority over you, why are we not more entitled? And yet we have not used this authority. Instead, we bear all things, lest we give any hindrance to the Gospel of Christ.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹² If others be partakers of this power over you, why not we rather? Nevertheless, we have not used this power: but we bear all things, lest we should give any hindrance to the gospel of Christ.

1 Corinthians 9:12 Cross References

Genesis 24:56

But he said to them, “Do not delay me, since the Lord has prospered my way; let me go that I may go to my master.”

Nehemiah 4:8

and they all plotted together to come and fight against Jerusalem and to cause confusion in it.

Luke 11:52

Woe to you lawyers! for you have taken away the key of knowledge; you did not enter yourselves, and you hindered those who were entering.”

Acts 18:3

and because he was of the same trade he stayed with them, and they worked, for by trade they were tentmakers.

Romans 15:22

This is the reason why I have so often been hindered from coming to you.

1 Corinthians 13:7

Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

1 Corinthians 6:7

To have lawsuits at all with one another is defeat for you. Why not rather suffer wrong? Why not rather be defrauded?

1 Corinthians 9:14

In the same way, the Lord commanded that those who proclaim the gospel should get their living by the gospel.

1 Corinthians 9:15

But I have made no use of any of these rights, nor am I writing this to secure any such provision. For I would rather die than have any one deprive me of my ground for boasting.

1 Corinthians 9:16

For if I preach the gospel, that gives me no ground for boasting. For necessity is laid upon me. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!

1 Corinthians 9:18

What then is my reward? Just this: that in my preaching I may make the gospel free of charge, not making full use of my right in the gospel.

1 Corinthians 9:2

If to others I am not an apostle, at least I am to you; for you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.

2 Corinthians 11:12

And what I do I will continue to do, in order to undermine the claim of those who would like to claim that in their boasted mission they work on the same terms as we do.

2 Corinthians 11:20

For you bear it if a man makes slaves of you, or preys upon you, or takes advantage of you, or puts on airs, or strikes you in the face.

2 Corinthians 2:12

When I came to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ, a door was opened for me in the Lord;

2 Corinthians 6:3

We put no obstacle in any one's way, so that no fault may be found with our ministry,