1 Corinthians 9:16

Modern English Version

Though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to boast of, for the requirement is laid upon me. Yes, woe unto me if I do not preach the gospel!

Cross References

Isaiah 6:5

And I said: “Woe is me! For I am undone because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips. For my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of Hosts.”

Jeremiah 1:17

You therefore gird up your loins and arise, and speak to them all that I command you. Do not be dismayed at their faces, lest I confound you before them.

Jeremiah 20:7

O  Lord, You have deceived me and I was deceived; You are stronger than I and have prevailed. I am held in derision daily; everyone mocks me.

Jeremiah 20:9

But if I say, “I will not make mention of Him nor speak anymore in His name,” then His word was in my heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones; and I was weary of forbearing it, and I could not endure it.

Amos 3:8

The lion has roared; who will not fear? The Lord God has spoken; who can but prophesy?

Amos 7:15

But the Lord took me away from the flock, and the Lord said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to My people Israel.’

Matthew 25:16

He who had received the five talents went and traded with them and made another five talents.

Luke 9:62

Jesus said to him, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back at things is fit for the kingdom of God.”

Acts 4:20

For we cannot help but declare what we have seen and heard.”

Acts 9:15

But the Lord said to him, “Go your way. For this man is a chosen vessel of Mine, to bear My name before the Gentiles and their kings, and before the Israelites.

Acts 9:6

Trembling and astonished, he said, “Lord, what will You have me do?” The Lord said to him, “Rise up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.”

Romans 1:14

I am a debtor both to the Greeks and to the barbarians, both to the wise and to the unwise.

Romans 15:17

In Christ Jesus therefore I have reason to boast in my service to God.

Romans 4:2

If Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God.

1 Corinthians 4:15

For if you were to have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet you do not have many fathers. In Christ Jesus I have become a father to you through the gospel.

1 Corinthians 9:12

If others partake of this right over you, should not we instead? Nevertheless, we have not used this right, but suffer all things, lest we might hinder the gospel of Christ.

1 Corinthians 9:14

In the same way, the Lord has ordained that those who preach the gospel should live from the gospel.

2 Corinthians 2:12

Furthermore, when I came to Troas to preach Christ’s gospel, and a door was opened to me by the Lord,

Colossians 4:17

Tell Archippus, “Make sure that you fulfill the ministry which you have received in the Lord.”

1 Samuel 12:23

Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the Lord in ceasing to pray for you. But I will teach you the good and the right way.