1 Corinthians 9:16

New English Translation

For if I preach the gospel, I have no reason for boasting, because I am compelled to do this. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!

Cross References

Isaiah 6:5

I said, “Too bad for me! I am destroyed, for my lips are contaminated by sin, and I live among people whose lips are contaminated by sin. My eyes have seen the king, the Lord who commands armies.”

Jeremiah 1:17

“But you, Jeremiah, get yourself ready! Go and tell these people everything I instruct you to say. Do not be terrified of them, or I will give you good reason to be terrified of them.

Jeremiah 20:7

Lord, you coerced me into being a prophet, and I allowed you to do it. You overcame my resistance and prevailed over me. Now I have become a constant laughingstock. Everyone ridicules me.

Jeremiah 20:9

Sometimes I think, “I will make no mention of his message. I will not speak as his messenger any more.” But then his message becomes like a fire locked up inside of me, burning in my heart and soul. I grow weary of trying to hold it in; I cannot contain it.

Amos 3:8

A lion has roared! Who is not afraid? The sovereign Lord has spoken! Who can refuse to prophesy?

Amos 7:15

Then the Lord took me from tending flocks and gave me this commission, ‘Go! Prophesy to my people Israel!’

Matthew 25:16

The one who had received five talents went off right away and put his money to work and gained five more.

Luke 9:62

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

Acts 4:20

for it is impossible for us not to speak about what we have seen and heard.”

Acts 9:15

But the Lord said to him, “Go, because this man is my chosen instrument to carry my name before Gentiles and kings and the people of Israel.

Acts 9:6

But stand up and enter 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 foolish.

Romans 15:17

So I boast in Christ Jesus about the things that pertain to God.

Romans 4:2

For if Abraham was declared righteous by the works of the law, he has something to boast about – but not before God.

1 Corinthians 4:15

For though you may have ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers, because I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel.

1 Corinthians 9:12

If others receive this right from you, are we not more deserving? But we have not made use of this right. Instead we endure everything so that we may not be a hindrance to the gospel of Christ.

1 Corinthians 9:14

In the same way the Lord commanded those who proclaim the gospel to receive their living by the gospel.

2 Corinthians 2:12

Now when I arrived in Troas to proclaim the gospel of Christ, even though the Lord had opened a door of opportunity for me,

Colossians 4:17

And tell Archippus, “See to it that you complete the ministry you received in the Lord.”

1 Samuel 12:23

As far as I am concerned, far be it from me to sin against the Lord by ceasing to pray for you! I will instruct you in the way that is good and upright.