1 Corinthians 9:16

New International Version

For when I preach the gospel, I cannot boast, since I am compelled to preach. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!

Cross References

Isaiah 6:5

“Woe to me!” I cried. “I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the Lord Almighty.”

Jeremiah 1:17

“Get yourself ready! Stand up and say to them whatever I command you. Do not be terrified by them, or I will terrify you before them.

Jeremiah 20:7

You deceived me, Lord, and I was deceived; you overpowered me and prevailed. I am ridiculed all day long; everyone mocks me.

Jeremiah 20:9

But if I say, “I will not mention his word or speak anymore in his name,” his word is in my heart like a fire, a fire shut up in my bones. I am weary of holding it in; indeed, I cannot.

Amos 3:8

The lion has roared— who will not fear? The Sovereign Lord has spoken— who can but prophesy?

Amos 7:15

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

Matthew 25:16

The man who had received five bags of gold went at once and put his money to work and gained five bags more.

Luke 9:62

Jesus replied, “No one who puts a hand to the plow and looks back is fit for service in the kingdom of God.”

Acts 4:20

As for us, we cannot help speaking about what we have seen and heard.”

Acts 9:15

But the Lord said to Ananias, “Go! This man is my chosen instrument to proclaim my name to the Gentiles and their kings and to the people of Israel.

Acts 9:6

“Now get up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.”

Romans 1:14

I am obligated both to Greeks and non-Greeks, both to the wise and the foolish.

Romans 15:17

Therefore I glory in Christ Jesus in my service to God.

Romans 4:2

If, in fact, Abraham was justified by works, he had something to boast about—but not before God.

1 Corinthians 4:15

Even if you had ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers, for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel.

1 Corinthians 9:12

If others have this right of support from you, shouldn’t we have it all the more? But we did not use this right. On the contrary, we put up with anything rather than hinder the gospel of Christ.

1 Corinthians 9:14

In the same way, the Lord has commanded that those who preach the gospel should receive their living from the gospel.

2 Corinthians 2:12

Now when I went to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ and found that the Lord had opened a door for me,

Colossians 4:17

Tell Archippus: “See to it that you complete the ministry you have received in the Lord.”

1 Samuel 12:23

As for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the Lord by failing to pray for you. And I will teach you the way that is good and right.