1 Corinthians 9:16

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

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!

Cross References

Isaiah 6:5

And I said: “Woe is me! For I am lost; for 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

But you, gird up your loins; arise, and say to them everything that I command you. Do not be dismayed by them, lest I dismay you before them.

Jeremiah 20:7

O Lord, thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived; thou art stronger than I, and thou hast prevailed. I have become a laughingstock all the day; every one mocks me.

Jeremiah 20:9

If I say, “I will not mention him, or speak any more in his name,” there is in my heart as it were a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I am weary with holding it in, and I cannot.

Amos 3:8

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

Amos 7:15

and the Lord took me from following 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 at once and traded with them; and he made five talents 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 we cannot but speak of what we have seen and heard.”

Acts 9:15

But the Lord said to him, “Go, for he is a chosen instrument of mine to carry my name before the Gentiles and kings and the sons of Israel;

Acts 9:6

but rise and enter the city, and you will be told what you are to do.”

Romans 1:14

I am under obligation both to Greeks and to barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish:

Romans 15:17

In Christ Jesus, then, I have reason to be proud of my work for God.

Romans 4:2

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

1 Corinthians 4:15

For though you have countless guides in Christ, you do not have many fathers. For I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel.

1 Corinthians 9:12

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.

1 Corinthians 9:14

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

2 Corinthians 2:12

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

Colossians 4:17

And say to Archippus, “See that you fulfil the ministry which you have received in the Lord.”

1 Samuel 12:23

Moreover as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the Lord by ceasing to pray for you; and I will instruct you in the good and the right way.