1 Corinthians 9:16

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

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  • Rom 1:14 : 14 I am a debtor both to Greeks and to non-Greeks, both to the wise and to the foolish.
  • Acts 9:15 : 15 But the Lord said to him, "Go, for this man is My chosen instrument to carry My name before Gentiles, kings, and the sons of Israel.
  • Luke 9:62 : 62 Jesus replied, 'No one who puts their hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.'
  • Acts 4:20 : 20 'For we cannot stop speaking about what we have seen and heard.'
  • Acts 9:6 : 6 Trembling and astonished, he said, "Lord, what do You want me to do?" The Lord said to him, "Get up and go into the city, and it will be told to you what you must do."
  • Acts 26:16-20 : 16 But rise and stand on your feet; for this purpose I have appeared to you: to appoint you as a servant and a witness of what you have seen and of what I will show you. 17 I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles. I am sending you to them, 18 to open their eyes so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a share among those who are sanctified by faith in me. 19 So then, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision. 20 Instead, I preached first to those in Damascus and in Jerusalem, and then to all the region of Judea and to the Gentiles, that they should repent, turn to God, and demonstrate their repentance by their deeds.
  • Isa 6:5 : 5 Then I said, "Woe to me! For I am ruined because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of Hosts."
  • Jer 1:17 : 17 But you, prepare yourself; rise and speak to them all that I command you. Do not be terrified by them, or I will terrify you before them.
  • Jer 20:7 : 7 LORD, you deceived me, and I was deceived. You overpowered me and prevailed. I am ridiculed all day long; everyone mocks me.
  • Jer 20:9 : 9 But if I say, 'I will not mention Him or speak any more 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 : 8 The lion has roared; who will not fear? The Lord God has spoken; who can but prophesy?
  • Amos 7:15 : 15 But the Lord took me from tending the flock and said to me, 'Go, prophesy to My people Israel.'
  • Rom 15:17 : 17 Therefore, I glory in Christ Jesus in my service to God.
  • Col 4:17 : 17 And say to Archippus, 'Pay attention to the ministry you have received in the Lord, so that you may fulfill it.'
  • Rom 4:2 : 2 For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about—but not before God.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Cor 9:17-19
    3 verses
    84%

    17If I do this willingly, I have a reward. But if unwillingly, I am simply entrusted with a responsibility.

    18What then is my reward? It is that when I preach the gospel, I may offer it free of charge, so as not to make full use of my right in the gospel.

    19For though I am free from all, I have made myself a servant to everyone, so that I might win more of them.

  • 1 Cor 9:14-15
    2 verses
    82%

    14In the same way, the Lord has commanded that those who preach the gospel should receive their living from the gospel.

    15But I have not made use of any of these rights, and I am not writing this to make it happen for me. I would rather die than let anyone deprive me of my reason for boasting.

  • 1 Cor 9:22-23
    2 verses
    75%

    22To the weak, I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all people, so that by all possible means I might save some.

    23I do all this for the sake of the gospel, so that I may share in its blessings.

  • Rom 15:16-20
    5 verses
    74%

    16To be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, serving as a priest of the gospel of God, so that the offering of the Gentiles might be acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

    17Therefore, I glory in Christ Jesus in my service to God.

    18I will not dare to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in leading the Gentiles to obey God by what I have said and done.

    19By the power of signs and wonders, through the power of the Spirit of God. So from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum, I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ.

    20It has always been my ambition to preach the gospel where Christ was not known, so that I would not be building on someone else’s foundation.

  • 2 Cor 10:16
    74%

    16so that we can preach the gospel in the regions beyond you. For we do not want to boast in work already done in another person's area.

  • Gal 6:14
    74%

    14But as for me, may I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.

  • 2 Cor 11:7
    74%

    7Did I commit a sin by humbling myself so that you might be exalted, because I preached the gospel of God to you free of charge?

  • Rom 1:15-16
    2 verses
    74%

    15So I am eager to preach the gospel also to you who are in Rome.

    16For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Greek.

  • 2 Cor 11:30
    73%

    30If I must boast, I will boast of the things that show my weakness.

  • Gal 1:9-11
    3 verses
    73%

    9As we have said before, so now I say again: if anyone is preaching to you a gospel contrary to the one you received, let him be accursed!

    10For am I now trying to win the approval of people, or of God? Or am I striving to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ.

    11Now I want you to know, brothers, that the gospel preached by me is not of human origin.

  • Phil 1:16-18
    3 verses
    73%

    16The latter do so out of love, knowing that I am put here for the defense of the gospel.

    17The former preach Christ out of selfish ambition, not sincerely, supposing that they can stir up trouble for me while I am in chains.

    18What does it matter? Regardless, in every way—whether from false motives or in truth—Christ is proclaimed. And in this I rejoice. Yes, and I will continue to rejoice.

  • Acts 20:24
    73%

    24'But I consider my life worth nothing to me, if only I may finish my course and the ministry I received from the Lord Jesus—to testify to the gospel of God’s grace.'

  • 1 Cor 1:17
    72%

    17For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel—not with wisdom and eloquence, so that the cross of Christ would not be made void.

  • 1 Cor 15:9-11
    3 verses
    72%

    9For I am the least of the apostles, not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

    10But by the grace of God, I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.

    11Whether then it is I or they, this is what we preach, and this is what you believed.

  • 1 Cor 9:27
    71%

    27Rather, I discipline my body and bring it under control, so that after preaching to others, I myself will not be disqualified.

  • 2 Cor 11:9-10
    2 verses
    71%

    9And when I was with you and needed something, I was not a burden to anyone, for the brothers who came from Macedonia supplied what I needed. I have kept and will continue to keep myself from being a burden to you in any way.

    10As surely as the truth of Christ is in me, this boasting of mine will not be silenced in the regions of Achaia.

  • 2 Cor 12:1
    71%

    1Boasting is indeed not profitable for me. But I will go on to visions and revelations of the Lord.

  • 2 Cor 12:11
    71%

    11I have become foolish in boasting; you compelled me. For I ought to have been commended by you, because I am in no way inferior to the 'super-apostles,' even though I am nothing.

  • 2 Cor 12:6
    71%

    6For if I desire to boast, I would not be a fool, because I would be speaking the truth. But I refrain, lest anyone think more of me than what they see in me or hear from me.

  • 1 Cor 9:2
    71%

    2If I am not an apostle to others, surely I am to you. For you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.

  • Rom 9:1-2
    2 verses
    71%

    1I am speaking the truth in Christ—I am not lying; my conscience confirms this through the Holy Spirit.

    2I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart.

  • 2 Cor 9:1
    70%

    1Indeed, concerning the ministry to the saints, it is unnecessary for me to write to you.

  • 1 Cor 15:1
    70%

    1Now I make known to you, brothers and sisters, the gospel that I preached to you, which you also received and in which you stand.

  • 2 Tim 1:11
    70%

    11For this purpose, I was appointed a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.

  • Gal 5:11
    70%

    11Brothers, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? If that were the case, the offense of the cross would be eliminated.

  • 1 Thess 2:9
    70%

    9Surely you remember, brothers and sisters, our labor and toil. We worked night and day so that we would not be a burden to any of you while we proclaimed to you the gospel of God.

  • Rom 10:15
    69%

    15And how can they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news of peace, who bring the good news of good things!”

  • Gal 1:16
    69%

    16to reveal His Son in me, so that I might preach Him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately consult with flesh and blood,

  • 2 Cor 10:8
    69%

    8Even if I boast a little more about the authority the Lord gave us for building you up and not for tearing you down, I will not be ashamed.

  • Phil 2:16
    69%

    16holding fast to the word of life. Then I can boast in the day of Christ that I did not labor or run in vain.

  • Phil 1:12
    69%

    12Now I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that what has happened to me has actually served to advance the gospel.

  • 2 Cor 11:12
    69%

    12And I will keep on doing what I am doing, so that I can cut off the opportunity of those who want an opportunity to be regarded as our equals in the things they boast about.

  • 2 Cor 9:4
    69%

    4Otherwise, if any Macedonians come with me and find you unprepared, we would be ashamed—not to mention you—in this confidence of boasting.