1 Corinthians 9:16

KJV1611 – Modern English

For if I preach the gospel, I have nothing to boast of, for necessity is laid upon me; yes, woe is me if I do not preach the gospel!

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  • Rom 1:14 : 14 I am debtor both to the Greeks and to the Barbarians, both to the wise and to the unwise.
  • Acts 9:15 : 15 But the Lord said to him, Go your way: for he is a chosen vessel to me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel:
  • Luke 9:62 : 62 And Jesus said to him, No one, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.
  • Acts 4:20 : 20 For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.
  • Acts 9:6 : 6 And trembling and astonished, he said, Lord, what do you want me to do? And the Lord said to him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told you what you must do.
  • Acts 26:16-20 : 16 But rise, and stand upon your feet: for I have appeared to you for this purpose, to make you a minister and a witness both of these things which you have seen, and of those things in which I will appear to you; 17 Delivering you from the people, and from the Gentiles, to whom I now send you, 18 To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith that is in me. 19 Whereupon, O King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision: 20 But showed first to those of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works fitting for repentance.
  • Isa 6:5 : 5 Then 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.
  • Jer 1:17 : 17 Therefore prepare yourself, and arise, and speak to them all that I command you: do not be dismayed at their faces, lest I confound you before them.
  • Jer 20:7 : 7 O LORD, you have deceived me, and I was deceived: you are stronger than I, and have prevailed: I am in derision daily, everyone mocks me.
  • Jer 20:9 : 9 Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak anymore in his name. But his word was in my heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with holding back, and I could not stay.
  • 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 And the LORD took me as I followed the flock, and the LORD said to me, Go, prophesy to my people Israel.
  • Rom 15:17 : 17 Therefore I have reason to glory in Christ Jesus in what pertains to God.
  • Col 4:17 : 17 And say to Archippus, Take heed to the ministry which you have received in the Lord, that you fulfill it.
  • Rom 4:2 : 2 For if Abraham was justified by works, he has reason to boast; but not before God.

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  • 1 Cor 9:17-19
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    17For if I do this willingly, I have a reward; but if against my will, I have been entrusted with a stewardship.

    18What then is my reward? That when I preach the gospel, I may present the gospel of Christ without charge, that I may not abuse my authority in the gospel.

    19For though I am free from all men, I have made myself a servant to all, that I might win the more.

  • 1 Cor 9:14-15
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    14Even so the Lord has commanded that those who preach the gospel should live from the gospel.

    15But I have used none of these things, nor have I written these things that it should be done so to me; for it would be better for me to die than that anyone should make my boasting void.

  • 1 Cor 9:22-23
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    22To the weak I became as weak, that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all people, that I might by all means save some.

    23And this I do for the sake of the gospel, that I may be a partaker of it with you.

  • Rom 15:16-20
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    74%

    16That I should be a minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering of the Gentiles might be acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

    17Therefore I have reason to glory in Christ Jesus in what pertains to God.

    18For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ has not accomplished through me, in making the Gentiles obedient by word and deed,

    19Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God; so from Jerusalem and all around to Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.

    20Yes, I have made it my aim to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named, lest I should build on another man's foundation:

  • 2 Cor 10:16
    74%

    16To preach the gospel in the regions beyond you, and not to boast in another man's line of things made ready to our hand.

  • Gal 6:14
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    14But God forbid that I should boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified to me, and I to the world.

  • 2 Cor 11:7
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    7Did I commit a sin by humbling myself that you might be exalted, because I preached to you the gospel of God freely?

  • Rom 1:15-16
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    15So, as much as is in me, I am ready to preach the gospel to you who are at Rome also.

    16For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God to salvation to everyone who believes; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

  • 2 Cor 11:30
    73%

    30If I must boast, I will boast in the things concerning my weakness.

  • Gal 1:9-11
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    9As we have said before, so now I say again, if anyone preaches any other gospel to you than what you have received, let him be accursed.

    10For do I now persuade men, or God? Or do I seek to please men? For if I still pleased men, I would not be a servant of Christ.

    11But I make known to you, brothers, that the gospel which was preached by me is not according to man.

  • Phil 1:16-18
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    16The former preach Christ from selfish ambition, not sincerely, supposing to add affliction to my chains:

    17But the latter out of love, knowing that I am appointed for the defense of the gospel.

    18What then? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is preached; and in this I rejoice, yes, and will rejoice.

  • Acts 20:24
    73%

    24But none of these things move me, nor do I count my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my race with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God.

  • 1 Cor 1:17
    72%

    17For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel, not with the wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of no effect.

  • 1 Cor 15:9-11
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    9For I am the least of the apostles, who am 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 in vain; but I labored more abundantly than they all, yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

    11Therefore, whether it was I or they, so we preach and so you believed.

  • 1 Cor 9:27
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    27But I discipline my body and bring it into subjection, lest when I have preached to others, I myself should be disqualified.

  • 2 Cor 11:9-10
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    9And when I was with you and in need, I was a burden to no one: for what I lacked the brothers who came from Macedonia supplied. And in all things I have kept myself from being a burden to you, and so I will keep myself.

    10As the truth of Christ is in me, no one shall stop me of this boasting in the regions of Achaia.

  • 2 Cor 12:1
    71%

    1It is not profitable for me, doubtless, to boast. I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord.

  • 2 Cor 12:11
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    11I have become a fool in boasting; you have compelled me, for I ought to have been commended by you. For in nothing am I behind the very chief apostles, though I am nothing.

  • 2 Cor 12:6
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    6For though I would desire to boast, I shall not be a fool; for I will speak the truth. But now I refrain, lest anyone should think of me above that which he sees me to be, or that he hears of me.

  • 1 Cor 9:2
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    2If I am not an apostle to others, yet certainly I am to you: for you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.

  • Rom 9:1-2
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    71%

    1I speak the truth in Christ, I do not lie, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Spirit,

    2That I have great sorrow and continual grief in my heart.

  • 2 Cor 9:1
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    1Concerning the service to the saints, it is unnecessary for me to write to you:

  • 1 Cor 15:1
    70%

    1Moreover, brothers and sisters, I declare to you the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received, and in which you stand;

  • 2 Tim 1:11
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    11To which I am appointed a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.

  • Gal 5:11
    70%

    11And I, brethren, if I still preach circumcision, why do I still suffer persecution? Then the offense of the cross has ceased.

  • 1 Thess 2:9
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    9For you remember, brothers, our labor and toil: for working night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you, we preached to you the gospel of God.

  • Rom 10:15
    69%

    15And how shall they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: "How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the gospel of peace, who bring glad tidings of good things!"

  • Gal 1:16
    69%

    16To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately confer with flesh and blood,

  • 2 Cor 10:8
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    8For though I should boast somewhat more of our authority, which the Lord has given us for edification and not for your destruction, I should not be ashamed:

  • Phil 2:16
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    16Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, nor labored in vain.

  • Phil 1:12
    69%

    12But I want you to know, brethren, that the things which happened to me have actually turned out for the furtherance of the gospel;

  • 2 Cor 11:12
    69%

    12But what I do, I will continue to do, that I may cut off the opportunity from those who desire an opportunity to be regarded just as we are in the things of which they boast.

  • 2 Cor 9:4
    69%

    4Lest if those of Macedonia come with me and find you unprepared, we (not to say you) should be ashamed of this same confident boasting.