1 Corinthians 9:16

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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!

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  • Rom 1:14 : 14 I am a debtor both to the Greeks and to the barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish.
  • Acts 9:15 : 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.
  • Luke 9:62 : 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 : 20 for it is impossible for us not to speak about what we have seen and heard.”
  • Acts 9:6 : 6 But stand up and enter the city and you will be told what you must do.”
  • Acts 26:16-20 : 16 But get up and stand on your feet, for I have appeared to you for this reason, to designate you in advance as a servant and witness to the things you have seen and to the things in which I will appear to you. 17 I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles, to whom I am sending you 18 to open their eyes so that they turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a share among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’ 19 “Therefore, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision, 20 but I declared to those in Damascus first, and then to those in Jerusalem and in all Judea, and to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds consistent with repentance.
  • Isa 6:5 : 5 I said,“Woe to 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 of Heaven’s Armies.”
  • Jer 1:17 : 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.
  • Jer 20:7 : 7 Jeremiah Complains about the Reaction to His Ministry 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.
  • Jer 20:9 : 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 : 8 A lion has roared! Who is not afraid? The Sovereign LORD has spoken! Who can refuse to prophesy?
  • Amos 7:15 : 15 Then the LORD took me from tending flocks and gave me this commission,‘Go! Prophesy to my people Israel!’
  • Rom 15:17 : 17 So I boast in Christ Jesus about the things that pertain to God.
  • Col 4:17 : 17 And tell Archippus,“See to it that you complete the ministry you received in the Lord.”
  • Rom 4:2 : 2 For if Abraham was declared righteous by works, he has something to boast about– but not before God.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Cor 9:17-19
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    17For if I do this voluntarily, I have a reward. But if I do it unwillingly, I am entrusted with a responsibility.

    18What then is my reward? That when I preach the gospel I may offer the gospel free of charge, and so not make full use of my rights in the gospel.

    19For since I am free from all I can make myself a slave to all, in order to gain even more people.

  • 1 Cor 9:14-15
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    14In the same way the Lord commanded those who proclaim the gospel to receive their living by the gospel.

    15But I have not used any of these rights. And I am not writing these things so that something will be done for me. In fact, it would be better for me to die than– no one will deprive me of my reason for boasting!

  • 1 Cor 9:22-23
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    22To the weak I became weak in order to gain the weak. I have become all things to all people, so that by all means I may save some.

    23I do all these things because of the gospel, so that I can be a participant in it.

  • Rom 15:16-20
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    16to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles. I serve the gospel of God like a priest, so that the Gentiles may become an acceptable offering, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

    17So I boast in Christ Jesus about the things that pertain to God.

    18For I will not dare to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in order to bring about the obedience of the Gentiles, by word and deed,

    19in the power of signs and wonders, in the power of the Spirit of God. So from Jerusalem even as far as Illyricum I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.

    20And in this way I desire to preach where Christ has not been named, so as not to build on another person’s foundation,

  • 2 Cor 10:16
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    16so that we may preach the gospel in the regions that lie beyond you, and not boast of work already done in another person’s area.

  • Gal 6:14
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    14But may I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.

  • 2 Cor 11:7
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    7Or did I commit a sin by humbling myself so that you could be exalted, because I proclaimed the gospel of God to you free of charge?

  • Rom 1:15-16
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    15Thus I am eager also to preach the gospel to you who are in Rome.

    16The Power of the Gospel For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is God’s power for 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 about the things that show my weakness.

  • Gal 1:9-11
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    9As we have said before, and now I say again, if any one is preaching to you a gospel contrary to what you received, let him be condemned to hell!

    10Am I now trying to gain the approval of people, or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a slave of Christ!

    11Paul’s Vindication of His Apostleship Now I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that the gospel I preached is not of human origin.

  • Phil 1:16-18
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    16The latter do so from love because they know that I am placed here for the defense of the gospel.

    17The former proclaim Christ from selfish ambition, not sincerely, because they think they can cause trouble for me in my imprisonment.

    18What is the result? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is being proclaimed, and in this I rejoice.Yes, and I will continue to rejoice,

  • Acts 20:24
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    24But I do not consider my life worth anything to myself, so that I may finish my task and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the good news of God’s grace.

  • 1 Cor 1:17
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    17For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel– and not with clever speech, so that the cross of Christ would not become useless.

  • 1 Cor 15:9-11
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    9For I am the least of the apostles, unworthy 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 to me has not been in vain. In fact, I worked harder than all of them– yet not I, but the grace of God with me.

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

  • 1 Cor 9:27
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    27Instead I subdue my body and make it my slave, so that after preaching to others I myself will not be disqualified.

  • 2 Cor 11:9-10
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    9When I was with you and was in need, I was not a burden to anyone, for the brothers who came from Macedonia fully supplied my needs. I kept myself from being a burden to you in any way, and will continue to do so.

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

  • 2 Cor 12:1
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    1Paul’s Thorn in the Flesh It is necessary to go on boasting. Though it is not profitable, I will go on to visions and revelations from the Lord.

  • 2 Cor 12:11
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    11The Signs of an Apostle I have become a fool. You yourselves forced me to do it, for I should have been commended by you. For I lack nothing in comparison to those“super-apostles,” even though I am nothing.

  • 2 Cor 12:6
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    6For even if I wish to boast, I will not be a fool, for I would be telling the truth, but I refrain from this so that no one may regard me beyond what he sees in me or what he hears from me,

  • 1 Cor 9:2
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    2If I am not an apostle to others, at least I am to you, for you are the confirming sign of my apostleship in the Lord.

  • Rom 9:1-2
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    1Israel’s Rejection Considered I am telling the truth in Christ(I am not lying!), for my conscience assures me in the Holy Spirit–

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

  • 2 Cor 9:1
    70%

    1Preparing the Gift For it is not necessary for me to write you about this service to the saints,

  • 1 Cor 15:1
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    1Christ’s Resurrection Now I want to make clear for you, brothers and sisters, the gospel that I preached to you, that you received and on which you stand,

  • 2 Tim 1:11
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    11For this gospel I was appointed a preacher and apostle and teacher.

  • Gal 5:11
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    11Now, brothers and sisters, if I am still preaching circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? In that case the offense of the cross has been removed.

  • 1 Thess 2:9
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    9For you recall, brothers and sisters, our toil and drudgery: By working night and day so as not to impose a burden on any of you, we preached to you the gospel of God.

  • Rom 10:15
    69%

    15And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written,“How timely is the arrival of those who proclaim the good news.”

  • Gal 1:16
    69%

    16to reveal his Son in me so that I could preach him among the Gentiles, I did not go to ask advice from any human being,

  • 2 Cor 10:8
    69%

    8For if I boast somewhat more about our authority that the Lord gave us for building you up and not for tearing you down, I will not be ashamed of doing so.

  • Phil 2:16
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    16by holding on to the word of life so that on the day of Christ I will have a reason to boast that I did not run in vain nor labor in vain.

  • Phil 1:12
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    12Ministry as a Prisoner I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that my situation has actually turned out to advance the gospel:

  • 2 Cor 11:12
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    12And what I am doing I will continue to do, so that I may eliminate any opportunity for those who want a chance to be regarded as our equals in the things they boast about.

  • 2 Cor 9:4
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    4For if any of the Macedonians should come with me and find that you are not ready to give, we would be humiliated(not to mention you) by this confidence we had in you.