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1 Corinthians 9:16

Yet when I preach the gospel, I have no reason to boast, because I am obligated to preach. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!

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ASV

For if I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of; for necessity is laid upon me; for woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel.

KJV

For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of: for necessity is laid upon me; yea, woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel!

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18 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
ἐὰνeanIfG1437 →
γὰρgarforG1063 →
εὐαγγελίζωμαι,euangelizōmaiI shall evangelise,G2097 →
οὐκouknothingG3756 →
ἔστινestinthere isG1510 →
μοιmoito meG3165 →
καύχημα·kauchēmaboasting;G2745 →
ἀνάγκηanagkēnecessityG318 →
γάρgarforG1063 →
μοιmoimeG3165 →
ἐπίκειται·epikeitaiis laid upon;G1945 →
οὐαὶouaiWoeG3759 →
γάρgarhoweverG1063 →
μοίmoito meG3165 →
ἐστινestinbeG1510 →
ἐὰνeanifG1437 →
μὴmēnotG3361 →
εὐαγγελίσωμαι.euangelisōmaiI shall evangelise.G2097 →

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Romans 1:14I am obligated both to Greeks and non-Greeks, both to the wise and the foolish.Jeremiah 20:9If I say, “I will not mention Him or speak any more in His name,” His message becomes a fire burning in my heart, shut up in my bones, and I become weary of holding it in, and I cannot prevail.Colossians 4:17Tell Archippus: “See to it that you complete the ministry you have received in the Lord.”Luke 9:62Then Jesus declared, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and then looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”Acts 26:16–20‘But get up and stand on your feet. For I have appeared to you to appoint you as a servant and as a witness of what you have seen from Me and what I will show you.Acts 4:20For we cannot stop speaking about what we have seen and heard.”Amos 3:8The lion has roared—who will not fear? The Lord GOD has spoken—who will not prophesy?Acts 9:6“Now get up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.”Romans 15:17Therefore I exult in Christ Jesus in my service to God.Acts 9:15“Go!” said the Lord. “This man is My chosen instrument to carry My name before the Gentiles and their kings, and before the people of Israel.Romans 4:2If Abraham was indeed justified by works, he had something to boast about, but not before God.Isaiah 6:5Then I said: “Woe is me, for I am ruined, because I am a man of unclean lips dwelling among a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of Hosts.”Amos 7:15But the LORD took me from following the flock and said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to My people Israel.’Jonah 1:3Jonah, however, got up to flee to Tarshish, away from the presence of the LORD. He went down to Joppa and found a ship bound for Tarshish. So he paid the fare and went aboard to sail for Tarshish, away from the presence of the LORD.Jeremiah 1:17Get yourself ready. Stand up and tell them everything that I command you. Do not be intimidated by them, or I will terrify you before them.Jeremiah 20:7You have deceived me, O LORD, and I was deceived. You have overcome me and prevailed. I am a laughingstock all day long; everyone mocks me.1 Corinthians 9:17If my preaching is voluntary, I have a reward. But if it is not voluntary, I am still entrusted with a responsibility.Jeremiah 4:31For I hear a cry like a woman in labor, a cry of anguish like one bearing her first child—the cry of the Daughter of Zion gasping for breath, stretching out her hands to say, “Woe is me, for my soul faints before the murderers!”

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The Crucifixion — 'Christ crucified' (1 Cor 2:2) — Gustave Doré (engraving, public domain)
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