The Rights of an Apostle
1 Corinthians 9:16
In 9 translations
- BSB
- 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!
- 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!
- WEB
- For if I preach the Good News, I have nothing to boast about, for necessity is laid on me; but woe is to me if I don’t preach the Good News.
- 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.
- LSV
- for if I may proclaim good news, it is no glorying for me, for necessity is laid on me, and woe is to me if I may not proclaim good news;
- YLT
- for if I may proclaim good news, it is no glorying for me, for necessity is laid upon me, and woe is to me if I may not proclaim good news;
- DBY
- For if I announce the glad tidings, I have nothing to boast of; for a necessity is laid upon me; for it is woe to me if I should not announce the glad tidings.
- DRC
- For if I preach the gospel, it is no glory to me, for a necessity lieth upon me: for woe is unto me if I preach not the gospel.
- GNV
- For though I preach the Gospel, I haue nothing to reioyce of: for necessitie is laid vpon me, and woe is vnto me, if I preach not the Gospel.
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Where the editions differ
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- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read γάρ (“however”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read δέ (“now”).
- NA28, NA27, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read εὐαγγελίσωμαι (“I shall evangelise”); Tyndale House, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read εὐαγγελίζωμαι (“I shall evangelise”).
SBLGNT apparatus (2)
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- SBLGNT: γάρ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read γάρ; Robinson–Pierpont read δέ.
- SBLGNT: εὐαγγελίσωμαι. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read εὐαγγελίσωμαι; Robinson–Pierpont read εὐαγγελίζωμαι.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- ἐὰν γὰρ εὐαγγελίζωμαι, οὐκ ἔστιν μοι καύχημα, ἀνάγκη γάρ μοι ἐπίκειται· οὐαὶ γάρ μοί ἐστιν ἐὰν μὴ εὐαγγελίσωμαι.
- RP2018
- Ἐὰν γὰρ εὐαγγελίζωμαι, οὐκ ἔστιν μοι καύχημα· ἀνάγκη γάρ μοι ἐπίκειται· οὐαὶ δέ μοι ἐστίν, ἐὰν μὴ εὐαγγελίζωμαι.
- TR-Boyd
- Ἐὰν γὰρ εὐαγγελίζωμαι, οὐκ ἔστι μοι καύχημα· ἀνάγκη γάρ μοι ἐπίκειται· οὐαὶ δέ μοι ἐστίν, ἐὰν μὴ εὐαγγελίζωμαι.
- SCR1894
- εαν γαρ ευαγγελιζωμαι ουκ εστιν μοι καυχημα αναγκη γαρ μοι επικειται ουαι δε μοι εστιν εαν μη ευαγγελιζωμαι
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
GospelEvilPreacher; PreachingScribesMissionary Work by MinistersChurchCorinthians, First Epistle to theMinistersZeal, ReligiousPaul, the Apostle
From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).
Cross-references most cited first
- 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. I will rescue you from your own people and from the…
- 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?
- Romans 15:17Therefore I exult in Christ Jesus in my service to God.
- Acts 9:6“Now get up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.”
- 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.
- Amos 7:15But the LORD took me from following the flock and said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to My people Israel.’
- 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.”
- 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.
- 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.
From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).