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1 Corinthians 9:16

World English Bible

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.

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1 Corinthians 9:16 in other translations

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.

1 Corinthians 9:16 · American Standard Version

1 Corinthians 9:16 in context

  1. 14Even so the Lord ordained that those who proclaim the Good News should live from the Good News.
  2. 15But I have used none of these things, and I don’t write these things that it may be done so in my case; for I would rather die, than that anyone should make my boasting void.
  3. 16For 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.
  4. 17For if I do this of my own will, I have a reward. But if not of my own will, I have a stewardship entrusted to me.
  5. 18What then is my reward? That when I preach the Good News, I may present the Good News of Christ without charge, so as not to abuse my authority in the Good News.