1 Corinthians 9:16

For while I preach, I have no ground of glorying; because necessity is laid upon me, and woe to me, if I preach not.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

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!

In Context

15But I have used none of these things: and I write not, that it may be so done to me; for it would be better for me to actually die, than that any one should make void my glorying.

17For if I do this voluntarily, there is a reward for me: but if involuntarily, a stewardship is intrusted to me.

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Cross References

Matthew 25:16Then he that received five talents, went and traded with them, and gained five more.

Acts 4:20For we cannot but speak that which we have seen and heard.

Acts 9:15The Lord said to him: Arise and go; for he is to me a chosen vessel, to carry my name to the Gentiles, and to kings, and among the sons of Israel.

Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 9:16-19

The Apostle's Devotedness. ( a. d. 57.) 15 But I have used none of these things: neither have I written these things, that it should be so done unto me: for it were better for me to die, than that any man should make my glorying void. 16 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! 17 For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but if against my will, a dispensation of the gospel is committed unto me. 18 What is… Read the whole commentary →

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