1 Corinthians 9:16

Paul Gives Up His Rights As An Apostle

¹⁵ But I have used none of these things. And I am not writing these things so that it will be done so in my case; for it would be better for me to die than have any man make my boast an empty one. ¹⁶ For if I preach the gospel, I have nothing to boast of, for I am under compulsion; for woe is me if I do not preach the gospel. ¹⁷ For if I do this voluntarily, I have a reward; but if against my will, I have a stewardship entrusted to me.

Good News

Preach the Gospel

Preaching the Gospel

Woe is Me

Woe to Me

Preach The Good News

No

Romans 1:14

I am under obligation both to Greeks and to barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish.

Acts 9:15

But the Lord said to him, “Go, for he is a chosen instrument of Mine, to bear My name before the Gentiles and kings and the sons of Israel;

Luke 9:62

But Jesus said to him, “No one, after putting his hand to the plow and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.”

Acts 4:20

for we cannot stop speaking about what we have seen and heard.”

Acts 9:6

but get up and enter the city, and it will be told you what you must do.”

Isaiah 6:5

Then I said,
“Woe is me, for I am ruined!
Because I am a man of unclean lips,
And I live among a people of unclean lips;
For my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts.”

Jeremiah 1:17

Now, gird up your loins and arise, and speak to them all which I command you. Do not be dismayed before them, or I will dismay you before them.

Jeremiah 20:7

O Lord, You have deceived me and I was deceived;
You have overcome me and prevailed.
I have become a laughingstock all day long;
Everyone mocks me.

Jeremiah 20:9

But if I say, “I will not remember Him
Or speak anymore in His name,”
Then in my heart it becomes like a burning fire
Shut up in my bones;
And I am weary of holding it in,
And I cannot endure it.

Amos 3:8

A lion has roared! Who will not fear?
The Lord God has spoken! Who can but prophesy?

Amos 7:15

But the Lord took me from following the flock and the Lord said to me, ‘Go prophesy to My people Israel.’

Acts 26:16-20

But get up and stand on your feet; for this purpose I have appeared to you, to appoint you a minister and a witness not only to the things which you have seen, but also to the things in which I will appear to you;

Romans 4:2

For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God.

Romans 15:17

Therefore in Christ Jesus I have found reason for boasting in things pertaining to God.

Colossians 4:17

Say to Archippus, “Take heed to the ministry which you have received in the Lord, that you may fulfill it.”