1 Corinthians 9:16

Paul Gives Up His Rights As An Apostle

¹⁵ But I have used none of these privileges, nor am I writing this [to suggest] that any such provision be made for me now. For it would be better for me to die than to have anyone deprive me of my boast [in this matter of financial support]. ¹⁶ For if I [merely] preach the gospel, I have nothing to boast about, for I am compelled [that is, absolutely obligated to do it]. Woe to me if I do not preach the good news [of salvation]! ¹⁷ For if I do this work of my own free will, then I have a reward; but if it is not of my will [but by God’s choosing], I have been entrusted with a [sacred] stewardship.

Good News

Preach the Gospel

Preaching the Gospel

Woe is Me

Woe to Me

Preach The Good News

No

Romans 1:14

I have a duty to perform and a debt to pay both to Greeks and to barbarians [the cultured and the uncultured], both to the wise and to the foolish.

Acts 9:15

But the Lord said to him, “Go, for this man is a [deliberately] 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 who puts his hand to the plow and looks back [to the things left behind] is fit for the kingdom of God.”

Acts 4:20

for we, on our part, cannot stop telling [people] about what we have seen and heard.”

Acts 9:6

now get up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.”

Isaiah 6:5

Then I said,

“Woe is me! For I am ruined,
Because I am a man of [ceremonially] 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

But you [Jeremiah], gird up your loins [in preparation]! Get up and tell them all which I command you. Do not be distraught and break down at the sight of their [hostile] faces, or I will bewilder you before them and allow you to be overcome.

Jeremiah 20:7

[Jeremiah said,] O Lord, You have persuaded me and I was deceived;
You are stronger than I and You have prevailed.
I am a laughingstock all day long;
Everyone mocks me.

Jeremiah 20:9

If I say, “I will not remember Him
Or speak His name anymore,”
Then my heart becomes a burning fire
Shut up in my bones.
And I am weary of enduring and holding it in;
I cannot endure it [nor contain it any longer].

Amos 3:8

The lion has roared! Who will not fear?
The Lord God has spoken [to the prophets]! Who can but prophesy?

Amos 7:15

But the Lord took me as I followed the flock and the Lord said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to My people Israel.’

Acts 26:16-20

Get up and stand on your feet. I have appeared to you for this purpose, to appoint you [to serve] as a minister and as a witness [to testify, with authority,] 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 [that is, acquitted from the guilt of his sins] by works [those things he did that were good], he has something to boast about, but not before God.

Romans 15:17

In Christ Jesus, then, I have found [legitimate] reason for boasting in things related [to my service] to God.

Colossians 4:17

And say to Archippus, “See to it that you fulfill [carefully the duties of] the ministry which you have received in the Lord.”