1Cor 9:16 Cross References

1 Corinthians 9:16

16: For preaching the Good News is not something I can boast about. I am compelled by God to do it. How terrible for me if I didn't do it!

For I have a great sense of obligation to people in our culture and to people in other cultures, to the educated and uneducated alike.

Now stand up! For I have appeared to you to appoint you as my servant and my witness. You are to tell the world about this experience and about other times I will appear to you.
And I will protect you from both your own people and the Gentiles. Yes, I am going to send you to the Gentiles,
to open their eyes so they may turn from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God. Then they will receive forgiveness for their sins and be given a place among God's people, who are set apart by faith in me.'
"And so, O King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to that vision from heaven.
I preached first to those in Damascus, then in Jerusalem and throughout all Judea, and also to the Gentiles, that all must turn from their sins and turn to God--and prove they have changed by the good things they do.

But Jesus told him, "Anyone who puts a hand to the plow and then looks back is not fit for the Kingdom of God."

So it is right for me to be enthusiastic about all Christ Jesus has done through me in my service to God.

But the Lord said, "Go and do what I say. For Saul is my chosen instrument to take my message to the Gentiles and to kings, as well as to the people of Israel.

Was it because of his good deeds that God accepted him? If so, he would have had something to boast about. But from God's point of view Abraham had no basis at all for pride.

The lion has roared--tremble in fear! The Sovereign LORD has spoken--I dare not refuse to proclaim his message!

And I can't stop! If I say I'll never mention the LORD or speak in his name, his word burns in my heart like a fire. It's like a fire in my bones! I am weary of holding it in!

But the LORD called me away from my flock and told me, `Go and prophesy to my people in Israel.'

Then I said, "My destruction is sealed, for I am a sinful man and a member of a sinful race. Yet I have seen the King, the LORD Almighty!"

"Get up and get dressed. Go out, and tell them whatever I tell you to say. Do not be afraid of them, or I will make you look foolish in front of them.

O LORD, you persuaded me, and I allowed myself to be persuaded. You are stronger than I am, and you overpowered me. Now I am mocked by everyone in the city.

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