1 Corinthians 9:12

If others have this right to your support, shouldn’t we have it all the more? But we did not exercise this right. Instead, we put up with anything rather than hinder the gospel of Christ.

Cross References (19)

  • 2 Corinthians 11:12 (8)

    But I will keep on doing what I am doing, in order to undercut those who want an opportunity to be regarded as our equal

  • 1 Corinthians 9:15 (8)

    But I have not used any of these rights. And I am not writing this to suggest that something be done for me. Indeed, I w

  • 1 Corinthians 9:18 (8)

    What then is my reward? That in preaching the gospel I may offer it free of charge, and so not use up my rights in preac

  • 1 Thessalonians 2:6–9 (5)

    Nor did we seek praise from you or from anyone else, although as apostles of Christ we had authority to demand it.

  • 2 Corinthians 11:7–10 (5)

    Was it a sin for me to humble myself in order to exalt you, because I preached the gospel of God to you free of charge?

  • 1 Corinthians 9:2 (4)

    Even if I am not an apostle to others, surely I am to you. For you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.

  • Acts 20:31–34 (3)

    Therefore be alert and remember that for three years I never stopped warning each of you night and day with tears.

  • Acts 18:3 (3)

    and he stayed and worked with them because they were tentmakers by trade, just as he was.

  • 2 Corinthians 6:3 (3)

    We put no obstacle in anyone’s way, so that no one can discredit our ministry.

  • Nehemiah 4:8 (3)

    and all of them conspired to come and fight against Jerusalem and create a hindrance.

  • 1 Corinthians 6:7 (3)

    The very fact that you have lawsuits among you means that you are thoroughly defeated already. Why not rather be wronged

  • Genesis 24:56 (3)

    But he replied, “Do not delay me, since the LORD has made my journey a success. Send me on my way so that I may go to my

  • 2 Thessalonians 3:8–9 (3)

    nor did we eat anyone’s food without paying for it. Instead, in labor and toil, we worked night and day so that we would

  • Luke 11:52 (3)

    Woe to you experts in the law! For you have taken away the key to knowledge. You yourselves have not entered, and you ha

  • 1 Corinthians 4:11–12 (3)

    To this very hour we are hungry and thirsty, we are poorly clothed, we are brutally treated, we are homeless.

  • Romans 15:22 (3)

    That is why I have often been hindered from coming to you.

  • 2 Corinthians 11:20 (3)

    In fact, you even put up with anyone who enslaves you or exploits you or takes advantage of you or exalts himself or str

  • 1 Corinthians 4:14–15 (3)

    I am not writing this to shame you, but to warn you as my beloved children.

  • 2 Corinthians 12:13–14 (2)

    In what way were you inferior to the other churches, except that I was not a burden to you? Forgive me this wrong!