1 Corinthians 9:17

If my preaching is voluntary, I have a reward. But if it is not voluntary, I am still entrusted with a responsibility.

Cross References (28)

  • Galatians 2:7 (6)

    On the contrary, they saw that I had been entrusted to preach the gospel to the uncircumcised, just as Peter had been to

  • 1 Corinthians 3:8 (5)

    He who plants and he who waters are one in purpose, and each will be rewarded according to his own labor.

  • Matthew 10:41 (4)

    Whoever receives a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward, and whoever receives a righteous man

  • 1 Chronicles 28:9 (4)

    As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve Him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind, for the LO

  • Colossians 1:25 (4)

    I became its servant by the commission God gave me to fully proclaim to you the word of God,

  • 1 Thessalonians 2:4 (3)

    Instead, we speak as those approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, not in order to please men but God, who exam

  • Isaiah 6:8 (3)

    Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying: “Whom shall I send? Who will go for Us?” And I said: “Here am I. Send me!”

  • 1 Corinthians 3:14 (3)

    If what he has built survives, he will receive a reward.

  • Ezekiel 3:14 (3)

    So the Spirit lifted me up and took me away, and I went in bitterness and in the anger of my spirit, with the strong han

  • Jeremiah 20:9 (3)

    If I say, “I will not mention Him or speak any more in His name,” His message becomes a fire burning in my heart, shut u

  • Nehemiah 11:2 (3)

    And the people blessed all the men who volunteered to live in Jerusalem.

  • 1 Peter 5:2–4 (3)

    Be shepherds of God’s flock that is among you, watching over them not out of compulsion, but willingly, as God would hav

  • 1 Corinthians 4:1 (3)

    So then, men ought to regard us as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.

  • 1 Chronicles 29:5 (3)

    for the gold work and the silver work, and for all the work to be done by the craftsmen. Now who is willing to consecrat

  • 1 Chronicles 29:9 (3)

    And the people rejoiced at the willing response of their leaders, for they had given to the LORD freely and wholehearted

  • Jonah 4:1–3 (2)

    Jonah, however, was greatly displeased, and he became angry.

  • 1 Timothy 1:11–13 (2)

    that agrees with the glorious gospel of the blessed God, with which I have been entrusted.

  • Philemon 1:14 (2)

    But I did not want to do anything without your consent, so that your goodness will not be out of compulsion, but by your

  • Ephesians 3:2–8 (2)

    Surely you have heard about the stewardship of God’s grace that was given to me for you,

  • Jonah 1:3 (2)

    Jonah, however, got up to flee to Tarshish, away from the presence of the LORD. He went down to Joppa and found a ship b

  • Luke 12:42 (2)

    And the Lord answered, “Who then is the faithful and wise manager, whom the master puts in charge of his servants to giv

  • Malachi 1:10 (2)

    “Oh, that one of you would shut the temple doors, so that you would no longer kindle useless fires on My altar! I take n

  • Philippians 1:16–17 (2)

    The latter do so in love, knowing that I am appointed for the defense of the gospel.

  • Matthew 24:25 (2)

    See, I have told you in advance.

  • 2 Corinthians 8:12 (2)

    For if the eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what he does not have.

  • 1 Corinthians 9:16 (2)

    Yet when I preach the gospel, I have no reason to boast, because I am obligated to preach. Woe to me if I do not preach

  • Exodus 4:13–14 (2)

    But Moses replied, “Please, Lord, send someone else.”

  • 1 Chronicles 29:14 (1)

    But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to give as generously as this? For everything comes from You