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  • 1 Corinthians 9:16
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
    • 16 Now if I am declaring the good news, it is no reason for me to boast, for necessity is laid upon me.+ Really, woe to me if I do not declare the good news!+

  • 1 Corinthians 9:16
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
    • 16 Now if I am declaring the good news, it is no reason for me to boast, for necessity is laid upon me. Really, woe to me if I do not declare the good news!+

  • 1 Corinthians 9:16
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
    • 16 ἐὰν If ever γὰρ for εὐαγγελίζωμαι, I may be declaring good news, οὐκ not ἔστιν is μοι to me καύχημα, boasting, ἀνάγκη necessity γάρ for μοι to me ἐπίκειται· is lying upon; οὐαὶ woe γάρ for μοί to me ἐστιν it is ἐὰν if ever μὴ not εὐαγγελίσωμαι. I should declare good news.

  • 1 Corinthians 9:16
    The Bible in Living English
    • 16* For if I preach the gospel it is no boast for me, for I am under compulsion; for there is a woe for me if I do not.

  • 1 Corinthians 9:16
    American Standard Version
    • 16 For if I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of; for necessity is laid upon me; for woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel.

  • 1 Corinthians 9:16
    The Emphasized Bible
    • 16 For if I be telling the glad-message it is with me no matter of boasting; for necessity upon me lieth,—for it is Woe to me if I should not be telling the glad-message;

  • 1 Corinthians 9:16
    King James Version
    • 16 For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of: for necessity is laid upon me; yea, woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel!

  • 1 Corinthians
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1986-2025
    • 9:16 it-1 685; g01 7/22 11; w96 9/15 17-18; si 212

  • 1 Corinthians
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1930-1985
    • 9:16 w78 8/15 22; km 2/74 7; or 5; w61 55, 83; w48 313

  • 1 Corinthians
    Research Guide for Jehovah’s Witnesses—2019 Edition
    • 9:16

      Insight, Volume 1, p. 685

      Awake!,

      7/22/2001, p. 11

      The Watchtower,

      9/15/1996, pp. 17-18

      “All Scripture,” p. 212

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