1 Corinthians 9:16
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16 If I proclaim the gospel, this gives me no ground for boasting, for an obligation is laid on me, and woe to me if I do not proclaim the gospel!
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1 Corinthians 9:16
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16 For when I preach the gospel, I cannot boast, since I am compelled to preach.(A) Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!
Romans 1:14
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14 I am obligated both to Greeks and to barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish,
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Romans 1:14
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14 I am obligated(A) both to Greeks and non-Greeks, both to the wise and the foolish.
Colossians 4:17
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17 And say to Archippus, “See that you complete the task that you have received in the Lord.”(A)
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Jeremiah 20:9
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9 If I say, “I will not mention him
or speak any more in his name,”
then within me there is something like a burning fire
shut up in my bones;
I am weary with holding it in,
and I cannot.(A)
Jeremiah 20:9
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Luke 9:62
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62 And Jesus said to him, “No one who puts a hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”
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Luke 9:62
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62 Jesus replied, “No one who puts a hand to the plow and looks back is fit for service in the kingdom of God.”
Acts 26:16-20
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16 But get up and stand on your feet, for I have appeared to you for this purpose, to appoint you to serve and testify to the things in which you have seen me[a] and to those in which I will appear to you.(A) 17 I will rescue you from your people and from the gentiles—to whom I am sending you(B) 18 to open their eyes so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’(C)
Paul Tells of His Preaching
19 “After that, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision 20 but declared first to those in Damascus, then in Jerusalem and throughout the countryside of Judea, and also to the gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God and do deeds consistent with repentance.(D)
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Acts 26:16-20
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16 ‘Now get up and stand on your feet.(A) I have appeared to you to appoint you as a servant and as a witness of what you have seen and will see of me.(B) 17 I will rescue you(C) from your own people and from the Gentiles.(D) I am sending you to them 18 to open their eyes(E) and turn them from darkness to light,(F) and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins(G) and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’(H)
19 “So then, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient(I) to the vision from heaven. 20 First to those in Damascus,(J) then to those in Jerusalem(K) and in all Judea, and then to the Gentiles,(L) I preached that they should repent(M) and turn to God and demonstrate their repentance by their deeds.(N)
Acts 4:20
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20 for we cannot keep from speaking about what we have seen and heard.”(A)
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Amos 3:8
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8 The lion has roared;
who will not fear?
The Lord God has spoken;
who can but prophesy?(A)
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Romans 15:17
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17 In Christ Jesus, then, I have reason to boast of my work for God.
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Acts 9:15
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15 But the Lord said to him, “Go, for he is an instrument whom I have chosen to bring my name before gentiles and kings and before the people of Israel;(A)
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Acts 9:15
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15 But the Lord said to Ananias, “Go! This man is my chosen instrument(A) to proclaim my name to the Gentiles(B) and their kings(C) and to the people of Israel.
Acts 9:6
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6 But get up and enter the city, and you will be told what you are to do.”
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Acts 9:6
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6 “Now get up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.”(A)
Romans 4:2
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2 For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God.(A)
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Romans 4:2
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2 If, in fact, Abraham was justified by works, he had something to boast about—but not before God.(A)
Amos 7:15
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15 and the Lord took me from following the flock, and the Lord said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to my people Israel.’(A)
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Amos 7:15
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15 But the Lord took me from tending the flock(A) and said to me, ‘Go,(B) prophesy(C) to my people Israel.’(D)
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