1 Corinthians 9:16
About the book 1 Corinthians Trend of this verse since 2000
Bible text
For if I preach the Good News, I have nothing to boast about, for necessity is laid on me; but woe is to me if I don’t preach the Good News.
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Statistics
- 12 Uses? Every use that covers this verse, also through a reference to its whole chapter.
- 12 Uses naming the verse? As in the Top 100: only uses that name this verse.
- #1,698 Rank? Rank 1,698 of 19,199 verses named in at least one use; tied verses share a rank.
- mapped Mapping? Position 28,681 in the sequence Protestant canon, 66 books (KJV numbering), New Testament
12 of the uses are a lower bound (repetitions not known exactly).
Persons in this verse
- Paulvia pronoun
"Via pronoun": the verse does not name the person but refers to them, for example with "he" or "her"; the link comes from the grammatical analysis of the Hebrew or Greek text.
Topics of this verse
The strongest topics first, by the votes of the OpenBible.info readers.
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Numbering in the versification systems?
Bible editions number some verses differently. This verse has the following labels; labels that differ from the one shown above are marked.
Sources that cite this verse?
Uses?
12 approved public uses (data: Official), newest first.
- Date
- Jan 6, 2013
- Cited as
- 1.Korinther 9,16
- Source
- losung.net: Losungen archive, losung.net: Sonntag, 6. Januar 2013
- Usage
- Citation
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Moravian Church
- Event
- Die Losungen, 2013-01-06
- Language
- German
- Organization
- Evangelische Brüder-Unität – Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Oct 31, 2011
- Cited as
- 1.Korinther 9,16
- Source
- losung.net: Losungen archive, losung.net: Montag, 31. Oktober 2011
- Usage
- Citation
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Moravian Church
- Event
- Die Losungen, 2011-10-31
- Language
- German
- Organization
- Evangelische Brüder-Unität – Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Apr 13, 2010
- Cited as
- 1.Korinther 9,16
- Source
- losung.net: Losungen archive, losung.net: Dienstag, 13. April 2010
- Usage
- Citation
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Moravian Church
- Event
- Die Losungen, 2010-04-13
- Language
- German
- Organization
- Evangelische Brüder-Unität – Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jun 15, 2007
- Cited as
- 1.Korinther 9,16
- Source
- losung.net: Losungen archive, losung.net: Freitag, 15. Juni 2007
- Usage
- Citation
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Moravian Church
- Event
- Die Losungen, 2007-06-15
- Language
- German
- Organization
- Evangelische Brüder-Unität – Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jun 17, 2004
- Cited as
- 1.Korinther 9,16
- Source
- losung.net: Losungen archive, losung.net: Donnerstag, 17. Juni 2004
- Usage
- Citation
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Moravian Church
- Event
- Die Losungen, 2004-06-17
- Language
- German
- Organization
- Evangelische Brüder-Unität – Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Apr 12, 2002
- Cited as
- 1.Korinther 9,16
- Source
- losung.net: Losungen archive, losung.net: Freitag, 12. April 2002
- Usage
- Citation
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Moravian Church
- Event
- Die Losungen, 2002-04-12
- Language
- German
- Organization
- Evangelische Brüder-Unität – Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Dec 30, 2001
- Cited as
- 1.Korinther 9,16
- Source
- losung.net: Losungen archive, losung.net: Sonntag, 30. Dezember 2001
- Usage
- Citation
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Moravian Church
- Event
- Die Losungen, 2001-12-30
- Language
- German
- Organization
- Evangelische Brüder-Unität – Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Aug 23, 2000
- Cited as
- 1.Korinther 9,16
- Source
- losung.net: Losungen archive, losung.net: Mittwoch, 23. August 2000
- Usage
- Citation
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Moravian Church
- Event
- Die Losungen, 2000-08-23
- Language
- German
- Organization
- Evangelische Brüder-Unität – Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 1055 – Dec 31, 1126
- Cited as
- 1 Corinthians 9:16
- Source
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations, Commentary on 1 Corinthians
- Usage
- Analysis
- Author
- Theophylact of Ohrid
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Eastern Orthodox
- Language
- Ancient Greek (to 1453)
- Venue
- Ohrid
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 344 – Dec 31, 407
- Cited as
- 1 Corinthians 9:16-18
- Source
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations, Homily on 1 Corinthians
- Usage
- Teaching
- Author
- John Chrysostom
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Early Church
- Language
- Ancient Greek (to 1453)
- Venue
- Antakya
- Venue
- Istanbul
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 179 – Dec 31, 254
- Cited as
- 1 Corinthians 9:16-17
- Source
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations, COMMENTARY ON 1 CORINTHIANS FRAGMENT XLII
- Usage
- Analysis
- Author
- Origen of Alexandria
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Early Church
- Language
- Ancient Greek (to 1453)
- Venue
- Alexandria
- Venue
- Or Akiva
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 179 – Dec 31, 254
- Cited as
- 1 Corinthians 9:16
- Source
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations, COMMENTARY ON MATTHEW
- Usage
- Analysis
- Author
- Origen of Alexandria
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Early Church
- Language
- Ancient Greek (to 1453)
- Venue
- Alexandria
- Venue
- Or Akiva
- Contributed by
- import-agent
How this was computed – counting rule: Every covered verse (baseline) / Named verses only; data: Official; as of Nov 10, 2026, 11:45 AM UTC
Neutral key: nrf1:1CO.009.016
- Metric
- Verse-level uses: every citation adds one for each verse it covers, under the counting rule. A citation of three verses adds 3. (definition)
- Counting rule
- Every covered verse (baseline) The baseline rule: every mention of every verse counts; a chapter or a range counts once for each verse it covers, and an unknown repetition counts as one. (definition) – uses; references to a whole chapter count for each of its verses
Named verses only Like the baseline rule, but only references that name verses count; whole chapters and books are left out. The Top 100 verses use it, so a chapter reference does not lift every verse of the chapter. (definition) – uses naming the verse (owner decision P5); the basis of the Top 100 and of the rank - Profile
- Official The official profile of every public number: only reviewed and approved entries whose evidence quality is high enough. (definition) – reviewed and approved data only
- Epoch
- 134, published Nov 10, 2026, 11:45 AM UTC (provisional)
- Sequence
- Protestant canon, 66 books (KJV numbering)
prot66.nrf, mapping release R9 - Rank
- As in the Top 100: uses naming the verse, highest first, over the verses named at least once; tied verses share a rank.
- Uses
- Approved public uses of the data shown, with at least one cited passage on these verses. The list follows the current approved data; the numbers are those of the epoch.
Live numbers are recomputed every 15 minutes and are provisional until a data release is frozen. The Bible text is shown for reading only; it is never counted. How we count Glossary