1 Corinthians 9:12
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for 1 Corinthians 9:12 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
1 Corinthians 9:12 is a verse from the book of 1 Corinthians in the New Testament. The KJV reads: "If others be partakers of this power over you, are not we rather? Nevertheless we have not used this power; but suffer a..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
1 Corinthians 9:12 — KJV
“If others be partakers of this power over you, are not we rather? Nevertheless we have not used this power; but suffer all things, lest we should hinder the gospel of Christ.”
— 1 Corinthians 9:12 (KJV)
1 Corinthians 9:12 in Context — About the Book of 1 Corinthians
1 Corinthians is pastoral surgery on a gifted, divided, messy church — addressing factions, immorality, lawsuits, worship chaos, and doubts about resurrection. It contains the love chapter read at countless weddings and the Bible's fullest teaching on spiritual gifts and the resurrection body.
Cross-References for 1 Corinthians 9:12
“But those things, which God before had shewed by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he hath so fulfilled.”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 9:12: suffer, things, should
“Yea, so have I strived to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named, lest I should build upon another man's foundation:”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 9:12: lest, should, gospel
“So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 9:12: over, rather, lest
“In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 9:12: lest, should, gospel
“Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being present I should use sharpness, according to the power which the Lord hath given me to edification, and not to destruction.”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 9:12: power, things, lest
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