1 Corinthians 9:22

To the weak I became as weak, so that I might gain the weak. I have become all things to all men, so that by all means I might save some.

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In The King James Version

To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.

In Context

21to those without law, as without law (not being without law to God, but within law to Christ), so that I might gain men without law.

23And I do this for sake of the good-news, so that I might become a fellow participant of it.

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Cross References

Romans 15:1Now we the strong ought to bear the weaknesses of the frail, and not to please ourselves.

1 Corinthians 8:13Therefore if food causes my brother to stumble, I will no, not eat meat into the age, so that I may not cause my brother to stumble.

1 Corinthians 10:33just as I also strive to please in all things for all men, not seeking my own advantage, but that of the many, so that they may be saved.

Galatians 6:1And brothers, if a man is overtaken in some transgression, ye the spiritual, restore such in a spirit of meekness, looking to thyself lest thou also be tempted.

Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 9:20-24

The Apostle's Devotedness. ( a. d. 57.) 19 For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more. 20 And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law; 21 To them that are without law, as without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law. 22 To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain… Read the whole commentary →

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