1 Corinthians 9:19

For, though I am free from all men, yet have I made myself a servant to all, that I may gain the more.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more.

In Context

18What, then, is my reward? That, while I preach, I may make the gospel of Christ to be without charge, in order that I may not abuse my authority in the gospel.

20And to the Jews, I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews: to those who are under law, as under law, (not being myself under law,) that I might gain those who are under law;

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Cross References

Matthew 20:26It shall not be so among you. But whoever will be great among you, let him be your minister.

Romans 1:14I am a debtor both to the Greeks and to the barbarians; both to the wise and to the unwise.

Romans 15:2Let each one of us please his neighbor in that which is good for his edification.

1 Corinthians 9:1Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? Are you not my work in the Lord?

1 Corinthians 10:33even as I please all men in all things, not seeking my own good, but that of the many, in order that they may be saved.

Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 9:16-19

The Apostle's Devotedness. ( a. d. 57.) 15 But I have used none of these things: neither have I written these things, that it should be so done unto me: for it were better for me to die, than that any man should make my glorying void. 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! 17 For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but if against my will, a dispensation of the gospel is committed unto me. 18 What is… Read the whole commentary →

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