1 Corinthians 9:22

I became to the weak, [as] weak, in order that I might gain the weak. To all I have become all things, in order that at all events I might save some.

Darby Translation

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 as without law to God, but as legitimately subject to Christ,) in order that I might gain [those] without law.

23And I do all things for the sake of the glad tidings, that I may be fellow-partaker with them.

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Cross References

Romans 15:1But *we* ought, we that are strong, to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.

1 Corinthians 8:13Wherefore if meat be a fall-trap to my brother, I will eat no flesh for ever, that I may not be a fall-trap to my brother.

1 Corinthians 10:33Even as *I* also please all in all things; not seeking my own profit, but that of the many, that they may be saved.

Galatians 6:1Brethren, if even a man be taken in some fault, ye who are spiritual restore such a one in a spirit of meekness, considering 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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