1 Corinthians 9:22

To the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all people so that by all possible means I might save some.

Berean Standard Bible

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 the law I became like one without the law (though I am not outside the law of God but am under the law of Christ), to win those without the law.

23I do all this for the sake of the gospel, so that I may share in its blessings.

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Cross References

Romans 15:1We who are strong ought to bear with the shortcomings of the weak and not to please ourselves.

1 Corinthians 8:13Therefore, if what I eat causes my brother to stumble, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause him to stumble.

1 Corinthians 10:33as I also try to please everyone in all I do. For I am not seeking my own good, but the good of many, that they may be saved.

Galatians 6:1Brothers, if someone is caught in a trespass, you who are spiritual should restore him with a spirit of gentleness. But watch yourself, or you also may 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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