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1 Corinthians 9:23

I do all this for the sake of the good news so that I too may share in its blessings!

Free Bible Version

In The King James Version

And this I do for the gospel’s sake, that I might be partaker thereof with you.

In Context

22To those who are weak, I share in their weakness so that I may win the weak. I have ended up being “everyman” to everyone so that by using every possible means I might win some!

24Wouldn't you agree that there are many runners in a race, but only one gets the prize? So run your best, so you may win!

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 9:12If others exercise this right over you, don't we deserve it even more? Even so we did not exercise this right. On the contrary we would rather put up with anything than hold back the gospel of Christ.

2 Corinthians 2:4I was crying many tears when I wrote to you, in great anguish and with a heavy heart—not to make you sad, but so you would know how much love I have for you.

2 Timothy 2:6The farmer that does all the hard work should be the first to benefit from the crop.

Hebrews 3:1So, my brothers and sisters who live for God and who share in this heavenly calling, we need to think carefully about Jesus—the one we say is sent by God, and is the High Priest.

1 Peter 5:1I want to encourage the elders among you. I'm also an elder, a witness to Christ's sufferings, and I will share in the glory that is to come.

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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