1 Corinthians 9:22

To the weake I become as weake, that I may winne the weake: I am made all thinges to all men, that I might by all meanes saue some.

Geneva Bible 1599

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 them that are without Lawe, as though I were without Lawe, (when I am not without Lawe as pertaining to God, but am in the Lawe through Christ) that I may winne them that are without Lawe:

23And this I doe for the Gospels sake, that I might be partaker thereof with you.

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Cross References

Romans 15:1We which are strong, ought to beare the infirmities of the weake, and not to please our selues.

1 Corinthians 8:13Wherefore if meate offende my brother, I wil eate no flesh while the world standeth, that I may not offend my brother.

1 Corinthians 10:33Euen as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine owne profite, but the profite of many, that they might be saued.

Galatians 6:1Brethren, if a man be suddenly taken in any offence, ye which are spirituall, restore such one with the spirit of meekenes, considering thy selfe, least 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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