1 Corinthians 9:22

To the weak I became as weak, that I may gain the weak. I became all things to all men, that I may indeed save some.

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

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, I became as without law, not being without the law of God, but under the law of Christ, that I may gain those without law.

23But I do all these things for the sake of the gospel, that I may be its fellow-partaker.

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Cross References

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

1 Corinthians 8:13If indeed meat causes my brother to stumble, I never eat any more meat, in order that I may not lay a stumblingblock in the way of my brother.

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

Galatians 6:1Brethren, if indeed a man may be overtaken in some transgression, you who are spiritual, perfect such an one in the spirit of meekness; watching yourself, lest you may 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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