1 Corinthians 9:23

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

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

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 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.

24Do you not know that those running in the stadium, indeed all run, and one receives the prize? So run, that you may receive it.

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 9:12If others partake of your bounty, shall not we the more? But we have not used this privilege, but we bear all things, in order that we may not give a hindrance to the gospel of Christ.

2 Corinthians 2:4For out of much tribulation and anguish of heart, I wrote to you through many tears; not in order that you may be grieved, but that you may know the divine love which I have unto you exceedingly.

2 Timothy 2:6It behooves the toiling farmer first to partake of the fruits.

Hebrews 3:1Therefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider Jesus, the Apostle and High Priest of our profession;

1 Peter 5:1Therefore I, being a fellow-elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, also a communicant of the glory which is about to be revealed, exhort the elders who are among you:

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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