1 Corinthians 9:22

I am become weak to the weak, to win the weak. I am become all these things to all men that, by any and by all means, I may save some.

Montgomery New Testament

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 outside the Law, as one outside the Law, to win those outside the Law (though I am not outside the law of God, but inside the law of Christ).

23And I am doing it all for the gospel’s sake, that I may become a copartner in it.

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Cross References

Romans 15:1Now we who are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to seek our own pleasure.

1 Corinthians 8:13Therefore, if what I eat makes my brother to stumble, I will never eat meat again, lest I make my brother to stumble.

1 Corinthians 10:33For so I also try to please all men in every way, not by seeking my own good, but the good of the many, that they may be saved.

Galatians 6:1Even if any one should be overtaken in a fault, brothers, you that are spiritual ought, in a gentle spirit, to restore such a one, each one of you looking to himself, lest you too 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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