1 Corinthians 9:19

Being free from them all, I have made myself servant to every man; that I might gain many:

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more.

In Context

18What then is my reward? It is, that when I preach, I make the announcement of the Messiah without cost, and use not the prerogative given me in the gospel.

20and with the Jews, I was as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; and with those under the law, I was as under the law, that I might gain them who are under the law;

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Cross References

Matthew 20:26Not so shall it be among you. But whoever among you desireth to be great, let him be to you, a ministerer:

Romans 1:14Greeks and barbarians, the wise and the unwise: for to every man am I a debtor, to preach to him.

Romans 15:2But each of us should please his neighbor, in good things, as conducive to edification.

1 Corinthians 9:1Am I not a free man? Or, am I not a legate? Or, have I not seen Jesus Messiah our Lord? Or, have ye not been my work in my Lord?

1 Corinthians 10:33even as I also, in every thing, please every man; and do not seek what is profitable to me, but what is profitable to many; that they may live.

Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 9:16-19

The Apostle's Devotedness. ( a. d. 57.) 15 But I have used none of these things: neither have I written these things, that it should be so done unto me: for it were better for me to die, than that any man should make my glorying void. 16 For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of: for necessity is laid upon me; yea, woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel! 17 For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but if against my will, a dispensation of the gospel is committed unto me. 18 What is… Read the whole commentary →

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