1 Corinthians 9:22

To the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all men, so as at all costs to save some.

Twentieth Century 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 who have no Law I became like a man who has no Law — not that I am free from God’s Law; no, for I am under Christ’s Law — to win those who have no law.

23And I do everything for the sake of the Good News, that with them I may share in its blessings.

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Cross References

Romans 15:1We, the strong, ought to take on our own shoulders the weaknesses of those who are not strong, and not merely to please ourselves.

1 Corinthians 8:13Therefore, if what I eat makes my Brother fall, rather than make my Brother fall, I will never eat meat again.

1 Corinthians 10:33for I, also, try to please everybody in everything, not seeking my own advantage, but that of men in general, that they may be saved.

Galatians 6:1Brothers, even if a man should be caught committing a sin, you who are spiritually minded should, in a gentle spirit, help him to recover himself, taking care lest any one of you also should 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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