1 Corinthians 9:22

Bible in Basic English (1941)

To the feeble, I was as one who is feeble, so that they might have salvation: I have been all things to all men, so that some at least might have salvation.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Cor 10:33 : 33 Even as I give way to all men in all things, not looking for profit for myself, but for the good of others, that they may get salvation.
  • Rom 15:1 : 1 We who are strong have to be a support to the feeble, and not give pleasure to ourselves.
  • Rom 11:14 : 14 If in any way those who are of my flesh may be moved to envy, so that some of them may get salvation by me.
  • 1 Cor 9:19 : 19 For though I was free from all men, I made myself a servant to all, so that more might have salvation.
  • 2 Cor 11:29 : 29 Who is feeble and I am not feeble? who is in danger of falling, and I am not angry?
  • 1 Cor 7:16 : 16 For how may you be certain, O wife, that you will not be the cause of salvation to your husband? or you, O husband, that you may not do the same for your wife?
  • 1 Cor 8:13 : 13 For this reason, if food is a cause of trouble to my brother, I will give up taking meat for ever, so that I may not be a cause of trouble to my brother.
  • Gal 6:1 : 1 Brothers, if a man is taken in any wrongdoing, you who are of the Spirit will put such a one right in a spirit of love; keeping watch on yourself, for fear that you yourself may be tested.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Cor 9:15-21
    7 verses
    84%

    15But I have not made use of any of these things: and I am not writing this in the hope that it may be so for me: for it would be better for me to undergo death, than for any man to make this pride of mine of no effect.

    16For if I am a preacher of the good news, I have no cause for pride in this; because I am forced to do so, for a curse is on me if I do not.

    17But if I do it gladly, I have a reward; and if not, I am under orders to do it.

    18What then is my reward? This, that when I am giving the good news, I may give it without payment, not making use of my rights as a preacher of the good news.

    19For though I was free from all men, I made myself a servant to all, so that more might have salvation.

    20And to the Jews I was as a Jew, so that I might give the good news to them; to those under the law I was the same, not as being myself under the law, but so that I might give the good news to those under the law.

    21To those without the law I was as one without the law, not as being without law to God, but as under law to Christ, so that I might give the good news to those without the law.

  • 1 Cor 9:23
    83%

    23And I do all things for the cause of the good news, so that I may have a part in it.

  • 1 Cor 10:33
    79%

    33Even as I give way to all men in all things, not looking for profit for myself, but for the good of others, that they may get salvation.

  • 2 Cor 12:9-11
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    72%

    9And he said to me, My grace is enough for you, for my power is made complete in what is feeble. Most gladly, then, will I take pride in my feeble body, so that the power of Christ may be on me.

    10So I take pleasure in being feeble, in unkind words, in needs, in cruel attacks, in troubles, on account of Christ: for when I am feeble, then am I strong.

    11I have been forced by you to become foolish, though it was right for my praise to have come from you: for in no way was I less than the chief of the Apostles, though I am nothing.

  • 1 Cor 6:12
    72%

    12I am free to do all things; but not all things are wise. I am free to do all things; but I will not let myself come under the power of any.

  • 1 Cor 9:27
    72%

    27But I give blows to my body, and keep it under control, for fear that, after having given the good news to others, I myself might not have God's approval.

  • 2 Cor 11:29-30
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    29Who is feeble and I am not feeble? who is in danger of falling, and I am not angry?

    30If I have to take credit to myself, I will do so in the things in which I am feeble.

  • Gal 2:19
    71%

    19For I, through the law, have become dead to the law, so that I might be living to God.

  • 2 Tim 2:10
    71%

    10But I undergo all things for the saints, so that they may have salvation in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.

  • 1 Cor 15:9-11
    3 verses
    71%

    9For I am the least of the Apostles, having no right to be named an Apostle, because of my cruel attacks on the church of God.

    10But by the grace of God, I am what I am: and his grace which was given to me has not been for nothing; for I did more work than all of them; though not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

    11If then it is I who am the preacher, or they, this is our word, and to this you have given your faith.

  • Gal 4:12
    71%

    12My desire for you, brothers, is that you may be as I am, because I am as you are. You have done me no wrong;

  • Phil 4:13
    70%

    13I am able to do all things through him who gives me strength.

  • Phil 3:7-8
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    70%

    7But those things which were profit to me, I gave up for Christ.

    8Yes truly, and I am ready to give up all things for the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, which is more than all: for whom I have undergone the loss of all things, and to me they are less than nothing, so that I may have Christ as my reward,

  • 1 Cor 10:23
    70%

    23We are free to do all things, but there are things which it is not wise to do. We are free to do all things, but not all things are for the common good.

  • Rom 11:14
    69%

    14If in any way those who are of my flesh may be moved to envy, so that some of them may get salvation by me.

  • 2 Cor 11:12
    69%

    12But what I do, that I will go on doing, so that I may give no chance to those who are looking for one; so that, in the cause of their pride, they may be seen to be the same as we are.

  • 2 Cor 11:5
    69%

    5For in my opinion, I am in no way less than the most important of the Apostles.

  • Rom 15:18-19
    2 verses
    69%

    18And I will keep myself from talking of anything but those things which Christ has done by me to put the Gentiles under his rule in word and in act,

    19By signs and wonders, in the power of the Holy Spirit; so that from Jerusalem and round about as far as Illyricum I have given all the good news of Christ;

  • Rom 1:15-16
    2 verses
    69%

    15For which reason I have the desire, as far as I am able, to give the knowledge of the good news to you who are in Rome.

    16For I have no feeling of shame about the good news, because it is the power of God giving salvation to everyone who has faith, to the Jew first, and then to the Greek.

  • Phil 3:11
    69%

    11If in any way I may have the reward of life from the dead.

  • 2 Cor 11:21-22
    2 verses
    69%

    21I say this by way of shaming ourselves, as if we had been feeble. But if anyone puts himself forward (I am talking like a foolish person), I will do the same.

    22Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they of Israel? so am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? so am I.

  • Gal 1:10
    69%

    10Am I now using arguments to men, or God? or is it my desire to give men pleasure? if I was still pleasing men, I would not be a servant of Christ.

  • 1 Cor 9:2
    69%

    2If to others I am not an Apostle, at least I am one to you: for the fact that you are Christians is the sign that I am an Apostle.

  • 2 Cor 11:9
    69%

    9And when I was present with you, and was in need, I let no man be responsible for me; for the brothers, when they came from Macedonia, gave me whatever was needed; and in everything I kept myself from being a trouble to you, and I will go on doing so.

  • 1 Cor 2:2-3
    2 verses
    69%

    2For I had made the decision to have knowledge of nothing among you but only of Jesus Christ on the cross.

    3And I was with you without strength, in fear and in doubt.

  • 2 Cor 12:15-16
    2 verses
    68%

    15And I will gladly give all I have for your souls. If I have the more love for you, am I to be loved the less?

    16But let it be so, that I was not a trouble to you myself; but (someone may say) being false, I took you with deceit.

  • Phil 1:21
    68%

    21For to me life is Christ and death is profit.

  • 2 Cor 10:9
    68%

    9That I may not seem to have the desire of causing you fear by my letters.

  • 1 Cor 8:9
    68%

    9But take care that this power of yours does not give cause for trouble to the feeble.

  • 2 Cor 2:9
    68%

    9And for the same reason I sent you a letter so that I might be certain of your desire to do my orders in all things.

  • Phil 1:12
    68%

    12Now it is my purpose to make clear to you, brothers, that the cause of the good news has been helped by my experiences;

  • 1 Cor 1:17
    68%

    17For Christ sent me, not to give baptism, but to be a preacher of the good news: not with wise words, for fear that the cross of Christ might be made of no value.

  • Phil 1:17
    68%

    17But those are preaching Christ in a spirit of competition, not from their hearts, but with the purpose of giving me pain in my prison.