1 Corinthians 9:22

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

To the weak I became weak in order to gain the weak. I have become all things to all people, so that by all means I may save some.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Cor 10:33 : 33 just as I also try to please everyone in all things. I do not seek my own benefit, but the benefit of many, so that they may be saved.
  • Rom 15:1 : 1 Exhortation for the Strong to Help the Weak But we who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak, and not just please ourselves.
  • Rom 11:14 : 14 if somehow I could provoke my people to jealousy and save some of them.
  • 1 Cor 9:19 : 19 For since I am free from all I can make myself a slave to all, in order to gain even more people.
  • 2 Cor 11:29 : 29 Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is led into sin, and I do not burn with indignation?
  • 1 Cor 7:16 : 16 For how do you know, wife, whether you will bring your husband to salvation? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will bring your wife to salvation?
  • 1 Cor 8:13 : 13 For this reason, if food causes my brother or sister to sin, I will never eat meat again, so that I may not cause one of them to sin.
  • Gal 6:1 : 1 Support One Another Brothers and sisters, if a person is discovered in some sin, you who are spiritual restore such a person in a spirit of gentleness. Pay close attention to yourselves, so that you are not tempted too.

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  • 1 Cor 9:15-21
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    15But I have not used any of these rights. And I am not writing these things so that something will be done for me. In fact, it would be better for me to die than– no one will deprive me of my reason for boasting!

    16For if I preach the gospel, I have no reason for boasting, because I am compelled to do this. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!

    17For if I do this voluntarily, I have a reward. But if I do it unwillingly, I am entrusted with a responsibility.

    18What then is my reward? That when I preach the gospel I may offer the gospel free of charge, and so not make full use of my rights in the gospel.

    19For since I am free from all I can make myself a slave to all, in order to gain even more people.

    20To the Jews I became like a Jew to gain the Jews. To those under the law I became like one under the law(though I myself am not under the law) to gain those under the law.

    21To those free from the law I became like one free from the law(though I am not free from God’s law but under the law of Christ) to gain those free from the law.

  • 1 Cor 9:23
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    23I do all these things because of the gospel, so that I can be a participant in it.

  • 1 Cor 10:33
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    33just as I also try to please everyone in all things. I do not seek my own benefit, but the benefit of many, so that they may be saved.

  • 2 Cor 12:9-11
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    9But he said to me,“My grace is enough for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” So then, I will boast most gladly about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may reside in me.

    10Therefore I am content with weaknesses, with insults, with troubles, with persecutions and difficulties for the sake of Christ, for whenever I am weak, then I am strong.

    11The Signs of an Apostle I have become a fool. You yourselves forced me to do it, for I should have been commended by you. For I lack nothing in comparison to those“super-apostles,” even though I am nothing.

  • 1 Cor 6:12
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    12Flee Sexual Immorality“All things are lawful for me”– but not everything is beneficial.“All things are lawful for me”– but I will not be controlled by anything.

  • 1 Cor 9:27
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    27Instead I subdue my body and make it my slave, so that after preaching to others I myself will not be disqualified.

  • 2 Cor 11:29-30
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    29Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is led into sin, and I do not burn with indignation?

    30If I must boast, I will boast about the things that show my weakness.

  • Gal 2:19
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    19For through the law I died to the law so that I may live to God.

  • 2 Tim 2:10
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    10So I endure all things for the sake of those chosen by God, that they too may obtain salvation in Christ Jesus and its eternal glory.

  • 1 Cor 15:9-11
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    9For I am the least of the apostles, unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

    10But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me has not been in vain. In fact, I worked harder than all of them– yet not I, but the grace of God with me.

    11Whether then it was I or they, this is the way we preach and this is the way you believed.

  • Gal 4:12
    71%

    12I beg you, brothers and sisters, become like me, because I have become like you. You have done me no wrong!

  • Phil 4:13
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    13I am able to do all things through the one who strengthens me.

  • Phil 3:7-8
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    7But these assets I have come to regard as liabilities because of Christ.

    8More than that, I now regard all things as liabilities compared to the far greater value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things– indeed, I regard them as dung!– that I may gain Christ,

  • 1 Cor 10:23
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    23Live to Glorify God“Everything is lawful,” but not everything is beneficial.“Everything is lawful,” but not everything builds others up.

  • Rom 11:14
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    14if somehow I could provoke my people to jealousy and save some of them.

  • 2 Cor 11:12
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    12And what I am doing I will continue to do, so that I may eliminate any opportunity for those who want a chance to be regarded as our equals in the things they boast about.

  • 2 Cor 11:5
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    5For I consider myself not at all inferior to those“super-apostles.”

  • Rom 15:18-19
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    18For I will not dare to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in order to bring about the obedience of the Gentiles, by word and deed,

    19in the power of signs and wonders, in the power of the Spirit of God. So from Jerusalem even as far as Illyricum I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.

  • Rom 1:15-16
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    15Thus I am eager also to preach the gospel to you who are in Rome.

    16The Power of the Gospel For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is God’s power for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.

  • Phil 3:11
    69%

    11and so, somehow, to attain to the resurrection from the dead.

  • 2 Cor 11:21-22
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    21(To my disgrace I must say that we were too weak for that!) But whatever anyone else dares to boast about(I am speaking foolishly), I also dare to boast about the same thing.

    22Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they descendants of Abraham? So am I.

  • Gal 1:10
    69%

    10Am I now trying to gain the approval of people, or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a slave of Christ!

  • 1 Cor 9:2
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    2If I am not an apostle to others, at least I am to you, for you are the confirming sign of my apostleship in the Lord.

  • 2 Cor 11:9
    69%

    9When I was with you and was in need, I was not a burden to anyone, for the brothers who came from Macedonia fully supplied my needs. I kept myself from being a burden to you in any way, and will continue to do so.

  • 1 Cor 2:2-3
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    2For I decided to be concerned about nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and him crucified.

    3And I was with you in weakness and in fear and with much trembling.

  • 2 Cor 12:15-16
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    15Now I will most gladly spend and be spent for your lives! If I love you more, am I to be loved less?

    16But be that as it may, I have not burdened you. Yet because I was a crafty person, I took you in by deceit!

  • Phil 1:21
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    21For to me, living is Christ and dying is gain.

  • 2 Cor 10:9
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    9I do not want to seem as though I am trying to terrify you with my letters,

  • 1 Cor 8:9
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    9But be careful that this liberty of yours does not become a hindrance to the weak.

  • 2 Cor 2:9
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    9For this reason also I wrote you: to test you to see if you are obedient in everything.

  • Phil 1:12
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    12Ministry as a Prisoner I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that my situation has actually turned out to advance the gospel:

  • 1 Cor 1:17
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    17For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel– and not with clever speech, so that the cross of Christ would not become useless.

  • Phil 1:17
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    17The former proclaim Christ from selfish ambition, not sincerely, because they think they can cause trouble for me in my imprisonment.