1 Corinthians 9:19

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

for being free from all men, to all men I made myself servant, that the more I might gain;

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Referenced Verses

  • Matt 18:15 : 15 `And if thy brother may sin against thee, go and show him his fault between thee and him alone, if he may hear thee, thou didst gain thy brother;
  • Gal 5:13 : 13 For ye -- to freedom ye were called, brethren, only not the freedom for an occasion to the flesh, but through the love serve ye one another,
  • 1 Pet 3:1 : 1 In like manner, the wives, be ye subject to your own husbands, that even if certain are disobedient to the word, through the conversation of the wives, without the word, they may be won,
  • 2 Tim 2:10 : 10 because of this all things do I endure, because of the choice ones, that they also salvation may obtain that `is' in Christ Jesus, with glory age-during.
  • 1 Cor 10:33 : 33 as I also in all things do please all, not seeking my own profit, but that of many -- that they may be saved.
  • 2 Cor 4:5 : 5 for not ourselves do we preach, but Christ Jesus -- Lord, and ourselves your servants because of Jesus;
  • Matt 20:26-28 : 26 but not so shall it be among you, but whoever may will among you to become great, let him be your ministrant; 27 and whoever may will among you to be first, let him be your servant; 28 even as the Son of Man did not come to be ministered to, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.'
  • 1 Cor 9:1 : 1 Am not I an apostle? am not I free? Jesus Christ our Lord have I not seen? my work are not ye in the Lord?
  • 1 Cor 9:20-22 : 20 and I became to the Jews as a Jew, that Jews I might gain; to those under law as under law, that those under law I might gain; 21 to those without law, as without law -- (not being without law to God, but within law to Christ) -- that I might gain those without law; 22 I became to the infirm as infirm, that the infirm I might gain; to all men I have become all things, that by all means I may save some.
  • Rom 15:2 : 2 for let each one of us please the neighbor for good, unto edification,
  • John 13:14-15 : 14 if then I did wash your feet -- the Lord and the Teacher -- ye also ought to wash one another's feet. 15 `For an example I gave to you, that, according as I did to you, ye also may do;
  • Rom 1:14 : 14 Both to Greeks and to foreigners, both to wise and to thoughtless, I am a debtor,
  • 1 Tim 4:16 : 16 take heed to thyself, and to the teaching; remain in them, for this thing doing, both thyself thou shalt save, and those hearing thee.
  • Jas 5:19-20 : 19 Brethren, if any among you may go astray from the truth, and any one may turn him back, 20 let him know that he who did turn back a sinner from the straying of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall cover a multitude of sins.
  • Prov 11:30 : 30 The fruit of the righteous `is' a tree of life, And whoso is taking souls `is' wise.
  • Gal 5:1 : 1 In the freedom, then, with which Christ did make you free -- stand ye, and be not held fast again by a yoke of servitude;
  • Rom 11:14 : 14 if by any means I shall arouse to jealousy mine own flesh, and shall save some of them,
  • 1 Cor 7:16 : 16 for what, hast thou known, O wife, whether the husband thou shalt save? or what, hast thou known, O husband, whether the wife thou shalt save?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Cor 9:20-23
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    20and I became to the Jews as a Jew, that Jews I might gain; to those under law as under law, that those under law I might gain;

    21to those without law, as without law -- (not being without law to God, but within law to Christ) -- that I might gain those without law;

    22I became to the infirm as infirm, that the infirm I might gain; to all men I have become all things, that by all means I may save some.

    23And this I do because of the good news, that a fellow-partaker of it I may become;

  • 1 Cor 9:15-18
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    15And I have used none of these things; neither did I write these things that it may be so done in my case, for `it is' good for me rather to die, than that any one may make my glorying void;

    16for if I may proclaim good news, it is no glorying for me, for necessity is laid upon me, and wo is to me if I may not proclaim good news;

    17for if willing I do this, I have a reward; and if unwillingly -- with a stewardship I have been entrusted!

    18What, then, is my reward? -- that proclaiming good news, without charge I shall make the good news of the Christ, not to abuse my authority in the good news;

  • 1 Cor 10:33
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    33as I also in all things do please all, not seeking my own profit, but that of many -- that they may be saved.

  • Gal 1:10
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    10for now men do I persuade, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if yet men I did please -- Christ's servant I should not be.

  • 1 Cor 9:1-2
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    1Am not I an apostle? am not I free? Jesus Christ our Lord have I not seen? my work are not ye in the Lord?

    2if to others I am not an apostle -- yet doubtless to you I am; for the seal of my apostleship are ye in the Lord.

  • 2 Cor 11:7-9
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    7The sin did I do -- myself humbling that ye might be exalted, because freely the good news of God I did proclaim to you?

    8other assemblies I did rob, having taken wages, for your ministration;

    9and being present with you, and having been in want, I was chargeable to no one, for my lack did the brethren supply -- having come from Macedonia -- and in everything burdenless to you I did keep myself, and will keep.

  • 1 Cor 9:27
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    27but I chastise my body, and bring `it' into servitude, lest by any means, having preached to others -- I myself may become disapproved.

  • Gal 2:19
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    19for I through law, did die, that to God I may live;

  • 1 Cor 6:12
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    12All things are lawful to me, but all things are not profitable; all things are lawful to me, but I -- I will not be under authority by any;

  • Gal 4:12
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    12Become as I `am' -- because I also `am' as ye brethren, I beseech you; to me ye did no hurt,

  • Gal 5:1
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    1In the freedom, then, with which Christ did make you free -- stand ye, and be not held fast again by a yoke of servitude;

  • 2 Cor 12:15-17
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    15and I most gladly will spend and be entirely spent for your souls, even if, more abundantly loving you, less I am loved.

    16And be it `so', I -- I did not burden you, but being crafty, with guile I did take you;

    17any one of those whom I have sent unto you -- by him did I take advantage of you?

  • 1 Cor 15:9-10
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    9for I am the least of the apostles, who am not worthy to be called an apostle, because I did persecute the assembly of God,

    10and by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace that `is' towards me came not in vain, but more abundantly than they all did I labour, yet not I, but the grace of God that `is' with me;

  • 2 Cor 12:11
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    11I have become a fool -- boasting; ye -- ye did compel me; for I ought by you to have been commended, for in nothing was I behind the very chiefest apostles -- even if I am nothing.

  • Phil 3:7-8
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    7But what things were to me gains, these I have counted, because of the Christ, loss;

    8yes, indeed, and I count all things to be loss, because of the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, because of whom of the all things I suffered loss, and do count them to be refuse, that Christ I may gain, and be found in him,

  • 1 Cor 7:21-23
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    21a servant -- wast thou called? be not anxious; but if also thou art able to become free -- use `it' rather;

    22for he who `is' in the Lord -- having been called a servant -- is the Lord's freedman: in like manner also he the freeman, having been called, is servant of Christ:

    23with a price ye were bought, become not servants of men;

  • Rom 15:18-19
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    18for I will not dare to speak anything of the things that Christ did not work through me, to obedience of nations, by word and deed,

    19in power of signs and wonders, in power of the Spirit of God; so that I, from Jerusalem, and in a circle as far as Illyricum, have fully preached the good news of the Christ;

  • 2 Pet 2:19
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    19liberty to them promising, themselves being servants of the corruption, for by whom any one hath been overcome, to this one also he hath been brought to servitude,

  • Phil 1:17-18
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    17and the other out of love, having known that for defence of the good news I am set:

    18what then? in every way, whether in pretence or in truth, Christ is proclaimed -- and in this I rejoice, yea, and shall rejoice.

  • 2 Cor 11:12
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    12and what I do, I also will do, that I may cut off the occasion of those wishing an occasion, that in that which they boast they may be found according as we also;

  • 1 Cor 9:12
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    12if others do partake of the authority over you -- not we more? but we did not use this authority, but all things we bear, that we may give no hindrance to the good news of the Christ.

  • 1 Pet 2:16
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    16as free, and not having the freedom as the cloak of the evil, but as servants of God;

  • Rom 6:18
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    18and having been freed from the sin, ye became servants to the righteousness.

  • Eph 3:1
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    1For this cause, I Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you the nations,

  • Phil 1:12-13
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    12And I wish you to know, brethren, that the things concerning me, rather to an advancement of the good news have come,

    13so that my bonds have become manifest in Christ in the whole praetorium, and to the other places -- all,

  • 2 Cor 11:5
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    5for I reckon that I have been nothing behind the very chiefest apostles,

  • Phlm 1:16
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    16no more as a servant, but above a servant -- a brother beloved, especially to me, and how much more to thee, both in the flesh and in the Lord!

  • Phlm 1:8-9
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    8Wherefore, having in Christ much boldness to command thee that which is fit --

    9because of the love I rather entreat, being such an one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ;

  • Phlm 1:14
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    14and apart from thy mind I willed to do nothing, that as of necessity thy good deed may not be, but of willingness,

  • Acts 20:19
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    19serving the Lord with all humility, and many tears, and temptations, that befell me in the counsels of the Jews against `me';

  • 2 Cor 11:22
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    22Hebrews are they? I also! Israelites are they? I also! seed of Abraham are they? I also!