1 Corinthians 9:19
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For whereas I was free as to all, I made myself the servant of all, that I might gain the more.

I be.

1 Corinthians 9:1 Am I not I free? Am not I an apostle? Have not I seen Christ Jesus our Lord? Are not you my work in the Lord?

Galatians 5:1 Stand fast and be not held again under the yoke of bondage.

I made.

1 Corinthians 10:33 As I also in all things please all men, not seeking that which is profitable to myself but to many: that they may be saved.

Matthew 20:26-28 It shall not be so among you: but whosoever is the greater among you, let him be your minister. . . .

John 13:14,15 If then I being your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; you also ought to wash one another's feet. . . .

Romans 1:14 To the Greeks and to the barbarians, to the wise and to the unwise, I am a debtor.

Romans 15:2 Let every one of you Please his neighbour unto good, to edification.

2 Corinthians 4:5 For we preach not ourselves, but Jesus Christ our Lord: and ourselves your servants through Jesus.

Galatians 5:13 For you, brethren, have been called unto liberty. Only make not liberty an occasion to the flesh: but by charity of the spirit serve one another.

that.

1 Corinthians 9:20-22 And I became to the Jews a Jew, that I might gain the Jews: . . .

1 Corinthians 7:16 For how knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? Or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save thy wife?

Proverbs 11:30 If the just man receive in the earth, how much more the wicked and the sinner.

Matthew 18:15 But if thy brother shall offend against thee, go, and rebuke him between thee and him alone. If he shall hear thee, thou shalt gain thy brother.

Romans 11:14 If, by any means, I may provoke to emulation them who are my flesh and may save some of them.

1 Timothy 4:16 Take heed to thyself and to doctrine: be earnest in them. For in doing this thou shalt both save thyself and them that hear thee.

2 Timothy 2:10 Therefore I endure all things for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus, with heavenly glory.

James 5:19,20 My brethren, if any of you err from the truth and one convert him: . . .

1 Peter 3:1 In like manner also, let wives be subject to their husbands: that, if any believe not the word, they may be won without the word, by the conversation of the wives,

Context
Paul the Servant to All
18What is my reward then? That preaching the gospel, I may deliver the gospel without charge, that I abuse not my power in the gospel. 19For whereas I was free as to all, I made myself the servant of all, that I might gain the more. 20And I became to the Jews a Jew, that I might gain the Jews:…
Cross References
Proverbs 11:30
If the just man receive in the earth, how much more the wicked and the sinner.

Matthew 18:15
But if thy brother shall offend against thee, go, and rebuke him between thee and him alone. If he shall hear thee, thou shalt gain thy brother.

1 Corinthians 9:1
Am I not I free? Am not I an apostle? Have not I seen Christ Jesus our Lord? Are not you my work in the Lord?

1 Corinthians 10:29
Conscience I say, not thy own, but the other's. For why is my liberty judged by another man's conscience?

2 Corinthians 4:5
For we preach not ourselves, but Jesus Christ our Lord: and ourselves your servants through Jesus.

2 Corinthians 4:15
For all things are for your sakes: that the grace, abounding through many, may abound in thanksgiving unto the glory of God.

2 Corinthians 12:14
Behold now the third time I am ready to come to you and I will not be burthensome unto you. For I seek not the things that are yours, but you. For neither ought the children to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.

Galatians 5:13
For you, brethren, have been called unto liberty. Only make not liberty an occasion to the flesh: but by charity of the spirit serve one another.

1 Peter 3:1
In like manner also, let wives be subject to their husbands: that, if any believe not the word, they may be won without the word, by the conversation of the wives,

Lexicon
Though
γὰρ (gar)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 1063: For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason.

I am
ὢν (ōn)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

free of obligation
Ἐλεύθερος (Eleutheros)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 1658: Free, delivered from obligation. Probably from the alternate of erchomai; unrestrained, i.e. not a slave, or exempt.

to
ἐκ (ek)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 1537: From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out.

anyone,
πάντων (pantōn)
Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 3956: All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.

I make myself a slave
ἐδούλωσα (edoulōsa)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1402: To enslave. From doulos; to enslave.

to everyone,
πᾶσιν (pasin)
Adjective - Dative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 3956: All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.

to
ἵνα (hina)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2443: In order that, so that. Probably from the same as the former part of heautou; in order that.

win
κερδήσω (kerdēsō)
Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 1st Person Singular
Strong's Greek 2770: To gain, acquire, win (over), avoid loss. From kerdos; to gain.

as many as possible.
πλείονας (pleionas)
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural - Comparative
Strong's Greek 4119: Or neuter pleion, or pleon comparative of polus; more in quantity, number, or quality; also the major portion.


Additional Translations
Though I am free of obligation to anyone, I make myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible.

For being free from all, I myself became servant to all, so that I might win the more.

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

For though I was free from all men, I brought myself under bondage to all, that I might gain the more.

For being free from all, I have made myself bondman to all, that I might gain the most [possible].

For though I was free from all men, I brought myself under bondage to all, that I might gain the more.

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

Though free from all human control, I have made myself the slave of all in the hope of winning as many converts as possible.

For though I was free from all, I brought myself under bondage to all, that I might gain the more.

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