1 Corinthians 9:23

Contextual Overview

¹⁹ For though I am free from all, I have made myself a servant to all, that I might win more of them. ¹⁹ For though I bee free from all men, yet haue I made my selfe seruant vnto all men, that I might winne the moe. ¹⁹Although I am free from all and not anyone’s slave, I have made myself a slave to everyone, in order to win more people. ¹⁹ For though I was free from all, I brought myself under bondage to all, that I might gain the more. ¹⁹ For being free from all, I have made myself bondman to all, that I might gain the most [possible]. ¹⁹ I am free. I belong to no other person, but I make myself a slave to everyone. I do this to help save as many people as I can. ¹⁹For though I am free from all men, I have made myself a slave to everyone, so that I may win more [for Christ]. ¹⁹ For though I was free from all men, I brought myself under bondage to all, that I might gain the more. ¹⁹Though I am free of obligation to anyone, I make myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible. ¹⁹ I am not anyone's slave. But I have become a slave to everyone, so that I can win as many people as possible.

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for: 1 Corinthians 9:12, Mark 8:35, 2 Corinthians 2:4, Galatians 2:5, 2 Timothy 2:10

that: 1 Corinthians 9:25-27, 2 Timothy 2:6, Hebrews 3:1, Hebrews 3:14, 1 Peter 5:1, 1 John 1:3

Reciprocal: Mark 10:29 - for 1 Corinthians 4:6 - for Philippians 1:7 - partakers of my Colossians 1:12 - partakers 2 John 1:2 - the truth's

Cross-References

Exodus 20:12
Honour thy father and thy mother, that thy dayes may be prolonged vpon the land, which the Lord thy God giueth thee.

Exodus 20:12
Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the LORD your God gives you.

Exodus 20:12
"Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which the LORD your God gives you.

Exodus 20:12
"You must honor and respect your father and your mother. Do this so that you will have a full life in the land that the Lord your God gives you.

Exodus 20:12
"Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.

Exodus 20:12
Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

Exodus 20:12
Give honour to your father and to your mother, so that your life may be long in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.

Exodus 20:12
Respect your father and your mother, and you will live a long time in the land I am giving you.

Exodus 20:12
ה "Honor your father and mother, so that you may live long in the land which Adonai your God is giving you.

Exodus 20:12
Honour thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be prolonged in the land that Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And this I do for the Gospel's sake,.... The Alexandrian copy and some others read, "all things I do", c. and so the Vulgate Latin and Ethiopic versions that is, he became all things to all men, and so and so to different persons; not for his own sake, for his own temporal advantage, or to curry favour with men; not for the sake of gaining wealth, or honour and applause to himself, but for the spread of the Gospel, and its greater usefulness among men: to which he adds,

that I might be partaker thereof with you; meaning either the fruit of the Gospel, the conversion and salvation of sinners, which would be matter of joy both to him and them; or the blessings of grace and eternal life, which the Gospel reveals and promises, which he desired to enjoy in common with others, not only with the Corinthians, for the word "you" is not in the original text, but with Jews and Gentiles; with men of all sorts, who may be gained over to Christ, and saved by him, through the ministry of the word.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For the gospel’s sake - That it may be advanced, and may be successful.

That I might be partaker thereof with you - You hope to be saved. You regard yourselves as Christians; and I wish to give evidence also that “I” am a Christian, and that I shall be admitted to heaven to partake of the happiness of the redeemed. This he did, by so denying himself as to give evidence that he was truly actuated by Christian principles.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 23. And this I do for the Gospel's sake — Instead of τουτο, this, παντα, all things, (I do all things for the Gospel's sake,) is the reading of ABCDEFG, several others, the Coptic, AEthiopic, Vulgate, Itala, Armenian, and Sahidic; the two latter reading ταυτα παντα, all these things.

Several of the fathers have the same reading, and there is much reason to believe it to be genuine.

That I might be partaker thereof with you. — That I might attain to the reward of eternal life which it sets before me; and this is in all probability the meaning of το ευαγγελιον, which we translate the Gospel, and which should be rendered here prize or reward; this is a frequent meaning of the original word, as may be seen in my preface to St. Matthew: I do all this for the sake of the prize, that I may partake of it with you.