1 Corinthians 9:22 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

²² I behaved like a weak person in front of weak people [See 8:9-12], in order to win them over [i.e., to help them become stronger]. I have become all things to all people so that, in every way, I could save some of them.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²² To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²² To the weak (wanting in discernment) I have become weak (wanting in discernment) that I might win the weak and overscrupulous. I have [in short] become all things to all men, that I might by all means (at all costs and in any and every way) save some [by winning them to faith in Jesus Christ].

American Standard Version (1901)

²² To the weak I became weak, that I might gain the weak: I am become all things to all men, that I may by all means save some.

Common English Bible

²² I act weak to the weak, so I can recruit the weak. I have become all things to all people, so I could save some by all possible means.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²² To the weak, I became weak, so that I might gain the weak. To all, I became all, so that I might save all.

1 Corinthians 9:22 Referencias Cruzadas

1 Corinthians 10:33

For even I myself [try] to please everyone in every way, and not to look out [just] for my own good, but [also] for the good of many people, so that they may be saved.

1 Corinthians 9:19

For although I am free from [being accountable to] all people, I placed myself under obligation to them [as a slave], so as to win as many as possible [to Christ].

Romans 15:1

Now those of us who are strong [spiritually] should put up with [or, help] the failings of [spiritually] weak people, and not [simply] do what pleases ourselves.

Romans 11:14

in hope that somehow I might stir up jealousy among my fellow-Jews, and thereby save some of them.

Galatians 6:1

Brothers, if any one of you is overwhelmed by a [particular] sin, those of you who are spiritually minded should [attempt to] restore such a person [to faithfulness]. But do it in a gentle way, being very careful that you yourself do not become tempted [to get involved in any sin].

1 Corinthians 8:13

Therefore, if [eating certain] foods causes my brother to fall away [from God], I will never eat meat again, so I do not cause my brother to fall away.

1 Corinthians 7:16

How can you know, [Christian] wife, whether or not you will [be able to] convert your husband? Or how can you know, [Christian] husband, whether or not you will [be able to] convert you wife?

2 Corinthians 11:29

Who is weak, and I do not feel their weakness? Who is led astray [from God], and I do not burn [i.e., with righteous anger over the one who caused it]?

Romans 14:1

But you should welcome [into your fellowship] the person whose faith is weak, and not argue [with him] over questionable matters.

Romans 14:2

One person has enough faith that allows him to eat anything [i.e., without it bothering his conscience that the food, such as animal meat, was used in an idolatrous worship ceremony]. But the weak person can eat only vegetables [conscientiously].

Romans 15:2

[Instead], each of us should do what pleases his neighbor in order to accomplish something good and uplifting [in his life].

1 Corinthians 9:23

And everything I do is for the sake of [the work of] the Gospel, so that I may share in its benefits.