1 Corinthians 9:22 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

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)

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

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

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

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

To the weak I became weak, that I might gain the weak. I became all things to all men, that I might save all.

1 Corinthians 9:22 Cross References

Romans 11:14

in order to make my own people jealous and thus save some of them.

Romans 14:1

Welcome those who are weak in faith but not for the purpose of quarreling over opinions.

Romans 14:2

Some believe in eating anything, while the weak eat only vegetables.

Romans 15:1

We who are strong ought to put up with the failings of the weak and not to please ourselves.

Romans 15:2

Each of us must please our neighbor for the good purpose of building up the neighbor.

1 Corinthians 10:33

just as I try to please everyone in everything I do, not seeking my own advantage but that of many, so that they may be saved.

1 Corinthians 7:16

Wife, for all you know, you might save your husband. Husband, for all you know, you might save your wife.

1 Corinthians 8:13

Therefore, if food is a cause of their falling, I will never again eat meat, so that I may not cause one of them to fall.

1 Corinthians 9:19

For though I am free with respect to all, I have made myself a slave to all, so that I might gain all the more.

1 Corinthians 9:23

I do it all for the sake of the gospel, so that I might become a partner in it.

2 Corinthians 11:29

Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is made to stumble, and I am not indignant?

Galatians 6:1

My brothers and sisters, if anyone is detected in a transgression, you who have received the Spirit should restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness. Take care that you yourselves are not tempted.