1 Corinthians 9:19 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹⁹ For though I was free from all men, I brought myself under bondage to all, that I might gain the more.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁹ For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁹ For although I am free in every way from anyone's control, I have made myself a bond servant to everyone, so that I might gain the more [for Christ].

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁹ For though I was free from all men, I brought myself under bondage to all, that I might gain the more.

Common English Bible

¹⁹ Although I’m free from all people, I make myself a slave to all people, to recruit more of them.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁹ For when I was a free man to all, I made myself the servant of all, so that I might gain all the more.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

1 Corinthians 9:19 Cross References

Proverbs 11:30

The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; And he that is wise winneth souls.

Matthew 18:15

And if thy brother sin against thee, go, shew him his fault between thee and him alone: if he hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.

Romans 1:14

I am debtor both to Greeks and to Barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish.

Romans 11:14

if by any means I may provoke to jealousy them that are my flesh, and may save some of them.

Romans 15:2

Let each one of us please his neighbour for that which is good, unto edifying.

1 Corinthians 10:29

conscience, I say, not thine own, but the other's; for why is my liberty judged by another conscience?

1 Corinthians 10:33

even as I also please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of the many, that they may be saved.

1 Corinthians 7:16

For how knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? or how knowest thou, O husband, whether thou shalt save thy wife?

1 Corinthians 9:1

Am I not free? am I not an apostle? have I not seen Jesus our Lord? are not ye my work in the Lord?

2 Corinthians 12:14

Behold, this is the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be a burden to you: for I seek not yours, but you: for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.

2 Corinthians 4:15

For all things are for your sakes, that the grace, being multiplied through the many, may cause the thanksgiving to abound unto the glory of God.

2 Corinthians 4:5

For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake.

Galatians 5:1

With freedom did Christ set us free: stand fast therefore, and be not entangled again in a yoke of bondage.

Galatians 5:13

For ye, brethren, were called for freedom; only use not your freedom for an occasion to the flesh, but through love be servants one to another.

1 Timothy 4:16

Take heed to thyself, and to thy teaching. Continue in these things; for in doing this thou shalt save both thyself and them that hear thee.

2 Timothy 2:10

Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sake, that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.

1 Peter 3:1

In like manner, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, even if any obey not the word, they may without the word be gained by the behaviour of their wives;