1 Corinthians 9:19

New International Reader's Version

I am free and don’t belong to anyone. But I have made myself a slave to everyone. I do it to win as many as I can to Christ.

Cross References

Proverbs 11:30

The fruit that godly people bear is like a tree of life. And those who are wise save lives.

Matthew 18:15

“If your brother or sister sins against you, go to them. Tell them what they did wrong. Keep it between the two of you. If they listen to you, you have won them back.

Romans 1:14

I have a duty both to Greeks and to non-Greeks. I have a duty both to wise people and to foolish people.

Romans 11:14

I hope somehow to stir up my own people to want what you have. Perhaps I can save some of them.

Romans 15:2

Each of us should please our neighbors. Let us do what is good for them in order to build them up.

1 Corinthians 10:29

I’m talking about the other person’s sense of what is right and wrong, not yours. Why is my freedom being judged by what someone else thinks?

1 Corinthians 10:33

Follow my example. I try to please everyone in every way. I’m not looking out for what is good for me. I’m looking out for the interests of others. I do it so that they might be saved.

1 Corinthians 7:16

Wife, how do you know if you will save your husband? Husband, how do you know if you will save your wife?

1 Corinthians 9:1

Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Haven’t I seen Jesus our Lord? Aren’t you the result of my work for the Lord?

2 Corinthians 12:14

Now I am ready to visit you for the third time. I won’t cause you any expense. I don’t want what you have. What I really want is you. After all, children shouldn’t have to save up for their parents. Parents should save up for their children.

2 Corinthians 4:15

All this is for your benefit. God’s grace is reaching more and more people. So they will become more and more thankful. They will give glory to God.

2 Corinthians 4:5

The message we preach is not about ourselves. Our message is about Jesus Christ. We say that he is Lord. And we say that we serve you because of Jesus.

Galatians 5:1

Christ has set us free to enjoy our freedom. So remain strong in the faith. Don’t let the chains of slavery hold you again.

Galatians 5:13

My brothers and sisters, you were chosen to be free. But don’t use your freedom as an excuse to live under the power of sin. Instead, serve one another in love.

1 Timothy 4:16

Be careful of how you live and what you believe. Never give up. Then you will save yourself and those who hear you.

2 Timothy 2:10

So I put up with everything for the good of God’s chosen people. Then they also can be saved. Christ Jesus saves them. He gives them glory that will last forever.

1 Peter 3:1

Wives, follow the lead of your own husbands. Suppose some of them don’t believe God’s word. Then let them be won to Christ without words by seeing how their wives behave.