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1 Corinthians 9:19

Twentieth Century New Testament 1904

Although I was entirely free, yet, to win as many converts as possible, I made myself everyone's slave.

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If your Brother does wrong, go to him and convince him of his fault when you and he are alone. If he listens to you, you have won your Brother.

I have a duty to both the Greek and the Barbarian, to both the cultured and the ignorant.

Being myself an Apostle to the Gentiles, I exalt my office, in the hope that I may stir my countrymen to rivalry, and so save some of them.

Let each of us please his neighbor for his neighbor's good, to help in the building up of his character.

I do not say 'your' scruples, but 'his.' For why should the freedom that I claim be condemned by the scruples of another?

For I, also, try to please everybody in everything, not seeking my own advantage, but that of men in general, that they may be saved.

How can you tell, wife, whether you may not save your husband? and how can you tell, husband, whether you may not save your wife?

Am I not free? Am I not an Apostle? Have I not seen our Lord Jesus? Are not you yourselves my work achieved in union with the Lord?

Remember, this is the third time that I have made every preparation to come to see you, and I shall refuse to be a burden to you; I want, not your money, but you. It is not the duty of children to put by for their parents, but of parents to put by for their children.

For all this is for your sakes, that the loving-kindness of God, spreading from heart to heart, may cause yet more hearts to overflow with thanksgiving, to his glory.

(For it is not ourselves that we proclaim, but Christ Jesus, as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake.)

It is for freedom that Christ set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not again be held under the yoke of slavery.

Remember, Brothers, to you the Call came to give you freedom. Only do not make your freedom an opportunity for self-indulgence, but serve one another in a loving spirit.

Look to yourself as well as to your teaching. Persevere in this, for your doing so will mean Salvation for yourself as well as for your hearers.

and that is why I submit to anything for the sake of God's People, that they also may obtain the Salvation which comes from union with Christ Jesus, and imperishable glory.

Again, you married women should submit to your husbands, so that if any of them reject the Message, they may, apart from the Message, be won over, by the conduct of their wives,




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