The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, but violence takes lives away.
1 Corinthians 9:19 - New Revised Standard Version For though I am free with respect to all, I have made myself a slave to all, so that I might win more of them. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) For though I was free from all men, I brought myself under bondage to all, that I might gain the more. Common English Bible Although I’m free from all people, I make myself a slave to all people, to recruit more of them. Catholic Public Domain Version 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 For whereas I was free as to all, I made myself the servant of all, that I might gain the more. |
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, but violence takes lives away.
“If another member of the church sins against you, go and point out the fault when the two of you are alone. If the member listens to you, you have regained that one.
I am a debtor both to Greeks and to barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish
Each of us must please our neighbor for the good purpose of building up the neighbor.
I mean the other's conscience, not your own. For why should my liberty be subject to the judgment of someone else's conscience?
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.
Wife, for all you know, you might save your husband. Husband, for all you know, you might save your wife.
Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you not my work in the Lord?
Here I am, ready to come to you this third time. And I will not be a burden, because I do not want what is yours but you; for children ought not to lay up for their parents, but parents for their children.
Yes, everything is for your sake, so that grace, as it extends to more and more people, may increase thanksgiving, to the glory of God.
For we do not proclaim ourselves; we proclaim Jesus Christ as Lord and ourselves as your slaves for Jesus' sake.
For freedom Christ has set us free. Stand firm, therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.
For you were called to freedom, brothers and sisters; only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for self-indulgence, but through love become slaves to one another.
Pay close attention to yourself and to your teaching; continue in these things, for in doing this you will save both yourself and your hearers.
Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect, so that they may also obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory.
Wives, in the same way, accept the authority of your husbands, so that, even if some of them do not obey the word, they may be won over without a word by their wives' conduct,