The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, but lawlessness takes away lives.
1 Corinthians 9:19 - Revised Standard Version For though I am free from all men, I have made myself a slave to all, that I might win the more. 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 lawlessness takes away lives.
“If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother.
I am under obligation both to Greeks and to barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish:
I mean his conscience, not yours—do not eat it.) For why should my liberty be determined by another man's scruples?
just as I try to please all men in everything I do, not seeking my own advantage, but that of many, that they may be saved.
Wife, how do you know whether you will save your husband? Husband, how do you know whether you will save your wife?
Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are not you my workmanship in the Lord?
Here for the third time I am ready to come to you. And I will not be a burden, for I seek not what is yours but you; for children ought not to lay up for their parents, but parents for their children.
For it is all for your sake, so that as grace extends to more and more people it may increase thanksgiving, to the glory of God.
For what we preach is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, with ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake.
For freedom Christ has set us free; stand fast therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.
For you were called to freedom, brethren; only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love be servants of one another.
Take heed to yourself and to your teaching; hold to that, for by so doing you will save both yourself and your hearers.
Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain salvation in Christ Jesus with its eternal glory.
Likewise you wives, be submissive to your husbands, so that some, though they do not obey the word, may be won without a word by the behavior of their wives,