Verse 20
1 Corinthians 9:20
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
20
And I became to the Jews, a Jew, that I might gain the Jews:
Original Language Text
greek
καὶ ἐγενόμην τοῖς Ἰουδαίοις ὡς Ἰουδαῖος, ἵνα Ἰουδαίους κερδήσω· τοῖς ὑπὸ νόμον ὡς ὑπὸ νόμον, ⸂μὴ ὢν αὐτὸς ὑπὸ νόμον⸃, ἵνα τοὺς ὑπὸ νόμον κερδήσω·
English Translation
And I became as a Jew to the Jews, that I might gain the Jews; to those under the law, as under the law, though not being myself under the law, that I might gain those under the law;
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Chapter 9 Context
1
Am not I free? Am not I an apostle? Have not I seen Christ Yashua (Jesus) our Lord? Are not you my w...
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And if unto others I be not an apostle, but yet to you I am. For you are the seal of my apostleship...
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My defence with them that do examine me is this.
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Have not we power to eat and to drink?
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5
Have we not power to carry about a woman, a sister, as well as the rest of the apostles, and the bre...
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Or I only and Barnabas, have not we power to do this?
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7
Who serveth as a soldier at any time, at his own charges? Who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of...
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8
Speak I these things according to man? Or doth not the law also say these things?
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9
For it is written in the law of Moses: Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out t...
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10
Or doth he say this indeed for our sakes? For these things are written for our sakes: that he that p...
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11
If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great matter if we reap your carnal things?
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12
If others be partakers of this power over you, why not we rather? Nevertheless, we have not used thi...
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13
Know you not, that they who work in the holy place, eat the things that are of the holy place; and t...
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14
So also the Lord ordained that they who preach the gospel, should live by the gospel.
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15
But I have used none of these things. Neither have I written these things, that they should be so do...
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For if I preach the gospel, it is no glory to me, for a necessity lieth upon me: for woe is unto me...
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17
For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but if against my will, a dispensation is committ...
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18
What is my reward then? That preaching the gospel, I may deliver the gospel without charge, that I a...
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19
For whereas I was free as to all, I made myself the servant of all, that I might gain the more.
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20
And I became to the Jews, a Jew, that I might gain the Jews:
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To them that are under the law, as if I were under the law, (whereas myself was not under the law,)...
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22
To the weak I became weak, that I might gain the weak. I became all things to all men, that I might...
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23
And I do all things for the gospel's sake: that I may be made partaker thereof.
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24
Know you not that they that run in the race, all run indeed, but one receiveth the prize ? So run th...
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25
And every one that striveth for the mastery, refraineth himself from all things: and they indeed tha...
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I therefore so run, not as at an uncertainty: I so fight, not as one beating the air:
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But I chastise my body, and bring it into subjection: lest perhaps, when I have preached to others,...
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