1 Corinthians 9:21

Read in context

1 Corinthians 9:19–23 · Berean Standard Bible

19 Though I am free of obligation to anyone, I make myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible.

20 To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win the Jews. To those under the law I became like one under the law (though I myself am not under the law), to win those under the law.

21 To those without the law I became like one without the law (though I am not outside the law of God but am under the law of Christ), to win those without the law.

22 To the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all people so that by all possible means I might save some.

23 I do all this for the sake of the gospel, so that I may share in its blessings.

Greek words

Data created by STEPBible.org based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Study 1 Corinthians 9:21

Read the commentary on 1 Corinthians 9

Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Acts 15:28

It seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us not to burden you with anything beyond these essential requirements:

Acts 16:4

As they went from town to town, they delivered the decisions handed down by the apostles and elders in Jerusalem for the people to obey.

Acts 21:25

As for the Gentile believers, we have written to them our decision that they must abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals, and from sexual immorality.”

Romans 2:12

All who sin apart from the law will also perish apart from the law, and all who sin under the law will be judged by the law.

Romans 2:14

Indeed, when Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature what the law requires, they are a law to themselves, even though they do not have the law.

Galatians 2:3

Yet not even Titus, who was with me, was compelled to be circumcised, even though he was a Greek.

Galatians 2:4

This issue arose because some false brothers had come in under false pretenses to spy on our freedom in Christ Jesus, in order to enslave us.

Galatians 2:12

For before certain men came from James, he used to eat with the Gentiles. But when they arrived, he began to draw back and separate himself, for fear of those in the circumcision group.

Galatians 2:13

The other Jews joined him in his hypocrisy, so that by their hypocrisy even Barnabas was led astray.

Galatians 2:14

When I saw that they were not walking in line with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas in front of them all, “If you, who are a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you compel the Gentiles to live like Jews?”

Galatians 3:2

I would like to learn just one thing from you: Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law, or by hearing with faith?

1 Corinthians 7:19

Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing. Keeping God’s commandments is what counts.

1 Corinthians 7:20

Each one should remain in the situation he was in when he was called.

1 Corinthians 7:21

Were you a slave when you were called? Do not let it concern you—but if you can gain your freedom, take the opportunity.

1 Corinthians 7:22

For he who was a slave when he was called by the Lord is the Lord’s freedman. Conversely, he who was a free man when he was called is Christ’s slave.

Psalms 119:32

I run in the path of Your commandments, for You will enlarge my heart.

Matthew 5:17

Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets. I have not come to abolish them, but to fulfill them.

Matthew 5:18

For I tell you truly, until heaven and earth pass away, not a single jot, not a stroke of a pen, will disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished.

Matthew 5:19

So then, whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do likewise will be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever practices and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 5:20

For I tell you that unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

Romans 7:22

For in my inner being I delight in God’s law.

Romans 7:25

Thanks be to God, through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, with my mind I serve the law of God, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin.

Romans 8:4

so that the righteous standard of the law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.

Romans 13:8

Be indebted to no one, except to one another in love. For he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.

Romans 13:9

The commandments “Do not commit adultery,” “Do not murder,” “Do not steal,” “Do not covet,” and any other commandments, are summed up in this one decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”

Romans 13:10

Love does no wrong to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.

Galatians 5:13

For you, brothers, were called to freedom; but do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh. Rather, serve one another in love.

Galatians 5:14

The entire law is fulfilled in a single decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”

Galatians 5:22

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

Galatians 5:23

gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.

Ephesians 6:1

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

Ephesians 6:2

“Honor your father and mother” (which is the first commandment with a promise),

Ephesians 6:3

“that it may go well with you and that you may have a long life on the earth.”

1 Thessalonians 4:1

Finally, brothers, we ask and encourage you in the Lord Jesus to live in a way that is pleasing to God, just as you have received from us. This is how you already live, so you should do so all the more.

1 Thessalonians 4:2

For you know the instructions we gave you by the authority of the Lord Jesus.

Titus 2:2

Older men are to be temperate, dignified, self-controlled, and sound in faith, love, and perseverance.

Titus 2:3

Older women, likewise, are to be reverent in their behavior, not slanderers or addicted to much wine, but teachers of good.

Titus 2:4

In this way they can train the young women to love their husbands and children,

Titus 2:5

to be self-controlled, pure, managers of their households, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, so that the word of God will not be discredited.

Titus 2:6

In the same way, urge the younger men to be self-controlled.

Titus 2:7

In everything, show yourself to be an example by doing good works. In your teaching show integrity, dignity,

Titus 2:8

and wholesome speech that is above reproach, so that anyone who opposes us will be ashamed to have nothing bad to say about us.

Titus 2:9

Slaves are to submit to their own masters in everything, to be well-pleasing, not argumentative,

Titus 2:10

not stealing from them, but showing all good faith, so that in every respect they will adorn the teaching about God our Savior.

Titus 2:11

For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to everyone.

Titus 2:12

It instructs us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live sensible, upright, and godly lives in the present age,

Hebrews 8:10

For this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their minds and inscribe them on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.